Easter Sunday
We might be finding out today where we're going to live next year. (!!!!!!!) I hope we got someplace good.
But anyway.
Sunday, April 16
Got up at... um... well, early, to get ready for church and stuff. I pretty much looked ridiculous -- I'd made the mistake of wearing a tank top with a higher cut the day before than I wore for church, so my sunburn was very clear. Oh well. That's what choir robes are for, right? :-) We sang for the 9:00 service and sat through the whole thing up in the choir loft... I was in the front row, feeling a little silly for being a complete stranger. But it was fun, and the hymns we sang had pretty harmonies for me to play around with. The pastor's sermon was... well, a little overly doom-and-gloom for Easter, I thought. She actually talked about death and "putrification." ?!?!?!?!? Who uses a word like "putrification" on EASTER?? *makes face* Yuck. So I was unimpressed. I mean, it was a good sermon, it just wasn't appropriate. I was really glad we didn't have to sit through it twice -- we got to leave after singing the anthem in the second service.
Between services we just hung around the church. The Marcuccis were there, too. Sarah looked adorable and Vince and Stephen were both dressed up a little more than they would have liked -- apparently they had to get their family picture taken that morning. Kathy said it was something like the first time in eight months they'd all been at church together. (wow.) And poor Kathy -- she walked into the service a little late, and after the service Brian and Vince were telling her very emphatically how nice she looked. So I got suspicious and asked her what was going on. She said that she hadn't been wearing that dress all morning -- she had had on a little black and red number instead, and on the way to church Vince looked at her and told her she looked like a vampire and that he could only imagine all the disapproving looks she would get in church. :-P What a kid. Kathy was a good sport about it -- she said he was right and that he'd saved her from herself. :-)
After church we went back to Mimi's house and were just going to kill time until dinner (around 4:00). Bounds and I decided to take a mini-picnic with little snacks and hike up to the pass on South Mountain. I've done the hike before and it's not terribly hard and the views are gorgeous. We ended up taking Sophie, Kathy's whippet, with us, and we had a great time. It was really hot though, and both of us burned even more... sigh. We got good pictures, which makes it worth it. (Right?)
When we came back, the cousins were just getting to the house, and so when Matt and I jumped straight into the pool, Sarah almost immediately joined us. We had a great time playing around in the pool with her, although we were already tired and the girl's boundless enthusiasm was rather difficult to keep up with. :-) Dinnertime was a welcome break. Lamb, grilled salmon, some kind of corn dish that was yummy, raw green beans, chocolate pound cake... wow, it was good. Hard for me not to get seconds, but somehow I contained myself. It was nice to get to talk to Vince and Stephen finally, too -- they opened up about school and what they're studying, and I swear, it was the most extensive conversation I've ever had with either of them. Made me really happy. :-) And then we all played cards until it was time for them to get going, which was really fun. We played "go Sarah" (go fish, with the rules dictated by Sarah) and Egyptian Rat Screw, and had a great time.
Then... finally... some quiet time. Sunday night was spent burning Matt's a cappella cds for Mimi, who loved listening to them in her car over the long weekend, and reading to each other, and just hanging out. Since we were so tired, it was a perfect way to end the trip.
Monday, April 17
Flying home. No delays this time, which was good, considering we weren't getting into Raleigh until 9:00 anyway. The one little glitch came when we were checking the bag. It was a whopping 62 pounds, and we had to pay a $25 fine. :-( Oh well. We really should have known. It was already almost too heavy, and we'd put even more books into it on the way home. But other than that, a pretty uneventful trip. The views from the first flight to Dallas were really beautiful. Huge stretches of desert, that sort of thing. It was cool. :-)
So yeah, that was the Easter trip to Phoenix. Basically an excellent time. I highly recommend everyone forcing their grandparents/cousins to move out there so you can visit them. :-)
Time to go. See ya next time.
But anyway.
Sunday, April 16
Got up at... um... well, early, to get ready for church and stuff. I pretty much looked ridiculous -- I'd made the mistake of wearing a tank top with a higher cut the day before than I wore for church, so my sunburn was very clear. Oh well. That's what choir robes are for, right? :-) We sang for the 9:00 service and sat through the whole thing up in the choir loft... I was in the front row, feeling a little silly for being a complete stranger. But it was fun, and the hymns we sang had pretty harmonies for me to play around with. The pastor's sermon was... well, a little overly doom-and-gloom for Easter, I thought. She actually talked about death and "putrification." ?!?!?!?!? Who uses a word like "putrification" on EASTER?? *makes face* Yuck. So I was unimpressed. I mean, it was a good sermon, it just wasn't appropriate. I was really glad we didn't have to sit through it twice -- we got to leave after singing the anthem in the second service.
Between services we just hung around the church. The Marcuccis were there, too. Sarah looked adorable and Vince and Stephen were both dressed up a little more than they would have liked -- apparently they had to get their family picture taken that morning. Kathy said it was something like the first time in eight months they'd all been at church together. (wow.) And poor Kathy -- she walked into the service a little late, and after the service Brian and Vince were telling her very emphatically how nice she looked. So I got suspicious and asked her what was going on. She said that she hadn't been wearing that dress all morning -- she had had on a little black and red number instead, and on the way to church Vince looked at her and told her she looked like a vampire and that he could only imagine all the disapproving looks she would get in church. :-P What a kid. Kathy was a good sport about it -- she said he was right and that he'd saved her from herself. :-)
After church we went back to Mimi's house and were just going to kill time until dinner (around 4:00). Bounds and I decided to take a mini-picnic with little snacks and hike up to the pass on South Mountain. I've done the hike before and it's not terribly hard and the views are gorgeous. We ended up taking Sophie, Kathy's whippet, with us, and we had a great time. It was really hot though, and both of us burned even more... sigh. We got good pictures, which makes it worth it. (Right?)
When we came back, the cousins were just getting to the house, and so when Matt and I jumped straight into the pool, Sarah almost immediately joined us. We had a great time playing around in the pool with her, although we were already tired and the girl's boundless enthusiasm was rather difficult to keep up with. :-) Dinnertime was a welcome break. Lamb, grilled salmon, some kind of corn dish that was yummy, raw green beans, chocolate pound cake... wow, it was good. Hard for me not to get seconds, but somehow I contained myself. It was nice to get to talk to Vince and Stephen finally, too -- they opened up about school and what they're studying, and I swear, it was the most extensive conversation I've ever had with either of them. Made me really happy. :-) And then we all played cards until it was time for them to get going, which was really fun. We played "go Sarah" (go fish, with the rules dictated by Sarah) and Egyptian Rat Screw, and had a great time.
Then... finally... some quiet time. Sunday night was spent burning Matt's a cappella cds for Mimi, who loved listening to them in her car over the long weekend, and reading to each other, and just hanging out. Since we were so tired, it was a perfect way to end the trip.
Monday, April 17
Flying home. No delays this time, which was good, considering we weren't getting into Raleigh until 9:00 anyway. The one little glitch came when we were checking the bag. It was a whopping 62 pounds, and we had to pay a $25 fine. :-( Oh well. We really should have known. It was already almost too heavy, and we'd put even more books into it on the way home. But other than that, a pretty uneventful trip. The views from the first flight to Dallas were really beautiful. Huge stretches of desert, that sort of thing. It was cool. :-)
So yeah, that was the Easter trip to Phoenix. Basically an excellent time. I highly recommend everyone forcing their grandparents/cousins to move out there so you can visit them. :-)
Time to go. See ya next time.
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