March Madness

March is always such a busy month! I'm at work (a TON) but here are a few snapshots of some of the happenings.

Our church had their D-NOW weekend.  The kids seemed to have a lot of fun.  They were split into groups and spent the weekend at host houses with volunteer leaders.  They also did a fun activity park one day with climbing challenges and such.  We were happy to have the high school girls staying at our house; the middle school girls weren't too far away.  They managed to snap this picture of lots of the kids on Sunday morning before too many of them got away!

Ryan and I were so glad the Stonehaven gala came back!  It's been since Oct of 2019.  We always enjoy this evening with friends.  We loved sitting at a dinner table with the Elrods, Teagues, and Schultzs. We were pumped to win a few auction items too: archery lessons for Mia and two friends with Mr. Rickman, an afternoon playing hookey for Lily and a friend with Mrs. Hanbury, and a long weekend getaway for our family to Lake Oconee.

Mia made this awesome picture of Spiderman!

I always appreciate getting encouraging messages like this from Lily when I'm working late.

Lily received a gift card for her birthday from Grandpops and Grandma Jan for an escape room. She was so glad that Mary Preston, Lauren, Liam, Trip, and Timmy could join her for the Art Heist.  They escaped in about 40 minutes (of the 60 minute limit).  We knew this was a smart bunch!

Mia gave an awesome presentation at school one day about her Great-Grandpa Hooks, and his role in WW2. Ryan took Grandpa's medals up to the school so the kids could see them. He was such a neat man, and his stories from this time were pretty incredible. I'm so glad Mia was able to honor him in this way.

Mia got the chance to play with some of the baby chicks at the school one day.

One of my clients gifted me with this toilet paper one day that says "who gives a crap." We were all laughing pretty hard at this one.

Mia went to The Escapery with her acting group one evening for some escape room fun.  They escaped too!

Of course my birthday falls in March too.  My family surprised me with a very fun breakfast sampler from Sunrise Biscuit Kitchen in NC via Goldbelly.  We enjoyed their chicken biscuits for dinner one evening, country ham biscuits for breakfast the next day, and cinnamon rolls the day after that.  I loved this! David and Jan sent me a beautiful floral arrangement which helped brighten my office, and it also came with a box of amazingly delicious chocolate truffles.  The four of us went to dinner at Melting Pot over the weekend near by birthday too which was a lot of fun.  Mom and Dad took Ryan, me, Wayne, and his friend Kristin to Bones for dinner to celebrate Wayne and mine's birthday; that was a delicious and fun evening too! For a middle of tax season birthday, this was a good one!

All sorts of busy things going on in life these days, but it's a good one nonetheless, and I am thankful for it.