4/26/03. This month has been awesome, lots of
pictures. The action continued this past weekend. On Saturday we went to Mike and
Brooke's house in Winston-Salem for a shower thrown for Eric Frank and
Christy. They are getting married in Greenville later this month.
Unfortunately it is a little late for Amy to be travelling and we will miss the wedding,
but at least we got to see everyone close to home. It has been a long time since we
have gotten together. We also got to see Karl and Cindy Munschy for the first time
in years. And met their daughter Megan for the first time ever. She was
adorable. Jackson and her got to play together some, they were very cute.
Jackson and I took some time out at the party to practice for
theFather and Son X games. We were perfecting the Superman toss.
Having a personal Sensei flown in from China was a big expense and having him live with
us has been a little annoying, what with the wax on/wax off and "grab the pebble from
my hand" stuff all the time. But it looks like it is starting to pay off. Samuari
Jack appears ready to fly into action. We might try to land him a role in The Matrix
IV - The Beginning.
FISHING
4/27/03. Then on Sunday we went fishing at Papa's
secret fishing hole with Papa and Caleb. Everyone caught at
least one Blue Gill and Jackson caught a monster catfish, or at least a pretty big one.
He caught it with his Snoopy rod and was very excited about it. He has asked
me to retell the story to him a hundred times. We caught that one on video tape but
not in a picture. Sorry.
I think reeling in the catfish wore poor Jackson out. He
also took a bit of a mud bath at the pond and had to get stripped down before getting in
the carseat. We let him take a nice long nap at Hama's house.
We
started the day by eating lunch at Hama's. After lunch, Jackson, Amy, and I threw rocks in
Pig Creek while we waited for Papa and Caleb to get back from church.
We
brought Emma with us to run around some in the country, but she just hung out with us most
of the time. Here she is letting Isabelle give her a
walk.
Hama
and Isabelle both looked so pretty Sunday we had to take their picture.
Hillsville
4/28/2003.
Jackson and Amy, along with our good friend Matthew, met me
during my lunch break at the playground in Hillsville. Yet another beautiful April
day and another fun day outside. You can barely see Jackson running full blast into
the playground. He tried really hard to keep up with Matthew.
EASTER
4/20/2003.
Jackson woke up Easter Sunday and found a big basket of candy and toys on Grandma
Sue's front porch. A little later we went out to see if the Easter Bunny also left
any eggs. Jackson found them all, stopping to open each one to see what was inside.
Another beautiful April day, lots of fun.
LITTLE SCHOOL PARTY
4/19/2003.
The Mills side of the family
threw Jackson an early Birthday Party since we won't be able to come back up closer to his
birthday. We all went to Sherri's Little School and Jackson had a blast. He
loved playing with all the toys and with the playground equipment. And he always
enjoys getting to have his cousins, aunts, uncles, and Grandma Sue around. The
Easter Bunny made a suprise visit, which was a suprise to almost all of us. Jackson
thought that was pretty cool. From what I understand the weather in Mount Airy
wasa little cold and damp, so we were lucky to be somewhere enjoying great spring weather.
EGGS
Egg
coloring time!! This
is the second year in a row we have done this at Grandma Sue's house.
4/18/2003.
EASTER EGG HUNT
April
12, 2003. Surry County had its 2nd Annual Easter Egg Hunt at Fisher River Park on April 12th. Hundreds of
kids were there, the weather was perfect, we competed in the egg toss, Jackson found 6
eggs, he planted sunflowers, blew bubbles, played with his friends, it was a really fun
day. Jackson hit it off with the Easter Bunny and followed him around for a good
part of the day.
Jackson's
friends Megan, Samuel, and Mathew were at Fisher River, plus his cousins Caleb and
Isabelle. All the kids had a really good time.
ADVENTURE WALK
It is finally nice enough outside to resume the after-dinner
adventure walks. I took pictures from one of these walks last July when Jackson
was pretending to be Buzz Lightyear. (check out July 2002)
Now he is Superman. On this walk, Superman climbed to the top of the Bluff Street
bluff. We then took a shortcut to Main Street and chased an innocent
jogger around for awhile. Jackson stuck with him for the first hundred yards or so
before he took a wrong turn. We then finished by running through all the neighbor's
front yards, stopping to check out the Easter decorations.
4/26/03. This month has been awesome, lots of
pictures. The action continued this past weekend. On Saturday we went to Mike and
Brooke's house in Winston-Salem for a
shower thrown for Eric Frank and
Christy. They are getting married in Greenville later this month.
Unfortunately it is a little late for Amy to be travelling and we will miss the wedding,
but at least we got to see everyone close to home. It has been a long time since we
have gotten together. We also got to see Karl and Cindy Munschy for the first time
in years. And met their daughter Megan for the first time ever. She was
adorable. Jackson and her got to play together some, they were very cute. 
