We had a good day yesterday when June and Mason got here after school.  They helped me get some apricot chicken in the over for supper.  Here is Mase taking a turn grating the orange rind.

Then last night Lindee & I headed to Charlotte to take in a play in the Broadway Lights Series, “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime.” It was good – we don’t see a ton that aren’t musicals, so that was interesting, anyway. When I picked Kimbrell up at home yesterday morning, Alex told me she thought that the entire play took place inside a sort of box, and sure enough, it did. The curtains were open when we got there – that’s the dead dog referred to in the title lying there in the middle of the stage.

Tuesday Jenny asked if I would like to come and help her with the valentine party for Charlie’s class.  As it turned out they were watching a movie with another class, which Jenny found out that morning, and she said we really would just be passing out food and leaving, so I didn’t need to come all that way if I didn’t want to.  I told her I’d come on and get a picture of Charlie with his last Valentine’s Party cupcake – Mal had already told me they didn’t have parties at her middle school, anyway – and by the time I remembered to take a picture of Char, he was taking his very last bite.  Just squeezed in under the wire 🙂

Last night I took June, Clara, and Mason to the library in Clover for a Valentine event.  They played games, ate goodies, listened to a couple of books, and made valentines.  Here they are showing off their finished projects. Obviously Mason and his family had just been to see the new Lego Batman movie :-).  Fun evening…

Sunday morning during early service, while I was in the nursery, June and Mason went out to the playground, as they usually do when the weather is nice.  While they were having their jumping out of the swings contest this time, though, June fell and hurt her wrist.  It is so nice to have a bestie at church who also happens to be a nurse.  Here she is splinting June’s wrist with something she created out of pencils, felt, and I don’t know what else.  Thank you, Evie!

I haven’t been able to see many of Adam’s ballgames this year – most Friday nights I stay with Momma until she goes to bed – but she’s improved so much now that I am not having to do that.  So Friday evening Jeff & I headed to Rock Hill for the game.  Here is Adam bringing the ball down the court.

While Gran was in the hospital, and then rehab, she received a box in the mail.  It ended up sitting on her dining room table for weeks – probably at least a month – before she got home even to open it.  It was a flower from cousin Carolyn, and we weren’t sure it would even grow.  But grow it has, and even bloomed this week.  BEAUTIFUL!

This week at BIG, after our Bible story, the kids worked on valentines to put in the shut-in’s valentine bags.  Here are the boys hard at work 🙂

I don’t know why I hadn’t thought of this before – our grandkids all certainly loved it when they were little.  When Kimbrell was here Tuesday I squirted some shaving cream in the sink for her, and she just rubbed and played and squished to her heart’s content 🙂

We spent the final day of our Disney World vacation at Animal Kingdom, and it was another great day.  Here are Adam and Elise with the ram carved into the roots of the giant tree that is the centerpiece of the park.  Since both of their dads are such big Tarheel fans, this seemed like an appropriate place to get a picture of the two of them together 🙂

One of our favorite events of the day was the Lion King show. It was really top notch – of course! – and the characters were so very cute. We were on the lion team, but I have to say, the warthog was my favorite statue :-).  It was just another great day.