Being a part of Team Awesome is a privilege. We rarely let anyone in, because, obviously, there isn't anyone more awesome than us. So while eating dinner with Kim & Josh Saturday night, Josh said he was upset that he wasn't on my blog. Im not sure why? I mean, I like Josh so why wasn't he on the blog? How could I leave him off? I mean, obviously we haven't scheduled a photo shoot or anything so that I can be solely out to include him and only him on the entire SD card in the camera. What was I thinking?Better yet, Im not sure why I haven't actually made a photo book to give to myself with only Josh in it? Where has my mind been? I mean really, Josh is obviously so awesome, Team Awesome should be recruiting him so that he will join without any hesitancy.
Josh would have to wear his own clothes though...no borrowing! We do have rules you know! So Josh is on his own in that department. But Im not sure if he will get a 'SUBLIMimawesomeINAL' shirt. Thats kind of a me & Kim thing. And he will definately need to be fitted for his tactical gear. We do have to be prepared though. Because you never know when the stun gun will drop someone and then....game on!
Allison's 7th grade Field Trip to Lake Benson was this morning. Their theme was 'Going Green as a Team'. They have been studying recycling and ways to improve the world they live in. I met the buses at Lake Benson and they arrived around 1000. We divided up by homeroom's and were going to go through 4 stations.
This was the 1st station and they had the Town Mayor speak to the kids about Garner and how active the town has been since the 1980's. He also explained many restrictions the town has when business's or builders come to Garner and how those restrictions help protect our town and environment. 
After the Mayor's presentation, Dr. Clark(from NCSU) spoke about jobs that you can do in order to protect the environment. Some of which, when you think about them, you may not think they actually help, but they do have a direct impact in ways that will improve the environment.
After everyone got through the Snowball line, Allison's friends all sat down and were digging right in. It seems as if all the girls got ONE color or snowball flavor. The boys I saw, ended up with multiple colors.
Allison, of course, got ORANGE, because its her favorite color! I ended up heading back home around 1400. It was a great day for a field trip. The wasn't a cloud in the sky, the wind was calm (not that any of the kids were), the temperature was in the 70's. It was a perfect day!
Not sure what the score ended up being, but by the time it was over, it was cold. We didn't bring blankets but we will tommorrow night! Along with jackets, since the girls didn't listen to me! Looks like Jordan had a good time, and win or lose, its all about having fun! 
I rented a air stapler from Home Depot. We laid out 3-4 boxes of flooring planks at a time, so that we could pick different colors so that the difference in color was more spread throughout the room, instead of it being all laid out in the same corner and then a different tint from the next box laid out in the next part that we worked on. It didn't seem like a huge project but after getting started, I wasn't sure if the rows would ever end.
Here is the finished project! I absolutely love it. It gives me great pride in knowing that I supervised this project from the beginning all the way through to the end. I did a pretty darn good job. ha ha. Now I can't wait to place the furniture! I still have to pick out a ceiling fan, trim, tables, a rug and probably new lamps, wall art and of course, a bigger television. Guess I better pick up some more shifts at work, huh? 
Patsy's church has an Easter Egg Hunt and BBQ every year. We got tickets this year to go. The girls weren't too excited at first, but after getting there, they changed their minds. There was inflatable jumping things, face painting, a cake walk, BBQ, the Easter Egg Hunt and, of course, spending time with family. Jordan & Chase had a blast in the jumping contraption.
There was a lady that came up beside me as I was taking pictures and she kept saying 'someone is going to break their arm' or 'someone is going to get hurt'. Let's see....a bunch of wild and crazy kids, its outside, there is enthusiasm everywhere...NO, Im not sure where you got the crazy idea that anyone would actually be having fun? Break an arm? Im sure its going to happen, it'll just be 'Whose kid is going to break an arm?" Not, 'someone is going to break an arm'. What an idiot!
Lauren chose to get a cute Easter Egg on her face. Chase chose a snake on his arm. And Jordan did the cake walk about 20 times until he finally won one! But Kim says he does it every year like that. He plays and plays until he wins.
I had forgot to bring baskets, but Patsy had one that Allison & Lauren shared. Yes I said shared. Kind of amazing, huh? Before we got there Lauren was so stressed because she was afraid that she wouldnt get any eggs.
Before you knew it, all the kids had full baskets. There were eggs everywhere...Jordan filled his basket, and Allison was helping Lauren.
I think her face says it all. She was so happy to get all those eggs. It was fun.
Ok, so yes, I need to drop the weight I put back on. I can't stand pics of myself right now. But there was a photo op coming back across the bridge..so here we are. Notice the beautiful Carolina Blue shirts we have on. I guess you can over look the weight because you should be staring at the shirts in amazement.
Of course, when it was time to blow up all the inflatable bunny's, who do you think we called in? Of course, Kim! I mean whats the day without her? She is the life of the party. And even when I thought she had drawn the short straw, she surprised me again.
Patsy & Kennedy! Everyone had a great lunch and a fun time! The sun was shining, the wind was blowing (which made it a little cool). Even with Chris dumping his food all over his lap it was a great afternoon!
Tye-dying was a new one for Easter Eggs but I thought, hey lets give it a try. There was a plastic mold to put the egg in, but you covered it with 2 sheets of what seemed like muslin. There were holes throughout the mold that you used a dropper to squeeze dye into. It actually turned out pretty well. If I had a few more eggs, I think I could have gotten the hang of it.
Chase ended up with Hulk hands. I took his picture, unaware of how glowing his hands were. But he did end up washing them....
Or at this rate, they each may need 10 dozen. Of course my favorite is the one Kim made....ME ME ME ME ME! Because we all know....Its all about me! As well it should be!
When I turned on the television we were already up by 20, I had to actually look twice to see if the score was REALLY what I was seeing. It was! WOW! Up by 20 and not even half time yet. Yippee! Now only if they could keep it up the 2nd half.
Why yes, they could. Even though we got to where we were only up by 12 and 15 at times, they kept the lead. MSU had beaten a number 1, 2 and 3 seed to advance to the Championship game and I was really worried even though we had beat them on the same court earlier in the year. I couldn't believe that we, again, were going to be NCAA National Champions.
The one piece of hardware that Hansborough didn't have. A National Championship! Now he can leave UNC with a huge smile on his face. What a team! They are always exciting to watch and most of the time I have to switch channels because my blood pressure rises, but this game was different. Im sure it was because of the double-digit lead!
I didn't stay up past the cutting of the net and all the post-game stuff but wow, what a way to end the day! 
All the effort, all the practices they all dream of this moment. And nothing looks better than Carolina Blue! We are National Champions!
Congratulations UNC Tarheels.....you earned it!
and UNC was playing MSU, so I had to get out of there fairly early to see, at least, part of the game. And Allison was having problems with her homework and I had to work the next day...so lots to do with only so many hours.
