Easter Weekend

Easter weekend we went to Gordonville for the Jones family reunion. I had never met this part of Matt's family before so I was excited for this opportunity. Matt's relatives, Thomas and Mary, were celebrating their 50th anniversary so they decided to get everyone together to celebrate. James, Kim, and Clay came over Saturday night and we met up at the movie theater to see the Conspirator (a movie about the conspiracy around President Lincoln's death). For anyone who interested in history, it is worth a watch! I think we all really enjoyed it.

The next morning we slept in, ate lunch, and then headed to Gordonville. The family was all gathered to eat and celebrate Easter. They had an Easter egg hunt in the pasture for all the kids, and at one point, there was a golden egg left and a lot of the adults went out to try to find it! We searched for about thirty minutes until one of Matt's relatives found it hidden in a burn pile. Here are a few pictures from the reunion/Easter/anniversary celebration!

 After we left there, we stopped by Thomas and Mary's house for a few minutes. The Hanleys used to go there for reunions, and Matt has told me a TON of stories about their zip line and diving board and all the adventures that he had there when he was young. This next picture is of Matt after a bike wreck that he had while he was at Thomas and Mary's house. I don't know how that boy is still in one piece! Every time I'm around a member of his family, I hear of another story of how Matt got hurt. He sure does look cute in those bandages though :)

That night (after we left Thomas and Mary's) we came home and went to church at the Village. About ten minutes after church started, the tornado sirens went off! If you know me at all....then you KNOW that I do not like storms. At all. So I was freaking out a little! They told us everything was alright so we continued with church service. Church that night was supposed to have extended worship, but right before we were going to start singing the extra songs, there was a power surge and some lead members of the church said that part of the roof had caved in and everyone needed to leave. SO, we ended up coming back to the apartment. Matt's family debated back and forth awhile about whether to leave or not because there were storms from here all the way to Paris. At about 10:00 that night they decided that they thought it would be alright and headed home. Needless to say, it was a very interesting/eventful weekend! ;)