weekend

all the driving for the funeral and burial went as planned...

thursday - up to cinci and back for the funeral. it was a wonderful service and really solidified my desire and anticipation of becoming a pastor. dad drove up the previous night and watched jake and then we went out for a delicious dinner at three suns bistro on thursday night.

friday - down to jamestown for the burial service. we arrived plenty early so i showed lindsay around the wood family cemetary and farm a little bit and then we went back and drove around jamestown some. around a dozen of us carried the casket from the hearse to the plot. it wasn't that heavy at all with that many people helping. the church had a potluck for everyone that afternoon (as did the church in cinci) and afterwards we just hung out with the family and talked and watched a bit of basketball. nice and relaxing.

saturday - we spent the night at the motel down the road and then got our central / eastern time messed up and ended up on the road an hour early saturday morning. that gave us time to stop for breakfast at shoney's in cookeville before doing a bit of easter clothes shopping in nashville. we found me two great suits and three sets of shirts and ties. i doubt i'll wear a suit every sunday, but that doubled my number of suits. we went over to dad's, picked up jake (dad took jake to nashville on friday morning when we all left the house), and then we all headed out to my dad's parents for my grandfather's 70th birthday party. nearly all the family was there and it was wonderful to see them! then, we went and picked up my mom's mom from her assisted living place in mt. juliet and two hours later we were finally back in jamestown - whew!

sunday - we were able to sleep around 10 hours (10p to 8a) before getting ready for easter sunday service at my uncle's church (well, we slept as good as you can with the three of us in a queen bed). sunday school (taught by my cousin) and the worship service were great and it was so nice to be with family. after a delicious dinner, prepared mostly in part by my wonderful aunt, we hit the road and returned home by a slightly different route that only took around 2.5 hours. we went straight to the mexican place for dinner because after a whirlwind weekend like that we sure didn't feel like cooking :-)

a good night's rest and now we're back at it here on monday. lindsay has 3 patient days, jake has 3 t-ball practices, i have class and homework, and the plan is to go to knoxville this weekend for a baby shower and my father-in-law's birthday.

whew!!