The Kings: easter

despite having two jobs, i was lucky enough to have easter off (yay!), so matt and i headed to urbana to celebrate with his family. we actually attempted to go to church in the morning, but since i had worked the night before and matt had been up late working we both slept through our alarms -- sorry Jesus! despite this set-back, we were determined to enjoy the rest of the holiday.

fortunately, we were blessed with pretty easter weather -- the sun was out and it was one of the warmest days we'd had to date (although still much cooler than this native texan is used to - i was in long sleeves, jeans and by the end of the day, a hoodie!). after lamenting my woes of not being able to wear flip-flops, we piled ourselves and lexi into the car and started the well-known hour-long drive to urbana.

unfortunately for us, we forgot that the one highway that we usually take directly into town was closed -- completely closed. now, as if this wouldn't have been frustrating enough, the detour signs were, quite possibly, written as a practical joke. the first sign we came to said that the route was closed, but there was a detour ahead, so we headed down the street...only to find it completely barricaded and a small driveway to turn around in. so we turned around and found another detour sign pointing in the opposite direction...well, what other choice did we have? so we headed off, confused, but still happy, in the direction of an open-road detour. i should point-out at this time that there were other cars attempting to follow these signs with similar results, which did affirm that it was not just me who could not interpret the signs. after we had driven for a while, i became concerned by the lack of signs indicating which direction we were supposed to be going. luckily, about that time we saw another sign...no wait, "this doesn't make any sense, it says this route is closed and there's *another* detour?!" yup, there was a detour from the detour. who does that? so, after some choice words (sorry again, Jesus!) we continued driving in the only direction it appeared we could go. sadly for us, this landed us in london, a small city to the south east of urbana (and about 40 minutes away!). at this point, we gave up and called the family to figure out where-the-heck we actually were and how-the-heck to get to where we were supposed to be (at this point i think we were already an hour late).

once we did *finally* make it to our destination (after dropping lexi off at heather's house), the rest of the day was, thankfully, largely uneventful. we were able to eat lunch with the family, including the grandparents, and then enjoyed some time outside on the patio and a leisurely walk around the neighborhood. after that, matt and i took a nap before having to make the long, though less-eventful, drive home.

the moral of the story? don't believe everything you read!

happy easter!