Happy Easter!

I know. weird coming from a (pseudo) Jew right? Well, Jesus was Jewish at one point in time, so, ya know.

G, Myrn and Brittany came to visit. They made the long trek and we are super glad to have them. On top of entertaining the girls, G and Myrn always cook us outstanding food that is easily better than a bunch of restaurants.

Went paintballing yesterday with the guys. It was mad fun. I got Brandon good twice in the back. He has a welt as rememberance. Good times. Bryan got me in the head though. Had paint in my hair. To anyone in Monroe/Charlotte looking for a good paintball course, Glory Road paintball on Rocky River. Cool refs, VERY reasonably priced. Its run by church people so they stress no swearing, no fighting (other than paintball games). Except for the dirt, grime, paint, and tactical warfare, its good clean fun!

Then made a return trip to Maggianos. MMMMMMM. that place is so good everytime. Going for lunch is awesome cuz its cheaper! a few less choices, but if you bat your eyes at the waiter, they can maybe check to see if the kitchen will make something not on the menu. G got italian pot roast which he loves. We tried shrimp and crab canelloni which was outstanding. Their rigatoni D is always good, and of course the Maggianos salad. Also had pound cake and bailey's cheesecake for dessert...sooo good. While the appetizers are good, i recommend skipping them (which you can do at lunch) so you can focus on the pastas, entrees, and desserts. Also will save you $3 per person.

Last night played a rousing round of scattergories with Ang and Britt. Ang won because of her superior intellect. Or becuase Britt and I had been drinking. you be the judge.

Leah and Erin were SUPER excited to see that the Easter bunny had visited last night and left them baskets of treats! Apparently the Easter Bunny and Santa both went to the same school, because they both employ the treat delivery method of nocturnal distribution. Are they afraid of the sun? Or did they learn magical powers that let them stop time only at night? Who knows, but deductive logic tells me that they are in cahoots. Or at least were at one point. Or maybe Easter Bunny found Santa's "Present Distribution" white paper on Google. In any case, it makes for fun surprises for the kids in the morning.

Thats all for now. Counting down the days till we scrub our plates of bread particles, and visit the "ethnic" aisle at Harris Teeter scrounging for matzah and matzah ball soup.

"Spring is here, winter gone, lets put shorts and t-shirts on!"

Here's a quick video of my attempts at a misty flip (front flip 180 or a bio (sideways) 540):

News headline of the day

CNN.com reports that:

"Horse outruns tornado"

i heart weekends

seriously, so good. yesterday was rainy, so we just did some errands and watched movies. but i also went to the gym and fixed a toilet paper holder in our downstairs bathroom. oh, and got the cars inspected. one lame thing about NC.

Oh! my freakin corolla failed cuz of the tint!! so annoying. apparently NC doesnt allow tint as dark as florida did. the ridic part is my car passed last year at the same place!!! apparently Jesus (the guy who inspected it last year) wasnt very diligent. Now, i'm not trying to slam my Christian friends, but if he cant even inspect my car properly, i'm a little worried you guys have put so much faith in him. (jk. but not really.)

Today was GORGEOUS. an awesome NC day. sunny, a bit cool. in the 60's all day. we played outside pretty much all day. skated, rode bikes, jumped ramps, played in bubbles, mowed the lawn (leah hugged me while we were riding the tractor and said 'Daddy i love to mow the lawn with you'. i love that kid!) Erin was just happy and smily as always. when she wasnt cranky from lack of naps that is. Then we had some cake for Porter (our neighbors) birthday. it was AWESOME chocolate cake. Good job Tiff! then we bathed and now i'm waiting to go kiss Leah good night. She is so exhausted. Oh we also had awesome pizza for lunch. New place called Johnny B's in Monroe. SO good. i'm glad Cicis was closed cuz we were heading there.

What else...i'm sure a ton of stuff, but i'm too tired to think of it all. Oh, i did jump a garbage camp off my ramp today. that was fun. Mimi and Pawpaw are comin on friday, so Leah is excited. (me too of course, but not as excited as Leah. :) )

THen we head to florida in april...life is so full of stuff. i love it! Kids and family and friends just make life worth living. To all of you who have stayed in my life and made it worth living, Thanks! It wouldnt be that great without all of you.

Kay, that was my mushy moment. Its like when scrubs is all happy and silly for 27 minutes, then in the last 2 its always some life lesson or tearjerker.

Till next week...

no time to post

work, kids, who has the time to blog? But angelle wanted me to post this interesting tidbit: I just posted a comment on Mandi's blog, and my Word Verification word was: BIMPS!

i like it.

Also, HAPPY BIRTHDAY STACE!

Also, my General Lee RC car from WalMart rocks. it was 10 bucks and we've had hours of fun driving it around the cul-de-sac.

Also, everyone go Wachovia and open a checking account, and tell them that I referred you. You will get $25 and I will get $25. Its Win Win Win! Seriously do it. I want free money. If you are a Random reading this, my name is Mike Gallers. If you are not a Random, and you just forgot my name, thats kinda funny. Are you drunk? or just a moron?

I hear Leah singing from her bedroom right now. She often talks or sings herself to sleep. Its cute and funny. I had to take splinters out of her hand tonight though. that was NOT cute or funny. SHe got them from playing on my skate ramps last weekend. They were so small that i had to take my contacts out to get my microscope vision.

Oh, and I missed TY's birthday, so happy birthday to Ty! big 2 oh. minus the oh.

Alright, enough jibber jabber. laterz