Finally, I feel like I am almost caught up with my blog! Today, I just wanted to quickly share my fantastic Easter with you all. Charles and I loaded up the dogs and headed to Boone, NC to have Easter with his mom - Mrs. Fox, sister - Jessica, and adorable niece - Emma :) Charles' dad was still in Augusta working at The Masters and Brent-Jessica's husband, had to work too. Did you know Easter isn't a Federal Holiday? It was a beautiful weekend, and I always love seeing my soon-to-be in-laws! I am truly very lucky to be marrying into such a great family. They remind me a lot of my family, so it's always comfortable and always fun.
We arrived in Boone on Friday evening around 8:30, so we ate and went to sleep pretty quickly. Saturday morning, Charles wanted to go hiking and then teach me how to shoot. I was pretty pumped! We went hiking on a trail located off of the Blue Ridge Parkway with the dogs. That was probably a mistake...not the hiking, but taking the dogs. It had rained the day before so the trail was muddy and slippery, so we could only go so far... We did find a beautiful lookout point thought, and I was able to snap some great pictures!
Once we got back the dogs were promptly given a bath and then it was time to shoot! I have been wanting to learn how to shoot for years. I am blessed that Charles is so patient with me and is willing and excited to teach me different things (golf, shooting, etc). Charles created a target from a piece of styrofoam and we set it up at the curve on their road. I had to constantly remind myself that the Fox's live on a mountain and the curve in the road was a perfectly acceptable to place for target practice. I grew up in the city...you can't just shoot where you want in Cobb County. Charles started me off with a little 22 caliber rifle, no kick back, and very user friendly. Once i was comfortable with that and had made some nice shots, he moved me to a pistol where we used some 38 calliber bullets. This pistol had a little kick, and a lot of power...it was my favorite. Once I was comfortable with that gun and had used almost the entire box of ammo, Charles was ready to move onto the shotgun...this thing was a monster and had a kick back that startled me. It hurt too. This will not become my weapon of choice, but it was fun to shoot a few times! Here I am with the pistol!
Sunday morning we woke up, got dressed and headed to church. The service was great! I always love Easter morning service. There are few things in life as uplifting and promising as the resurrection. After church we went to Charles' grandmother, Mimi's house. She had quite the spread laid out for us. I also had the chance to FINALLY love on Emma a bit! Emma had not been 'feeling' Aunt Meghan this weekend. She is such a hoot...one day she loves you, the next you are getting the "stink-eye". I keep telling her that one day she'll be begging to spend time with "Cool Aunt Meghan" ha ha! I guess when you are one and a half though, you just don't care, lol! Either way, I love her and she makes me smile! Here are some Easter photos
Well I finally feel caught up. I will be back to my regularly scheduled blogging late this week/weekend. For now, I wish you all a very happy Monday and great last week of April!!
~M. Johnson :) :)
Me and the Masters Board
