While I was away...

Chris is working on the finishing touches on our 1941 pickup!  The small fixes tend to be the ones that take the longest.  A little tweak there, a little tweak here...

 

 It's looking good though - and we'll definitely be driving it this summer.

Basketball!

I also took in a basketball game in my home town.  The team was 3rd in state last year, and only lost one key player, so they are still really good & so fun to watch!

 

 We won!

Hanging with the family

I stayed in town for a few more days after the excitement of the cheer competition!

Superbowl at my sisters house!  She had to grade some papers, so she came out to watch the commercials!

 

 Me & Mom ;)

 The family pets came out to play too!

 IL got some snow too...  just a dusting though.

 We checked out the local bank rates - but they are just as low as all the others...

State Cheer competition!!

I flew to IL to watch my niece compete in the State Cheer Competition!

 

 Almost our whole family turned out to cheer Claire on!!

 It was fun & exciting to watch!  But also very nerve wracking!!!  (these next two pictures are taken by the NV cheerleading team)

 2 nieces!

 My sister in laws friend was watching the competition on TV and got this great photo!

 Waiting for the results...

 They got 3rd in state!!!  Everyone was SO excited - especially since they were 9th going into the last day!  (they do wipe the scores out, so everyone starts even)

 Me & Claire!

Meanwhile - we got more snow! Sigh

While I'm gallivanting around the country :), Chris got stuck with some more snow storms!  One storm had the heavy wet stuff, so he lost power for a few hours.  Bummer!

These trees were so loaded with snow, they blocked our driveway.

 

 Bolts enjoyed the white stuff.

 It did give us some beautiful sunsets though!!

Girlfriend Trip to Charleston!!

College girlfriend trip to Charleston, SC!

 

Our cute rental! 

 Shopping!!  King Street has a Ton of shopping.  We walked over 7 miles on our first day of shopping.

 Our second day, we went to the Charleston City Market - much like Fanueil Hall for you Bostonians.

 And we checked out the Harbor

 and the beautiful homes!

 and churches!

 There's always time for dinner!  We ate at a yummy brewery.

 Diane's daughter is going to college in the area, so she joined us for a couple days :)

 A couple girlfriends left on Sunday, but I stayed with one friend for a couple more days of sightseeing.

 We walked the bridge between Charleston & Mt Pleasant for a morning wake up!

and saw some beautiful views of Charleston & the harbor

 We checked out a famous plantation - where they filmed the mini series North & South!

 Beautiful plantation home

 The slave quarters

There is so much to do in Charleston - lots of history, fun shopping, and yummy restaurants.  A great place to meet up with friends!  We had some beautiful weather and I really enjoyed catching up with friends I haven't seen in years.  I just hope we get together again much sooner!!