Easter Weekend!

It's Tuesday and I'm just now getting to post my weekend recap. Why is that? Well, because it was such an awesome weekend that I didn't want to miss a second of it to write a little blog post, of course! Plus, if I had posted about such an awesome weekend on April Fool's Day you might think I made it all up. Be sure to read all the way to the end because there's quite a treat at the bottom!! :)

Friday night I got to have dinner with one of my favorite childhood friends! We talked about all sorts of things and took plenty of time remembering fun times as kids - like the time my house blew away from a tornado the day after my birthday - two nights after my friends had been there for a slumber party, and how she came back a few days later to help clean the aftermath (which happened to be the first time I went out to the house after the tornado - such a great friend). And the time I gave her a super cute picture frame for her birthday...with a picture of me and some random other little kid that most definitely was not Ashley! It's the thought that counts, right? I am so very blessed to have friends like Ashley & her family in my life - the very genuine kind who you know will be there forever.

Saturday morning I made sure to sleep in because I was still majorly lacking sleep from our big event Thursday (see pictures here). Once I finally got around, I headed to the city for the adventure Matt had been planning all week. He told me to bring my camera so I knew it would be good. We got in the car for what I decided was called "Matt & Shae's Day of Fun" and headed to the Museum of Osteology - aka the Bone Museum! We spent so much time looking at all the bones and being amazed - "that's not as big as I thought it would be" or "WHOA that's HUGE!" were our most used phrases, I think.

After the Museum of Osteology, we needed a snow cone. So off we went to get the first one of the year!

Blue bubblegum = blue mouth. Whoops!

After a break to play with Thabo...

We went to my house for dinner and to hang out with my Hardy cousins! The sunset was beautiful on the way there, so clearly I had to snap a picture. I still didn't capture exactly how pretty it was though.

Molly loves Matt. Much more than she loves me, I think :(

Sunday after church, my family went to Aunt Bettie's house to eat and hunt eggs. 

the hiders

the hunters

After eating all the delicious food we could and finding all the almost-cooked eggs (side eye, Mag), we went to our land to "hunt" eggs - like skeet shooting, just with eggs - and to fish. 

Mom & her cousin Sherry, who is in town from Colorado

Kaden and Bear couldn't let Sam (Bear's dog) have all the fun in the freezing water - those silly boys had to jump in themselves!

And just as we were finishing up a great weekend, Bear and Magan had to go scare me. Watch the video below for your daily laugh. I promise, it's worth it (at my expense, nonetheless).

My cousins love {to torture} me. 

Hope your Easter weekend was full of celebrating Jesus and loving on your family!

Regional Radio Star {in training}

It's finally Friday - and yes, I mean finally. It's been such a crazy {but fun} week. We had a big event and a HUGE event at work this week, so when I say I'm a little tired, I think it's completely justified. I have a thousand pictures to go through, edit and post before I leave work today, plus all the other normal things non-event related. I was so tired I almost forgot to wear orange today. Don't worry, Pokes, I remembered. Needless to say, I'm looking forward to a good night of sleep tonight!

When I left you Monday, I was headed to bed so I'd be rested for 7:30 am meetings. Guys, I'm so not a morning person. But, getting to work that early wasn't all bad...

I got to talk to @lumponwwls to start my day. And how's your morning, friends? #lovethesportsanimal
— Shae Kennedy (@shaeken) March 26, 2013

For those of you who don't know, I listen to the Sports Animal all.the.time. I think the Morning Animals are awesome. People know if I'm in my office or not by if they can hear people talking sports as they walk by my door (I've strategically hidden myself from view thanks to constant interruptions while designing). Anyway, part of my job is social media, so when my dear friends the morning animals were having probs posting to their Facebook page and requested help from listeners, clearly I called to help. Lump was so super nice and said my name several times on air and tweeted me back. I won't lie when I say I felt a little important.

On Wednesday, Jersey Mike's wrapped up their Month of Giving with a huge day of giving - all proceeds from OKC locations benefited the Food Bank. I got to go out and visit a few locations to take pictures, and while I was there, I was asked to be on-air with KOMA! I was interviewed about what Jersey Mike's was doing for the day. Clearly after that interview & my shout outs on the Sports Animal, a twitter bio update was in order:

Yes, that reads "Wannabe Regional Radio Star."

Wednesday evening, Matt & I took Thabo on an adventure to Petsmart. Now that he's all healed from a broken bone & surgery, he's quite rambunctious! He did enjoy sitting in this box and chewing the sides of it. I also bought Molly Jo some treats and decorated chew bones to play with, and I'm not sure she likes either - the treats are healthy for old lady dogs (clearly she's going to be bummed for a healthy treat!) and she just stares at the bones and hasn't done a thing to actually chew on them. And they're even decorated in pink. Weirdo. 

And yesterday, oh man. Let's just say it was 14 long hours of work and fun. I played paparazzi so of course I'll be sharing some pictures over on my work Flickr account, and I already shared some fun on our Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. The event was at the Cowboy & National Western Heritage Museum (for those of us who are old, the Cowboy Hall of Fame). It's such a beautiful venue, and the event was a great success. 

By the time you're reading this, I hope to have edited a few hundred pictures. I'm looking forward to having dinner with my sweet friend Ashley tonight before she takes off on a new, exciting adventure. 

If you're in the area, I'd like to invite you to join me for church on Sunday! If you're unable to physically be there, you can watch online here. I'm so thankful that Jesus did indeed pay it all. I'm so humbled to serve such a wonderful, loving Savior. 

"Oh praise the One who paid my debt and raised this life up from the dead!"

happy tuesday.

❤shaeken