Daily Treasures: Spring Break

What a busy yet relaxing Spring Break we had this year. I had so much envisioned that I wanted to accomplish (some of it was) but mostly, we hung out as a family and enjoyed our time together.

Our break started on Good Friday and as Gabby says, "The girls were with the girls and the boys are with the boys!" The girls and I went and had our nails done while the boys did some work on Daddy's new boat but we all met up for lunch and spent the rest of that day cleaning around the house.

Sat had a little more cleaning, some packing and errands, AND it was Jeff's birthday. Jeff ended up taking Isabella to Urgent Care for a buldging ear drum but luckily she told us in time for a RX to be filled before closing time and Easter sunday. We had a nice taco dinner for Jeffrey, cooked by his Mom, and the kids fulfilled his request for a carrot cake.

Singing Happy Birthday!!! Note the candles?? That's was Gabby's job :-)

As dinner was being prepared, everyone took time to color eggs. Grandma Carol, Papa, and Grandma Rose all participated and we ended up with a group of GREAT LOOKING eggs that turned into deviled eggs Easter morning :-)

Sunday, of course was Easter. The children woke up to baskets, went to Grandma and Papa's for breakfast, came home to pack the trailer, and back to Grandma's for dinner and an Easter Egg hunt. I'm currently trying to figure out how to make this fun little game more enjoyable for Gabby since her brother and sister are considerably faster than her. They ran circles around her and gobbled them all up even though there was a number limit to how many they could hunt for. As an adult would point out an egg to Gabby, one of the other two would grab it and put it in her basket. I'm not real sure how many she actually hunted but not once did she complain! She found one under the tree and upon picking it up, told Isabella that she found it for her. At any rate, fun was had by all!!!

Bright and early Monday morning, we loaded up the kids in the truck and headed to Pismo beach for the week. Beautiful weather, sunshine, sand, they love it! Grandma, Papa, and Grandma Rose joined us for the first part of the week but decided to stay in a hotel downtown. Their days were spent with us on the beach watching the kids ride their quads, walking along the water, looking for shells, and relaxing but their nights were spent quietly in their rooms. Loved having them! The rest of the week, we played. A beautiful 4 days at the beach, came home a day early due to wind, and spent the weekend getting ready for everyone to head back to school and work. A great Spring Break in the memory book!!!