So we played.
Easter was wonderful. Lots of
time with family and a truckload of chocolate.
On Monday I taught a class at the gym.
We spent the afternoon doing some organizing and playing at home. Attended another gym class that night. And then had a girls night sleepover. L and A sprawled out on the air mattress, E
made a bed on the couch and I settled into the recliner. We watched movies, ate treats and stayed up
late.
On Tuesday, I taught another class at the gym and then we headed north
to my mom’s house. We played through the
day, dragging out toys and making a mess.
In the evening, we played in the hot tub and then watched Casper for a family movie night before
the girls got to sleep in the bunkhouse.
On Wednesday, we played through the morning, met Papa for lunch at a
local restaurant and then I left the girls with my parents and I left to spend
the evening with my husband. We went out
for sushi, started our taxes and tried to get caught up on projects.
On Thursday, I taught a morning class and then drove down the canyon to
meet Grammy and the girls for some shopping.
I took the girls to lunch while she went to an interview and then we
headed south. After a very long drive, a
brief stop to run at McDonalds and lots of snacks/movies/books/arguments, we arrived at my grandma’s house. The girls were happy to be out of the car and
excited to see their grandma-great. A
and E were particularly delighted to see grandma’s dogs and spent most of the
evening playing with them.
Friday morning we did a little shopping around town. Then I went with Grandma Great to her water aerobics
class and filled in for their usual instructor.
The women were fun and so sweet.
We had a late lunch and one of our favorite places in town at a pizza
buffet. The girls especially loved it, A
ate even more than I did! And then after
lunch we eventually packed and the girls and I headed out again to join husband’s
side of the family for a weekend campout.
We arrived at the camp and the girls were thrilled to see their
cousins. We lounged around in their camp
for a short while until husband and Grandpa arrived with our trailer. We set up camp, had dinner, explored a
little, roasted s’mores and stayed up late to play.
Saturday was so fun. After
breakfast we took the girls on a short hike to find dinosaur tracks. They were happy and content to just play in
camp too, especially to play in our trailer claiming it as their clubhouse. The men took the two youngest to run an
errand in the afternoon while my sister in law and I kept the older kids. We did a craft, had snacks, played board
games, explored the creek and best of all, just lounged around chatting while
the kids played in the trailer. We had a
few mishaps. L suffered some roadrash
when she slipped on rocks playing hide and seek. And A gave us a really good scare when she
grabbed the hot end of a skewer fresh out of the fire that instantly burned and
blistered. But the trip overall was
fantastic.
Sunday morning we slept in a little and enjoyed breakfast before going
out on a family hike. It was only a mile
in through some canyons to some water ponds (plenty long for the kids). The kids loved playing on the rocks,
scrambling around like agile goats and imagining up all kind of stories. After lunch I got out another activity that
turned out to be a hit. They were candy
legos and its hard to say who enjoyed them most, the kids or the men. We lingered around camp for awhile and
eventually said goodbye. We picked up
Grammy and headed home again with piles of laundry do to, some very dirty but
happy kids to wash and a very worn out mom.
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