Sunday, March 30, 2014

Spring Break. . .

We stayed in town for spring break this year. I tried to plan an activity each day since they didn't have school. It was a fun week to catch up with people we hadn't seen in a while!
Grace made a water slide:). They had so much fun on it! 


We drove out to West Linn the first day to hang out with my friend Mary and her two girls.  
Adam and Emily came over  for a playdate!
Lots of arts and crafts. . .

A very serious firefighter, and a biker with a bear in her front pack:). 

Fieldtrip to the hospital. . 
 Grace had been asking for a while if she could go to the hospital to see where Murray works as a doctor, so he was nice and gave his kids and ours a tour of the children's ER.

Their favorite part was running outside on the grass!
Will went to his first b-day party at Chuck e Cheese.  The girls got to go, too, which was fun! Very, very,  busy.  . but fun.
 Louisa and Teddy came over for dinner one night.
Matt, Colin and their families came over for brunch one morning! 
Grace loves hanging out with little Grace!


Another lollipop:). Kate is not amused. . .

It was a great week, and now it will be nice to get back to our school schedule! 


Saturday, March 8, 2014

Palm Springs 2014


 We had an awesome week of activity and sunshine in Palm Springs!

The kids had so much fun in the pool! Thank you, Karen, for the floaties!  
I loved the mornings! The kids got up earlier (6 instead of 7), but I didn't even care because it was so pretty out! 
Will led us up the mountain for a morning hike!


With a little help from Pat, Grace made it to the top, too! 
Over to the resort for the play structure and swimming!



More chase. . . 
Pat and I went to the resort one night.  We were cheap and brought our own food:), but it was super fun to have a night out! 

Back to one of my favorite spots for chase! 




Pat's aunt and uncle were in the desert and had us over for dinner one night, which was really fun!

Pat's cousin, Tony, and his family were visiting his parents, and it was fun to hang out with them! 
Kate and baby Brenden.



Making it home thanks to a show!