Easter Week. . .

Wow! As I was posting the pictures from the last week, I'm reminded why I'm feeling tired after our trip! We had so much fun doing a lot of different activities!! 

It started with an Easter egg hunt in Scappoose the Sunday before Easter, then we were off to Colusa for a fun week with cousins, tennis events, a birthday celebration, and Easter!! So much fun!! 

Easter egg hunt. . 

Then over to Grandma Reen's for some fun Easter treats and stories!

Off to Colusa. . ..

Grace was very excited to see Clay again! 

The kids loved going in the sprinklers each afternoon!

Hanging out with Owen and Levi for the day:).

Erin had the kids over to dye eggs and frost cookies.  It was so much fun!  

Her sister Maile was there, and we were twins! It was so fun to see her and her kids, as well! 

Then off to Jeff's! 

Tennis Alumni Event! 

Back to the house for Grandpa's birthday celebration!

I love this picture! The kids were all watching and cheering for whoever was batting! Even Levi:). . 

I was excited to get a picture of the LaMarr family, then who runs in the picture, but Grace:)! 

Attempt at a cousin pic.  I love that Em is on the run, and Owen is about to follow:).  

EASTER!

Back home and Grace and Pat are  ready for their special night out! Pat tries to take one kid each week to do something fun.  The kids love it! 

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! 

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!