Spring Break, the beginning

 We started out mini vacation with an unusually warm Sunday afternoon. We bought dirt and let the kids go mining. Sounds so funny to say we "bought dirt" but that is what you do to allow your kids to experience mining. We were staying at the Hotel Nashville and this mining location was very near our hotel. We then went to one of our favorite pizza places for dinner. Yummy!!

 In the morning, we started off with a yummy breakfast at the hotel....waffles, cinnamon rolls, fruit, cereal,  juice, milk, coffee.....yes, we were energized and ready!! We started on this 1.25 moderate trail. Before that day, the kids had only been on easy trails or easy/moderate trails....little did we know what we were getting ourselves into!!!

 Some fun science lessons from daddy along the way....

 And then....this appeared before us.

Option 1: turn around, hike back 1 plus miles

Option 2: pick up the kids, run for it, and know that I'm an adult and I shouldn't whine because my feet are wet

We went with Option 2.....only to find out......

 that we had just crossed over onto a .75 mile rugged trail. Did I mention we were at the bottom of the downhill rugged trail? Do you understand what that means? We have to hike UP a .75 RUGGED trail with 2 kids that are getting tired.....

 We made it out alive with our drama king and queen!! Notice we ended at the beginning. Lesson learned. Next time, we start here going DOWNHILL on the rugged trail and end on the 1.25 moderate trail. Sounds like a much better option.

We rewarded the kids with candy from a candy/fudge shop. They opted for some CrAzY sour powdery stuff. I opted for red velvet fudge....from the look on his face, I made a better choice!!!

Spring Break 2012, part 2

The Middle

We went to hang out at Grandma Teri's house. Actually, we sent the kids over on Wednesday night after gymnastics and we went to join them on Thursday night for this super fun campfire. While the kids were gone, Matt and I repainted our bedroom. And, shockingly, 2 weeks later, it still isn't a finished product. I'd post pictures, but I'm not happy with it yet. It is getting there.....slooooowly! I digress, back to the campfire. S'mores are a favorite of mine, so after a dinner out, we roasted marshmallows and had a delicious dessert. I was in charge of the roasting to begin with and they had me using a real stick. I was SO scared that it was going to catch on fire, so they all had a great time making fun of me for a while. Oh well, the yummy dessert was worth it....obviously, look at the smile below! 

 On our way back from our "mini vacation" (I really should have gone in order, I haven't even told you about our first stop) we stopped in Columbus to play at the indoor play area we'd heard so much about and to eat at Scotty's Burger Joint. This is Delaney cutting the "nasty" skin off of her apples. As long as she is going to eat the fruit, I'm all for her "playing" with her food.

 The kids and I did some cute posing. I'm never in the pictures....it was kind of fun!

That body in the middle is Delaney. The kids had a lot of fun in this contraption.

**A special thanks to Matt for his awesome photography skills....2 pictures in one blog post!!!**

Spring Break 2012, part 1

I have realized this post is going to take a few days to complete, but I'll start with the end of the break and work my way backwards. Carson is in a bowling league and the Saturday of spring break he received his shirt. It's a big deal and he was SO proud!! He has become more consistent in his bowling and has made all of us get involved. We went bowling once as a family over spring break and I take them on their days off from school. I think we will spend a lot of our rainy summer days at the bowling alley.
We colored eggs together. Matt is the artistic one in our house, so he was more helpful. I just manned the camera. :)

Delaney and I went to get pedicures for Easter. I mean, come on, you have cute new clothes, you need cute toes too!! The lady was so good with her, put the little flowers on her toe nails and finger nails....spoiled child!!

And, the two most adorable children on Easter morning. They really do love each other, it's not an act. They are usually best friends, but when they aren't, watch out!!!