Last Week's Spring Break

We had such a great week I just had to journal about it. Although we did not go on vacation for Spring Break, it sure felt like one with Geoff off for half the week. We had tons going on and decided that if it truly were spring break, we should have a break and cleared our week to only fun stuff we could do together as a family!

Monday – Grandma invited the kids up to her work for a little shopping and lunch. Annalyn’s highlight of this day was when Grandma took the kids to her break room and gave the kids each $1 to put in the vending machine and pick a treat. Who would think that would be so memorable? =)

Tuesday – The kids played at friends’ houses all day (that was my break!) and we ordered pizza and watched the video “The Water Horse” that night.

Wednesday – We took the kids to the Planetarium.

Here they are on Mars, where they all came from. Well, where the boys came from. ;) They liked the dome theater movie on Black Holes, Emeron and Anna said that it scared them however, they didn’t want to be stretched like a spaghetti noodle. But, they all had fun shopping for a ‘souvenir’ in the gift shop. On the way back home we dropped the four oldest kids off at Seth’s house for a sleepover. You can’t beat a sleepover at Seth’s!! They always have so much fun there.

Thursday – Geoff and I did a little shopping in the morning and picked up the kids in the afternoon at Seth’s and then we headed off to the Zoo, we spent the day there in beautiful weather. Jacob’s highlight was the train ride and running all over the place instead of riding in the stroller, of course. Abby had the camera (her camera) and took most of the pictures this day, and so we have literally hundreds of pictures of all the animals at the Zoo. :)

On our way back home we picked up dinner at JCWs to eat in our backyard. This was when Farrell finally noticed what Geoff and I had shopped for earlier that morning….. a trampoline. The kids’ jaws dropped and they screamed and were excited to finally have one.

Friday – First thing in the morning Geoff and the three older kids set up the tramp and they all called ‘dibbs’ as to who got to jump first, etc. That was an ongoing spirited ‘conversation’ they had throughout the day. ;)

Saturday – We did some yard work and gardening and then went down to Spring City.

Being on the road with six kids can be eventful - here’s a little glimpse. Mind you this was on the way home, after they each had a fully charged milkshake.

So while this might seem like any other week for some (short of work, practices, classes, games and meetings) for us it was a great spring break – mainly because Daddy was home and with us! I love it when we have the time to just be together…..