A Very Enjoyable Spring Break Week!

Well, we are in Spring Break week here...actually, the week is almost over. It's hard to believe how fast it has flown by. The kids have been great and it's been wonderful having more time with all of them. I am looking forward to summer so much so we can do more fun things. They have enjoyed reading and playing games this week. Our new passion is Yahtzee because we can all play and enjoy it! Even Esther Marie gets excited and hollers out "Yahtzee" and carries the game over to us wanting to "play." She has her own dice, chips and score pad and loves to pretend she is playing. The kids have also enjoyed watching movies, playing outdoors, and having fun family time.

We went to a Home and Garden Show last Saturday and we had a blast. The new blog photo is one taken there at the show. (I will post more about our fun later.) We had some rain for a few days at the beginning of the week, but computer time, game boys, and the Wii always seem to cure those bad-weather-blues really fast!

We FINALLY got a chance to visit the new Bass Pro Shop in our area. We stayed forever and had a great time! What an awesome store! The kids all enjoyed a Moon Pie (click for history of the Moon Pie) at the end of the visit. After devouring a double-decker, they were begging for more.

Today, we had some photos of the kids taken, and I will hopefully get some of those posted on the blog soon. They turned out really sweet. This was the first time we have taken Esther Marie to have formal photos made and she was a total "ham". Our photographer was laughing quite a bit, and so were we.

This afternoon, we headed for the airport and were blessed to be able to welcome our friends back from Colombia with their two new adopted children.....Angi Camilla (age 11) and Leandro (age 5). The addition of these lovely children means that their family now has FOUR...just like ours. We are overjoyed for them! After the airport gathering, we headed to this family's house for a pizza party to welcome them home. The kids enjoyed outdoor play and plenty of pizza.

Tomorrow, we plan to head south to spend the day with my cousin Amy and her husband, Tim. We are going to ride bikes, have a picnic and play some games. The bikes are loaded on (and in) the car and we are ready to go! Jasper got a new bike seat attached for Emmie on his bike so this will be her first ride in it. On Sunday, we will end the week with church, scouts and home group. I will be sad when the week is over.

I took bunches of pictures of all the events we have done lately and hope to get some of them posted on the blog...soon! I used to stay up late posting and pouring over photos, and now the kids wear me out so much, I can't keep up with all of it. Watch for more posts coming soon (to "catch up"). Hope you have had a blessed week!