Friday, April 30, 2010

Fun in the Sun

Recently Lucas, Henry and I made a long overdue trip down to Arizona to visit my Grandparents and Aunt Jane along with my parents and brother(we arrived the day after they did). We use to go down there every year, but I haven't been since having the boys. It has always been one of my favorite vacations and this time certainly didn't disappoint. The moment we got there, they had a whole spread of my favorite foods and an Easter egg hunt prepared for the boys. If you've ever met my grandma Irey, she probably knows all of your favorite foods. She is an amazing cook and the whole menu for the week was in typical Grandma Irey fashion. We were in heaven. It's so funny how sometimes doing nothing can be so fun and memorable. The weather was warm and gorgeous, and even though the pool was borderline ice water, we couldn't resist the urge to jump in a few times. We were also able to spend time with two of my other aunts that live down there as well as some cousins.

The week ended with a hilarious evening of melodrama at the "Gaslight Theatre" courtesy of my sweet grandparents. Even being there for a week, the time to leave came much too quickly. I'm so blessed to have such amazing grandparents, and I can't wait until we can make it down there again.

Easter Parties!

There are so many wonderful things about having a big family. One of them is the amount of parties that surround a single holiday. I suppose not all big families would have 4 celebrations, but fortunately for us, we're all the celebrating type. Since the boys and I were headed to Arizona on Easter Sunday, the Easter Bunny made a special early trip just for us on Saturday. Lucas slept out on the couch and the Easter Bunny jumped right over his head -leaving his footprints;)- without even waking him. We all got a kick out of that. After finding our baskets hidden around the house, we got ready and made a trip out to the Bitner's for an Easter egg hunt and dinner. This is one you don't want to miss folks. We're talking cash and I made a HAUL, finding the $20(a new addition this year) and one of the two $10s! Big thanks to Mama and Papa Bit.

We went on to have two more egg hunts the following week. One in Arizona with my Grandma and Grandpa Irey, and one back here with my Grandma and Grandpa Wilding. We are certainly spoiled to have so many incredible and generous family members around. The boys still have all eight of their great-grandparents and are the first two grandchildren on the Bitner side. We love every minute we get to spend with all of them and can't seem to do it enough.