Easter Weekend

Easter weekend started with a church Easter egg hunt. We closed the kids in the garage while we hid the eggs so it was crazy when we let them out.


CJ has been carrying his basket and his eggs from his school egg hunt everywhere so we knew he was going to love this. We were VERY wrong. He would not pick up a single egg and when Katie tried to help him and put some in there he threw them on the ground. Oh well.

Camille had no problem searching for some eggs.

A good old-fashioned sack race......


Until the adults got involved!!




The Grays had ducklings!


Easter morning.

The Easter bunny hid eggs in the side yard and those were all found.


However, the eggs in the backyard were never found......except by Dudley before we went outside. You can be sure that dog stayed outside all day since they were real eggs.



The most special and exciting part of the weekend was Katie getting confirmed! We are so proud of her.

Spring Break 2011 in New Orleans

Katie, Camille and I went to New Orleans to see Aunt Feather for Spring Break! We started by going to Cafe du Monde and the French Quater Market the first night. The next morning we went to Riverwalk for the IMAX theater and the Aquarium. Unfortunately, it wasn't Heather's Spring Break, so we only got to hang with her at night. We were excited for that time, though. CJ found ways to entertain himself while we were waiting to get into the IMAX. The Aquarium was great! This is a window in the floor. CJ thought it was so cool to lie down and look at the fish.

The Insectarium had so much cool stuff to explore! A streetcar ride to end the day. The next morning was a trip to Storyland. I realized how many stories I haven't told or read to CJ. Then we headed to the zoo before driving back to Jackson. Monkey Hill.....the kids were upset we didn't bring bathing suits. It didn't stop CJ or Camille.