Spring Break Fun

Dave had to be on call for work the week of Spring Break, so it was either we stay home (boring!) or we head over to see family with just me and the three kiddos. I was a little nervous for the long drive with Kayli, but she slept the entire way over! We started by going to my brother's new house is Gig Harbor. We hadn't seen it yet, so it was lots of fun. They live right by the beach and the kids had lots of fun with their cousins.


Kelsi and Madi were looking for crabs to catch and torture...


Andrew and Gavin just wanted to throw rocks in the water.


On Monday we headed south to Olympia so that my grandparents could meet Kayli. She loved her Grandpa Tolman so much! (We all do!) We had such a great visit with them. My Aunt Ann from Alaska and her daughter Keren and her 2 kids were there also. It was fun to catch up with everyone. We also got to visit my Grandma Willis and spend some time with my parents.


Tuesday found us at the Pt. Defiance Zoo and before we could even park this Peacock wanted to play with us.


The kids all rode the free carousel until they were dizzy...


This was the highlight of the day if you ask Andrew. See the post below!!


As we were leaving the zoo a rather scary looking clown offered to make free balloon animals for the kids. Siting next to him was a rather large looking bucket for donations :) When he asked Andrew what he wanted, Andrew of course said "A Whale!" Well, Scary Clown said he couldn't make a whale and what was Andrew's second favorie animal? "A whale!" Finally after going back and forth for a few minutes they settled on a tiger. But seriously, how hard can it be to make a whale?? This is all the kids with their balloons.


We hardly have all the grandkids together at the same time so we thought it would be fun to get pictures taken. At the Beach. Ha ha. It was pouring down rain and freezing cold. But we got some cute pictures. This one was almost good, till I realized that I cut my dad's head off. Sorry dad. After the few minutes of freezing the kiddos, we took them all to McDonalds and let them take over the playland for awhile. Good times!


Friday meant it was time to head home. My drive over the pass had been great going over, just a little windy. Then I kept hearing all week how it had been snowing so much. Yuck! This is what we saw as we drove back home. But the sun was shining and no snow was falling...yay!


I was relieved to get over the pass with no weather issues but before I knew it we were sitting still and not moving. Ugh! There was an accident that caused my normally 2 1/2 drive home to take more than 4. Really not nice to do to a mother driving with 3 young children. Despite the craziness of the week we had a splendid time and hope to invade, I mean visit with, our family again soon!!