Our Easter Weekend

Happy Belated Easter everyone!  I hope ya'll had a great Easter and spring break.  We just returned home from seeing family and a week's vacation in West Virginia.  A new travel series of our trip to West Virginia will begin next week Wednesday.  Gosh, that's a beautiful state!  No wonder they call it "Almost Heaven"!

We arrived at our daughter's/son-in-law's home the Saturday before Easter and just enjoyed dinner and playing with the grandchildren.  They just got rid of all their carpeting and had new laminate floors put in, so little Laz enjoyed Grandpa pushing him across the room in his toy wagon.

The next day was Easter Sunday so we went to church.  I asked my son-in-law if they could leave a little bit before us so I could hide the children's Easter Baskets.  I had never done that before because the little ones were always around so it was impossible.  When we returned home from church I told the kids that somewhere in this house were four Easter baskets, and they had to find them.  They were SO excited and had so much fun searching for them.  I really didn't hide them too much  (I just put them inside closets), yet they still had such a hard time finding them.  I was so surprised by that.  I eventually had to give the older two a clue.  But despite the difficulty of them finding the baskets, they sure had fun and were so excited when they eventually found their own basket.

Laz was the first to find his but I put his basket in the most obvious spot (next to the couch) plus we told him where to look.  😀

The next one to find his basket was Elisha.  I could not believe how excited he was to find it!  It made me so happy to see the joy on the grandchildren's faces. 

I knew they would be hunting for Easter Eggs later in the day, so I didn't give them much candy.  Most of the baskets were healthy treats and inexpensive toys.

They loved everything in the baskets.  Laz always likes the treats the best.  The boys loved their squirt gun swords.

Alethea was the very last to find her basket, but she sure was excited!

She is growing up now and doesn't play with toys anymore so I gave her some blue and turquoise nail polish which she was thrilled about!

For supper we had a simple Easter meal of ham, potatoes, veggies, and sourdough bread.  I couldn't believe how fast the grandchildren gobbled up that ham!

Laz especially had quite the hearty appetite!

My husband and I.

My daughter and son--in-law.

After dinner, we took a walk.  It was a chilly Easter, and Monday was even colder, but by Tuesday the temperatures started to rise again so we had a great vacation!

Atticus and Elisha were constantly running ahead of us so they got hot and took their coats off.

I, on the other hand, was so cold I had to put my hood up!

The kids led us to a new section of the trail that was recently renovated to include ponds, boat docks, piers, bridges, and picnic tables.  It is not complete yet, but it sure looks beautiful already!

The geese are sure enjoying the new pond waters!

The next morning my husband, son, and I started the nine hour drive all the way to the far east side of West Virginia.  We would start our adventure there and make our way back to west across the state the rest of the week until we ended back at our daughter's the following weekend.

When we arrived at my daughter's house a week later, the temperatures were much warmer and we were able to spend a lot of time outdoors.

My husband and I spend hours just pushing Laz up and down the sidewalk in this little toy car.  He loved getting in and out of the car, pushing it himself, and even "driving" it himself with his little feet.

We returned home the next day.  It is always fun to take a vacation, but it's nice to come home again and back to a routine.  The kitties were sure happy to see us!

Have A Great Day!  Amy

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