Spring Break 2016

Playdate with the Cashens

Alyssa and Kaylee

Trace and Cameron

Kaylee and Aliyah

Kianna and Rylan

Daddy's birthday loot

Tory and Kianna

Kianna and Tory baking

Lauren and Kaylee baking

Keri and Rebekah

Brayden and Trace

Amelia and Kaylee

After starting a challenging new school, we were all ready for no homework and sleeping in. Well the latter is relative with my kids, as they don't really sleep in, but being lazy nonetheless! The first half of our Spring Break was spent enjoying cousins and the second half was spent on the road.

Here is a look at our week:

• On Saturday, the kids had a playdate and sleepover with Alyssa, Cameron and Abigail. The kids got along great and really enjoyed spending time together. Kaylee and Alyssa baked some peanut butter chocolate chip cookies, which were quite yummy. Trace and Cameron had the nerf guns out. Kianna and Abigail got the karaoke machine out which drew some crowds. 
• On Sunday, Aliyah and Rylan came over along with Grandma Jacque and Grandpa John. Trevor and I enjoyed some time away celebrating my Grandma Russell's 95th birthday with extended family, followed by a movie. While we were gone, Kaylee and Aliyah made buckeyes which were out of this world! 
• On Monday, Bryker came over and spent the night. The boys had fun as usual. 
• On Tuesday, we laid low, ate lunch with Grandma Becki, and let Daddy open his birthday presents. 
• On Wednesday, Daddy worked in the morning and then we headed for a hotel in Tinley Park, IL where we spent the evening celebrating Daddy's birthday. We let the kids swim in the pool, ate dinner at Texas Roadhouse, swam some more and then ended the evening with the movie "Miracles from Heaven". 
• On Thursday, we completed the drive back to Adrian, MI. It was our first time back since we moved and we were excited to reconnect with our friends. Just walking through the school and The Centre was fun bumping into people. Trevor and I both got to see our coworkers, which was great. We setup a playdate for the kids to swim with their friends after school, while we chatted with their parents. Following our swim, the girls went to Tory and Lauren Swiggum's house, where they had a Top Chef Bake-off. While the girls were having their fun Trace, Trevor and I spent the evening with the Marsh family. Jackson took Trace back into the woods and to see some horses. They had a great time while we visited.
• On Friday, I got to catch up with several friends, Amy Grupp and Rebekah Hildebrandt while Trevor touched base with lots of his friends. The kids spent the day in their old classrooms and thoroughly enjoyed it! Trace had a playdate with his friend, Brayden for a couple of hours and Kaylee spent the night with her friend, Amelia Grupp. The rest of us spent the evening with the Johnson family. We ate at The Doghouse and went to The Spotted Cow, two of our favorite places. 
• On Saturday, we headed back to Iowa. We stopped at Ikea on the way back and loaded up our van with some goodies.
• On Sunday, we went to church and relaxed.

It was a great week reconnecting both with cousins and friends. We are blessed!