Easter

We had a great time on Easter! We spent the morning together and Hannah got her Easter basket (she loved the books)!!

Then we went to Aunt Sandy and Uncle Richard's house for festivities! We ate great food and had great company! When it was time for the kiddos Easter Egg Hunt, we headed out to the backyard to find eggs. Hannah found her first egg, and then she spotted the swingset and wanted to spend the rest of the time playing....never finishing the Egg Hunt!

Alabama

To end our Spring Break and to begin Tony's unemployment, we headed down to Alabama to visit Ali and Bo!!!

(For those of you who do not know yet, Tony lost his job about a week ago and is currently looking for something. This week he filled out over 40 applications and has 2 interviews lined up for next week...keep your fingers crossed that something comes up soon!)

Tony and I had not been to Ali and Bo's house since Ali was in the hospital about a year and a half ago....so it was nice that we were finally able to go and hang out with them!!

We arrived on Thursday and stayed home and just relaxed!! On Friday, Hannah and I went to the Vet where Ali works to meet everyone (and to visit with some animals)!! Then we picked up the boys and went to the Birmingham Zoo, where we ate a nice picnic lunch, rode the train and looked at all the animals (except the gorillas)!!! We had a great time there and are hoping that we get a year membership to the Louisville Zoo since Hannah is in love with animals right now!!

Saturday we went out for breakfast and then headed to a farm to see some horses. Hannah LOVED the farm....especially all the rocks (gravel). She spent a good hour picking up, lining up and throwing the rocks. She did get to pet her first horse, but had no desire to sit on him...maybe next time!!!

Saturday night we went out to eat with the Wash clan for Bo's bday at Chili's!! We had good company, good food and some good cake :)

We had a fantastic time and are hoping we can make it back down again soon!! Thank you so much Ali and Bo for being such wonderful hosts!!

Spring Break

One of many great things about being a teacher is Spring Break!! This week Hannah and I are happily spending time together (it's a nice glimpse into being a stay-at-home mom) at home. It has been a peaceful week with not much going on!!



We kicked Spring Break 2009 off by heading to the lake this past Saturday. My mom and dad were also there and they had Jacob in tow. We spent Saturday watching Jacob and Hannah play together and in between raindrops we went outside to "wing" (swing- as Hannah calls it). Saturday night produced some threatening weather and at one point we had to spend some time in the basement and wait out the weather...the kiddos didn't mind at all!




Starting last summer we put Hannah in the pack-n-play in the basement to sleep, so of course we tried it again...she was NOT happy. I heard her screaming twice and finally gave up and brought her upstairs...my mom had recently purchased some sleeping bag cots for Jacob and Hannah and we tried it out. While Tony peacefully slept in the bedroom...Hannah and I had a slumber party in the sun room (I was on the couch and she was on the cot). We didn't get much sleep that night, but we made it through!!




The rest of our week has been fairly low-key. Yesterday we had our old fence taken down and the new one put back up (thank you insurance)! And today Hannah and I met mom at Kosair Children's Hospital (her new job) for lunch!! Between catching up on Sesame Street episodes, cleaning and going for walks, we've had a great Spring Break!!





Tomorrow we will be heading to Alabama to visit Ali and Bo!! We are so excited to see them!!