Easter

We started off our Easter celebration on Saturday at Grandma and Papa's house.  The kids searched for chocolate and plastic eggs and baskets that Grandma made them.  Jonas went to his dad's after the hunt and the rest of us stayed for a yummy dinner.

Brynn's favorite part of her basket - $5

Bransen's favorite part of his basket - $5

Jonas's favorite part of his basket - Glow in the dark axe

Gavin's favorite part of his basket - Mickey bib and swimming trunks for Disney

Easter morning the kids  searched for their baskets from the Easter bunny before we went to church.

After church we went to Grandma and Grandpa Gabel's for lunch.  We made sure we got our picture taken all together in our fancy Easter clothes.  This is also the first whole family picture since Gavin was born!

Gavin also met his Great Grandma Peppy.

We hope your Easter was as blessed as ours!

Science Fair

Brynn and Bransen participated in a science fair at their school last month.  They both worked really hard and did a great job.  We are proud of them!

Bransen did an experiment to see what kind of light bulb could make the water hotter.

 Brynn made "boats" out of index cards and used different kinds of dish soap to see which kind propelled the boat farthest.

Williamsburg, VA

So I try to post the "big"events that happen in our family on here, but I missed our February break vacation!  We did take a trip to Williamsburg, VA.  We hoped to get down to somewhere that was at least a little bit warmer, but of course, they experienced a major snowstorm while we were there.  The whole town shut down for a couple days, so we stayed at the resort and enjoyed the pool and some of the activities they had to do there. 

Pool time!  The kids spent A LOT of time in the pool during the week we were there...  

And in the outdoor hot tub, despite the snow...

And in the hot tub in our condo.

 The resort also provided an activity where the kids made "tie-dye" t-shirts with sharpies and rubbing alcohol.  They all did a nice job, and Jonas especially liked this activity and spent about an hour and a half decorating his shirt.

 Of course, there was plenty of time just spent in the condo playing and enjoying their electronics.   

By mid-week the weather did clear up enough for us to the Jamestown Settlement museum.  All of the interactive stuff was really neat.  The kids had a great time pretending to be Native Americans mashing corn and shooting bows and arrows.  We also got to tour a ship that showed us how the English traveled over to America.  So many people on such a little ship!  It was fun to talk to the staff about life back then - they were all in costume and stayed in character the whole time.

The Powhatan Indian Village

The ship that brought the English to Virginia

The English forts - They did a shooting demonstration...it was loud!  Bransen was chosen to help demonstrate some of the weapons.

We watched how they used glass blowing to make cool stuff.  Thankfully our kids didn't break anything in the store :-)

We also went to Colonial Williamsburg.  We took the whole family to walk around for a couple hours, and then Grandma Gabel, Brynn and I went back the next day to see more things.  The boys chose to stay at the condo and swim.

Despite the weather, we had a great trip. Most of all, we enjoyed spending the quality time with our family.