Easter/Birthdays/Mother's Day

At the end of April, we took advantage of some vacation days that Aaron and the kids had, and headed north to visit my family. Since we weren't able to make it up for Easter, or Andre's birthday, and we'd be missing Mother's Day, we made it a weekend full of celebrations! Friday was the big birthday party. We were celebrating Andre, Aaron, Dad, Abby, and Carson, so we went out and spent the day at the zoo in Gainesville, complete with bears, a picnic, and a birthday cake.

Saturday we went to visit Nanny and Pawpaw for a while at their house since we were all in town and hadn't seen them in a while, then we headed to Scurry for the annual Hot Dog Cookout and Treasure Hunt in celebration of Easter. (I think there was an egg hunt in there too.) As always, we loved visiting with Grandma, Grandpa, and GanGan. The kids, of course, loved being able to run around and explore and getting spoiled to death!

This year's treasure hunt was over the top wonderful. Each year, Grandpa tells the tale of the old pirate Whitebeard who used to live on his piece of land. This year, the tale continued with the story of No Beard the Teenage Pirate, and led the kids to a buried treasure at the foot of a real headstone. Impressive!