Spring Break Fun...

Spring Break... oh how it seems so long ago that I had a "spring break", that I sort of forgot that it existed... until this past week. Jack and Maggie, of course, are too young to "participate" in spring break... ie. they don't go to school (yet...)... so spring break doesn't really mean much around our house (again... yet...). Our week was just going to be a normal week for us... (wait... is it ever "normal"??? hmmm... I don't think so... but, nonetheless...).

Brian was working all week, and J, M and I were still going through our regular weekly routine. BUT on Monday, we were so happy to hear that some of our family and friends were indeed "on" spring break. This was so fun, because we got to spend extra time with them, when usually they would be in school and/or working.  

So... YAY for Spring Break!!!

now if it would only begin to feel like spring... 

(Jack's gotten REALLY REALLY good at the "rain rain go away" song... :p)

 This print reminds me of spring... 

can you tell I'm having a serious case of spring fever???

  
We first got a wonderful visit from MY two little cousins, Charis (age 7) and Caleb (age 4). They were visiting my Grandmother (also their Grandma) for a couple of days while they were on their spring break. Funny that they are MY 1st cousins and yet, Caleb and Jackson are only a bit over a year apart (with Caleb being the older of the two). My Uncle Jerry (my mother's brother, grandmother's son) and Heather have the two cherubs. They live in Milwaukie (Oregon), and with their Mama's busy work schedule, and their own busy school schedules, we don't get to see them as often as we'd like. So, enjoying a few hours on Monday afternoon with them, was GREAT!!! Jack and Caleb were in pure cousin (and later... Jack informed me that they were "best friends forever") heaven! 

 It was incredibly sweet... they hugged forever. And, they sat in the rocking chair together, shared a snack... but mostly, they had the BEST time playing, playing, playing together!!!

Charis also seemed to have a good time, and she absolutely adores Maggie. She was so patient and sweet with Maggie. 

 Is she not the cutest? 

She is so gorgeous... and equally fun and sweet!

It was also so great to have a nice visit with Grandma too! 

Nana Bette and her cuddlebug Maggie.

Maggie woke up from nap after they got here... 

and really enjoyed snuggling and cuddling with her Nana. 

So sweet!

xoxo

We did really miss seeing Heather, and hope that next time, we can all get together. But, we are so happy we got to see Charis and Caleb... and Jack hasn't stopped talking about "his cousins" since... so we'll definitely have to plan something soon so they can all play again! 
ps. They have a super fun pool at their house... so we have BIG plans of spending some hot days at their house this summer... ;) Hoping Heather is ok with that... :p

Not only did we have fun with Charis and Caleb... we also had a LOT of fun with my great friend, Jen and her two sweeties, Ava and Olivia. Jen and I have been friends since Junior High School... so over 17 years... WOW, that makes me feel old! We have always kept in touch, but haven't had the opportunity to get together for way too long. It had been 2+ years since we had seen eachother. She had never met Maggie, and I had never met her sweet little Olivia (who turned 1 at the end of February). So, needless to say, the kids were excited... but, I was OVER excited!!! 

They were so sweet to make the trip down (they live in The Dalles) to our house for the day, and we couldn't have asked for a better or more fun time! 

Jen and I had so much fun chatting and catching up. And, the kiddos LOVED playing together. Especially Jackson and Ava. Ava turned 4 in December, so she is 11 months older than Jack. They were the BEST playmates!!! I kept telling Jen, I wished we lived closer to eachother, as Ava could come over and entertain Jack all day long! 

Yes, they are both sitting in a kid's chair together. Ava was sitting there ... and Jack just scooched her over to make room for himself :)

And, this was really the only time they sat still long enough for me to get any pictures... 

as you can see they were still having fun being super silly!

Maggie also loved playing... she seemed to prefer playing with the "big kiddos"... but, she did think Olivia was pretty fun and cute too!!!

Two cute girls having some yummy lunch!

 

 Sweet Maggie loving some pizza!

  Cutie Olivia enjoying lunch too!

Thanks Again, Jen, Ava and Olivia for coming to visit us! We absolutely LOVED having you ... and promise to NEVER go so long without a visit!!! xoxo

Maggie had some serious business to take care of after they left... ;)

We hope you all had a great week and enjoy your weekend ahead!