School has had a dramatic impact on our travel schedule this past year. We are used to living out of a suitcase almost monthly so keeping our feet in one place has been sometimes painful. Luckily for us, Isabelle had both Thursday and Friday off of school to celebrate the Easter holiday this year so with the extra time on the weekend we quickly packed our bags and headed north to Dallas. It had been too long since we had visited Grandpa Van and Grandma Ruth's home and we were able to coordinate dates with Katrina and Gordon so that we could finally meet our newest cousin Caleb too. (Or at our house known as
Cee-bus.) The girls were thrilled for the mini vacation and we even convinced Ben to join us for the weekend fun.
It was just starting to get a tad too warm in Houston when we left and Dallas was just cooler enough that it felt lovely. We spent most of our visit outside, riding scooters to the park and spending countless hours on the trampoline. Grandma Ruth had fun Easter activities planned as well. We colored eggs with Grandpa and made a huge mess, hunted for eggs in the dark with flashlights and ate deviled eggs more than once. The girls also enjoyed playing the bells with Grandma and singing some Easter songs to help us remember the true meaning of the holiday.
Uncle Joe, who is 18 years Ben's junior, had a date to the prom on Saturday night so we took Isabelle to the gathering place to take pictures and see all of the couples ready for their night on the town. Isabelle was thrilled to see all of the pretty girls dressed up in their fancy dresses, shoes and makeup and it was fun for Ben and I to see Joe (almost) all grown up since he was younger than little Isabelle at our wedding.
Our time in Dallas went by quickly like usual and the girls were less than happy to get loaded back up in the car to head home. Thankfully the notion of hurrying home to see if the Easter Bunny left us any surprises took the sting off leaving just a little bit and we made great time on our way back only stopping once for fuel and treats. And much to our surprise, we came home to Easter baskets waiting for us by the fireplace complete with new Easter dresses Grammie sewed herself. Easter has become a particularly special holiday for me the last few years as I have become a mother. As we celebrate the rebirth of our land and everything that is good, it's especially sweet to me because both of my girls were born themselves in the Spring and I remember having a new babe at Easters past. What a blessed time of year.
School has had a dramatic impact on our travel schedule this past year. We are used to living out of a suitcase almost monthly so keeping our feet in one place has been sometimes painful. Luckily for us, Isabelle had both Thursday and Friday off of school to celebrate the Easter holiday this year so with the extra time on the weekend we quickly packed our bags and headed north to Dallas. It had been too long since we had visited Grandpa Van and Grandma Ruth's home and we were able to coordinate dates with Katrina and Gordon so that we could finally meet our newest cousin Caleb too. (Or at our house known as Cee-bus.) The girls were thrilled for the mini vacation and we even convinced Ben to join us for the weekend fun.
It was just starting to get a tad too warm in Houston when we left and Dallas was just cooler enough that it felt lovely. We spent most of our visit outside, riding scooters to the park and spending countless hours on the trampoline. Grandma Ruth had fun Easter activities planned as well. We colored eggs with Grandpa and made a huge mess, hunted for eggs in the dark with flashlights and ate deviled eggs more than once. The girls also enjoyed playing the bells with Grandma and singing some Easter songs to help us remember the true meaning of the holiday.
Uncle Joe, who is 18 years Ben's junior, had a date to the prom on Saturday night so we took Isabelle to the gathering place to take pictures and see all of the couples ready for their night on the town. Isabelle was thrilled to see all of the pretty girls dressed up in their fancy dresses, shoes and makeup and it was fun for Ben and I to see Joe (almost) all grown up since he was younger than little Isabelle at our wedding.
Our time in Dallas went by quickly like usual and the girls were less than happy to get loaded back up in the car to head home. Thankfully the notion of hurrying home to see if the Easter Bunny left us any surprises took the sting off leaving just a little bit and we made great time on our way back only stopping once for fuel and treats. And much to our surprise, we came home to Easter baskets waiting for us by the fireplace complete with new Easter dresses Grammie sewed herself. Easter has become a particularly special holiday for me the last few years as I have become a mother. As we celebrate the rebirth of our land and everything that is good, it's especially sweet to me because both of my girls were born themselves in the Spring and I remember having a new babe at Easters past. What a blessed time of year.
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I love the expression on Caleb's face! I would love to see any other pictures you have of Caleb and the girls... it was so fun seeing you guys! Hope to see you again soon!
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