Easter Week Recap

I treasure school holidays more than I can ever say.  Though I fully enjoy my job and am passionate about it, I find that I easily get wrapped up in work and the day to day need to survive life as a f/t working mom.  So, when I get week long stints at home, I basically shut work off.  It's not always possible but I try my best to leave work behind and just take time to focus on my family.  This Easter break, that's exactly what I did.  I spent time with my family and also used my camera a lot to capture some simple and candid moments of our time together.  Here is a few highlights from our break.  

1. Easter in Big River.  This year we went to my in-laws to spend the first few days of Easter break with them and our little cousins, my nephews,  Cooper (3) and Otto (6 months).  It was  fun to have little people around and since the weather was nice we had lots of outdoor time.  We took several trips to the park, explored an old boat, went hunting for treasures, shot some hoops and of course colored Easter eggs.  My mother in-law really wanted a few pictures of all the kids, but that proved to be slightly more difficult than one would imagine.  With the boys both needing naps, but at different times, and the sun shinning so bright/high mid-day, we took many, many, many pictures.

As good as it gets folks!  

2.  Easter Egg Hunt.  So we thought this year we would challenge the girls and just hide their Easter goodies in the drier and give them no clues.  Joke is on us, it took them less than five minutes to find them!!!!  Seriously.  Anyway, they were so happy with their goodies.  The Easter bunny kept it super simple and this year; Anya recived a box set of Nancy Drew books, and Halie got a horse brushing kit set, and some chocolates.  

3.  Friends. Friends.  Friends.  We all got to spend some time with our friends.

Swimming the afternoon away makes a girl hungry.

Ending the day off with sundaes.

Anya had 2 nights, 3 days with her BFF Myalle, who is my BFFs daughter.  They played for hours and hours in the playhouse in our backyard. 

Halie had a couple of her close friends for a sleepover.  We all went swimming, made sundaes and had some Easter egg wars.

I enjoyed a morning walk with some of my friends that I used to run with.  We had a great time walking the river and then kicking back with a coffee and an extended visit.  It was so good.

4.  DIY Project.  I've been wanting to refurbish some old rowing paddles and put them up at our cabin.  I am not much of a crafter (not a real word, but whatever)  these days, mostly because I just don't have the time to make it a priority, so I wasn't really sure where to start.   I talked to a few awesome friends and got some advice.  Here is the finished product.  (I hope to write an actual post on my process but here it is).

5.  Nature at Candle Lake.  We spent the last part of our week at our cabin.  The kids played with the neighbors for hours on the trampoline, we took tons of walks and enjoyed the outdoors.  It wasn't overly warm but the sun was shinning most of day and we ventured out into the woods to do some hiking at sunset.  Anya picked up two arm fulls of sticks, big and small, to bring back to the cabin, now I have to think of an art project for us to use them for.  I feel refreshed and ready to head back to work. 

I hope you all enjoyed whatever Easter you celebrate with your loved ones.  I am off to read a book before bedtime, but I'll tell you as great as a break is, I am looking forward to getting back into the routine of things.  Good night and have a great week!