Jo Ann's Visit (Part 1)

On Friday, May 18th my mom headed home and, I just barely had time to wash the sheets before my dad's cousin Jo Ann (ok...to make it easy...she is my dear cousin) flew into town on Saturday. We have missed Jo Ann's visits very much and were thrilled to have her in town again.

The first thing on our agenda was an Easter potluck with some friends.



Kera, Abby, and Rohan

My Easter girls

All the kids waiting for the Easter egg hunt to begin...

All the kiddos

The hunt...

 

Checking out their loot...

Jim and Jo Ann

Dinner time!

 

On Saturday evening we had a visitor....a sneaky furry one. The girls were thrilled on Sunday morning to find that the Easter Bunny had paid a visit over night. They left Easter baskets...

 

 

 



 

...and Easter eggs...EVERYWHERE...

 

And, with all good egg hunts there is. checking out the loot...

 

Plus, they day is not complete without some shenanigans,...

 

 

...a card game,...

 

 

...and some swimming.

 

 

Next, it was time to head off to Mount Charleston for a hike...ok, a short walk...(too much activity in a day)...

 

Burrs Jr., tree hugger in training

 

...and linner...

 

mmmmm hot chocolate

 



Next up, Abby's school field trip to the Anderson Dairy.

 

 





Easter Eggs

On Friday night we decorated our Easter eggs.

Look at the concentration...

Our creations...

Next year I am going to have to boil more eggs...18 was not enough!

BURRS! (Part 2)

On Wednesday, April 16 Jim arrived back home from his business trip also, Burrs the girls and I went to a fun Easter egg hunt and picnic at a local park. A very fun time was had by all!

After the Easter picnic we had a nice afternoon in the pool...

...and the girls and Burrs made cookies.

On Thursday, we headed to storytime and afterwards, Starbucks (of course).

Also on Thursday Jim and I got a new car, well...new to us. Our Nissan Pathfinder was spending too much time in the shop so, it was finally time to turn the old girl in. We are now the owners of a 2012 Honda Pilot and besides my sticker shock it is a great car.

Friday was the day my mom was headed back home but first...breakfast at the Cracked Egg...

 

 

...and one final group picture.

Thank you Burrs for the visit we can't wait to see you and Pepe at the end of May.

BURRS! (Part 1)

On Monday, April 14th Jim had to go out of town for work but, a couple hours after he left, the girls and I picked up Burrs from the airport.

As soon as we picked her up we headed straight to the Children's Museum.

Princess Kera

Pirate Abby

Vet Kera at your service.

Jamba juice anyone?

At 63 Burrs still can make it through a maze ladder! I bet she will be doing it at 83!



Art time!

I am SO glad that we got the museum membership! We have one more trip before the membership will have more than paid for itself.

After the museum we went to the Container Park for lunch....

...and some more play time.

On Monday evening we had a belated birthday celebration for Burrs who had turned 63 on the 11th.

Even Chewy joined the celebration!

 

On Tuesday we joined some friends for a hike in Red Rock Canyon. I had the fanciest hikers on the trail!

The Children's Discovery Trail is a great little hike for our hikers! There is a small waterfall...

...and great rocks to climb on.

Fun morning at Red Rock!

Highland Games and Swimming

On Saturday, April 12 we checked out the Las Vegas Celtic Gathering and Highland Games. It was a fun morning!

The girls dresses the part...

had fun on the blow-up bouncy slide...

...and learned about some new sports.

There was also some great music...

...traditional Scottish dancers, and interesting food (I had a curried lamb meat pie).

The girls also had fun visiting the booths of the native Scottish clans. The girls each had a map of Scotland and when they visited a clan's booth they would get an authentic stamp on their map and also got to hear a bit of the clan's history.

On Sunday, the 13th we officially opened our pool for the season!

We all had a great time.

Abby had a MAJOR swimming breakthrough!

Kera also wanted to get in on the fun...she used her float but still, very impressive.

We look forward to a fun swimming season!