A “Horribly Nice” Vacation

The reason for family time was sad, but it was so nice to be surrounded my so much love. We hadn't seen Kai and Nora in THREE years. Despite the language barrier, we got along great and really enjoyed spending time together...

We went to Sarris Candy.

Aunt Michelle treated us to some "sugar powder".

Everything was decorated for Easter.

Gracie went on so many walks!

Lunch at Chick-fil-a. 

Aunt Michelle treated us all to ice cream...

Kai got a nerf gun and the boys set up target practice in 
the basement.

We had a late lunch/early dinner at Eat'n Park.

Smiley cookies are the best.

Aunt Michelle caught the Easter Bunny!!

Kai and I found him too.

We also got to see our friends Reagan, Logan, and Noah.

Our Spring Break picture was missing Toni and Dani this year.
We did get to see them.

The Easter Bunny showed up at the house!!

Tabitha bought us a cookie decorating kit from Eat'n Park.

We also dyed Easter eggs.

 

Tabitha made an egg for Opa...Billy.

An Unexpected Spring Break

Our Spring Break certainly didn’t go as planned. On Wednesday, April 6th, we received the very sad news that Opa had passed away. Oma called Mommy at school and we immediately left school to go to PA. The intentions were to go up on April 10th for our normal Spring Break but life had other plans. Despite the sad news, we enjoyed our time with Oma. We cried, laughed, and took pictures....Opa wouldn't have wanted it any other way......

I found Maya the Bee and Willi. I've been learning about
pollinators so I was very excited to see these.

Ayla made spaghetti for dinner one night.

I packed the most important items....some of my stuffed animal
dogs.

Gracie came over a lot! We sure loved having her over and 
taking her for walks.

Ayla went to the Penguins game with Uncle Dave and 
Mallory.

Mama snuggles are the best!

I got to hang out with Logan while Ayla was at the hockey 
game.

We watched movies and entertained ourselves with some of
Oma's yarn.

Silly boys!

I even made a zipline for my dogs.

It was cold but we enjoyed taking some walks.

Kai and Nora came and also enjoyed Gracie's company.

Gracie sure did enjoy her walks.

The girls were great helpers in the kitchen.

The "kid's table".

Playing tic-tac-toe with fruit snacks.

This has always been my favorite place to play outside.

We made a picture collage and wrote notes for Opa.

Have you ever seen a 6 foot long hoagie?

A picture before Opa's memorial service.
We miss you!!!

Rest in Peace, Opa.
Love you always!!