Spring Break

We had a great Spring break a couple of weeks back.  It started off with a bang when Chris and Lisa invited us to meet them at the beach where they were spending their break.  The kids and I drove there right after their early release and Joe met us later on.  

The girls had a blast on some boogie boards they had.  We should probably get some too. 

Elizabeth riding a wave in:

Eli was curious about the ocean until his feet got wet.  He didn't like that much. :)

We love spending time with cousins!

We enjoyed some s'mores around a fire pit in the evening:

 

 

 

It was such a fun night!

A random moment I captured:

Elijah loves his big brother and loves to do whatever he's doing.

Then came Easter:

Egg hunt!

Swim lessons:

Nate made a lot of progress, although he still has a healthy fear of the water that we're working through.

The girls both perfected their strokes a lot in just a few lessons.

One day we drove up to the Oakland Zoo:

I love that fat little foot...he won't keep shoes on. :)

Judging by their reactions, these flower crowns I made might have been the best part of the day:  

Checking out the sun bear:

Of course we had to stop at the temple while we were in the area:

Such a beautiful place.

Another day we met some friends at the beach.  It was chilly (in the 60's) but that didn't stop the kids from getting in the water.  I had a lot of fun chatting with the other moms while the kids all entertained themselves. We ended the outing with a trip to a delicious new ice cream spot I'd never been to (Mariann's).  

Check out all these kids:

(that picture is courtesy of my friend Adele)

We participated in a neighborhood clean-up project.  The kids were excited to get this cool trash-arm-things:

They were very enthusiastic and did a great job.

Right after that Nate had a great t-ball game.  He played pitcher and got some great stops.  And, he hit three pitched balls, including a home run! (He was the last batter--that's the only time they let a batter run all the way.)  

He was thrilled to get the game ball:

Here's most of his team:

We had a great break!  It was hard to get back to school/homework/projects on Monday.