an active easter

The weather rarely cooperates for a beautiful Easter day, but this year it did! We spent a lot of it outdoors trying out every sport/game that has been stored in the garage all winter.

We arrived at Nana and Papa's on Saturday afternoon after celebrating Violet's birthday at her house. Party favors included fairy wings and wands which the girls wore the rest of the weekend. Daddy and Papa played golf, while the girls played in the backyard.

The Easter Bunny brought the girls two baskets each (you know, one from Maple Grove and one from Faribault) and they had fun opening up books and Legos and sweaters to wear to church! After church we did a little egg hunt (the bunny came back to hide eggs while the girls were busy playing Legos). 

After the eggs were all hunted, we headed to brunch at the country club with Magramma and Boompa. It was super yummy and Rob probably ate half of the ham (glazed with bourbon, a must try); but a few people got a bit antsy after eating their weight in french toast.

It was time to head back to Nana and Papa's and play! And wouldn't you know, the Easter Bunny had been to Magramma's house too! He brought some really cool (and much needed) outdoor toys.

It was immediately time to toss around the frisbee.

And then since t-ball is starting soon, it was time to get a bit of practice in. Except the girls don't want to use the tee. Instead they want to be pitched to or pitch to someone else. 

Now, hopefully the spring weather will continue!!

On Top of the World (12/52 and 13/52 posts)

I didn't get the last two posts up because we have been in Arizona. We were so excited to get out of the snow and cold and finally see and feel the warm sun. We started our trip at Nana and Papa's Arizona near Cave Creek. The weather was perfect and we filled our days with hikes, golf and swimming. We even caught the parade for Cave Creek Days (oh boy is that a sight to see!). We saw Katie, Brenda and Eric who joined us on hikes and for swimming. The girls even got to see their friend Ella who had moved to Arizona in January.

For part 2 of our trip, our original plan was to head to Gramma and Grandpa's Arizona in Sun City West to stay with them. However, since Grandpa had triple bypass and a heart valve replacement in Fargo on March 10, the plans changed and we were going to stay at their house alone (Nana and Papa were heading back to MN). When we arrived at their place, we dragged all of our stuff in only to find the house all opened up, the patio furniture out and Gramma and Grandpa relaxing on the patio!! Needless to say everyone was super surprised and super excited to see them. We filled the remainder of our days with pedicures, relaxing, swimming and convertible and golf cart rides.

As usual, we had a blast in AZ. It's hard to believe that it was the girls' sixth trip. It was also the first time I flew with the girls by myself (on the return fight) and I'm pleased to say that it went quite smoothly!

Check out our trip!