A Trip to Athens

This weekend I had an opportunity to go to a music therapy training in Athens. We decided to bring the whole family and make a little trip out of it.

We drove there on Thursday night and met Mark's aunt, uncle and cousin for dinner in Athens.

Then we swam in the hotel's pool.

Sometimes I think that their favorite part about traveling is staying in the hotel.

On Friday, I was able to take some pictures of my old campus during my lunch break.

While I was at my class, Mark took the kids to Stroud's Run Lake.

Then we ate dinner uptown.

We stayed in Logan the second night. I took some pictures at Logan Lake at sunset.

On Saturday morning, we went to Hocking Hills State Park and followed a trail to Ash Cave.

The whole family enjoyed exploring the huge cave.

Taylor and Charlie built a sand castle.

Charlie is not used to being on Mark's shoulders and gets nervous when Mark tries to make him lean back.

Then we met Mark's cousin, Amy, back in Athens for the International Street Fair.

It was a nice little trip away from home, and I loved being back at my alma mater.

Morgan's 9 month photos

Well, Morgan turns 9 months old tomorrow. True to form, I had her photo taken to mark the occasion. Only this time I took them myself. It wasn't easy now that she's a crawler. Well, scooter...

(I love this one)

Taylor hopped in at the end, princess dress, hello kitty purse and all.

I had to tell Charlie a knock knock joke to get him to smile.

Happy Easter

The kids and I had a lot of fun getting ready for Easter. They helped make Easter treats and eggs.

They also got ready for Easter at preschool. Both kids' classes got to see and hold a real rabbit. You can see that Charlie was thrilled.

Both kids also had an Easter egg hunt at school.

We also made a trip to meet the Easter Bunny. I was amazed that Morgan did not cry!

We even took advantage of the only sunny day last week to get our family picture taken in our Easter best!

Easter Sunday began with finding our hidden Easter baskets. (Taylor found them all.)

Then we went to church followed by lunch at Aunt Jessica and Uncle Chad's house.

Grandma loved being with all five of her grandkids!

We had our Easter egg hunt in the basement, and the kids loved it.

It stopped raining long enough to snap a quick picture outside with my mom and sister.

It was a fun, and surprising relaxing day!

Look Who's Sitting Up!

Morgan is mastering the art of sitting up by herself. It gives her world a whole new perspective!