Easter 2019

We had a fun Easter this year.  Like always we had a lot of family time and the kids enjoyed so many egg hunts.  We always have a lot of fun leading up to Easter too between church and school.  There are just lots of fun events to attend.
First up was Bryce's Easter party at First Friends.  He had a ball hunting eggs!

 That same night was Easter festivities for the kids at church.  They had an Easter lesson and then hunted eggs.  This was Cohen's last time since she is a 5th grader.   A lot of the kids hunted at the same time in different locations so I watched her since it was her last time.

Kate had an egg hunt at school too but since that day was rainy everything was moved inside and I didn't get to go.  Cohen didn't have one.  I don't think many of the upper grades had one.

On Easter Sunday we headed to church.  It was such a pretty day!  We always enjoy family pictures at the beautiful cross at church.  This year we also had a photo booth at church where you could get a family picture as well.

After church we went to Sug and Pop's house for lunch and some Easter fun.  The kids loved hunting eggs of course.  Bryce had a moment when he didn't find the last egg, but the girls were sweet to try to cheer him up.

Our last Easter stop was with my family and we get together at the park in Carnesville each year.  It has a great playground for the kids and a great spot for egg hunting so its a win for everyone.  These cousins had a blast together.  When I look at this picture I can see the boys are really outnumbering the girls!  We have done our part on the girl side for sure!

The night before Easter Kate had a little accident.  She was jumping off of the coffee table (for some reason, don't ask) and broke her foot.  We didn't see it happen and she didn't cry, in fact it was after her shower that night that we saw it for the first time.  I knew right away it didn't look good.  We didn't go to the orthopedic doctor until Monday and she had been on that foot all day Sunday.  When she kept limping we knew again something was wrong so when we went he confirmed that she had fractured a bone on the top of her foot and would be in a boot for 4 weeks.  We are still in the boot but she gets around now as good with the boot as she does without and we may or may not be letting her go back to ball now...This is one tough little girl though.  Our kids are definitely taking advantage of our insurance this year!   I'm beginning to wonder how this new little girl is going to survive in this house!!

Not even 2 weeks before I had been at the orthopedic walk in clinic with Bryce because at preschool he had his elbow pulled out of joint.  It was "nursemaid's elbow" and this had happened to Kate when she was younger so I knew a little about it .  Once the Dr. pops it back in, he was good to go and felt 100% better but it is very painful until its back in place.  He was crying and being so loud in the waiting room that I'm pretty sure they moved us up and got us back quicker!  Because I was pregnant I couldn't be in the room for his X-rays so I had to watch through a window.  I thought he just looked so little and pitiful but he was brave.  Bless his heart!  Again, baby #4 is going to hit the ground in survival mode around here!

Jekyll Island

Our spring break was a few weeks ago and we got away for just a few days to Jekyll Island.   Cohen and Savannah were getting a fun trip away with Sug and Pop that week so Kelly and I thought of some fun places that Kate and Bryce might enjoy and we settled on Jekyll Island.  We only had a few days to be gone but we thought this was a place we could be entertained pretty good for a couple of days and we had such a fun time.  We left Monday afternoon so it was night before we arrived there.  We did get to stop at Skipper's in Darien on our way down to eat.  This is a stop we like to make on our way down for Georgia/Florida weekend so it was nice to get to go back on this trip.  We were staying at the historic Jekyll Island Club and the kids couldn't tell much about it since it was dark when we got there but they were excited no less.  The part of the resort we stayed in was called the Sans Souci.  It had once been an apartment building owned by J.P. Morgan when the resort was built. This place was really full of neat history!  We were on the 3rd floor and had to climb stairs to our room.  The staircase was something else for sure.  IT was a beautiful building (inside and out) and we did get our exercise while we were there climbing those stairs!

It had rained on us going down and was still pretty wet and cloudy the next morning when we woke up.   We headed to the Pantry there at the hotel for breakfast.   One of the things we definitely wanted to do on Jekyll was visit the Georgia Sea Turtle Center.  I was glad to have an inside activity since it was a little cooler from the rain that morning.   The kids loved going out to the hospital and seeing all the turtles.  They loved reading about each one and finding out why they were there.  It was all very interesting for sure.  One turtle had a black square on his shell and Bryce kept asking about it's "backpack".  Come to find out it was a weighted square on his shell because that turtle was partially paralyzed from being hit by a boat.  The weight kept his legs down in the water so he wouldn't float.  Just hearing different stories like that about the turtles was pretty neat.  The Dr. would also take a turtle out of the tank to go into an observation/operation area and there was a viewing glass you could watch what was going on.  We watched a bandage change on a turtle that had been hit by a car while crossing the road.  And later on we saw a sea turtle getting some fluids by IV.  Just a very neat place to visit and I would highly recommend it if you at Jekyll or close by.

After we left the  sea turtle center we got our bikes and rented one for Bryce and Kelly.  We knew Bryce wouldn't be able to go as far on his own bike so we rented an "alley cat" bike for Kelly and him.  It took a little convincing to get Bryce to agree since he wanted to ride his bike but after he saw it he was pretty happy getting to ride on this bike with Daddy.  We went for a short ride on the island and stopped for lunch at Red Bug Pizza.  They had a great playground for the kids to play on while we waited and by this time the sun had come out and we enjoyed sitting outside eating.  After lunch we made our way back to the hotel and the kids decided they wanted to try out the heated pool which I think turned out to still be a little on the chilly side but they braved it for a little while.  After swimming we decided to do a long bike ride and ended up going down toward Driftwood Beach.  This was a 9.5 mile bike ride round trip but luckily both kids did great!   Kate was pretty tired by the time we got back and wasn't up for any more long bike rides but we were so proud they hung in with us.  And it was neat seeing that part of the beach.  We actually were walking to a part of the beach which wasn't the place I had in mind but I decided we would visit the other part the next day since we were all getting tired of walking and biking.  And it was getting close to dinner time by this point.

ready to ride!

The Jekyll Island Club

The Sans Souci 

I got a kick out of Bryce taking a "break" from pedaling...exactly why he didn't ride his own bike!

This huge boat came by while we were walking on the beach

That night we drove to Tortuga Jacks to eat.  They had some pretty fun signs up around the restaurant and you could also eat outside looking at the beach.  We did decide to eat inside since it was a little cooler but it would be a very cool place to eat at when it was summer or just getting warmer.

Feelin this sign!

After we ate we were ready to head back and call it a day.  We definitely had had a fun filled day but we were ready for some sleep!

On Wednesday we woke up and went for breakfast in the grand dining room.  We had to be checked out by 12 so that left a little time for another bike ride.  This time we let Bryce ride his bike.  We had promised him he would get to ride on his own before we left.  He loved it of course!  And Kate was wanting her turn to ride with Daddy.  I think she was just a little tired from the day before and was not about to have us take her on another 9 mile ride!

Can I please have these trees in my yard?!

I'm not the only one in love with the moss

Before leaving the island we wanted to head back to the main part of Driftwood Beach.  It is just so cool seeing all these trees right there on the beach.  The photographer in me wants to go back and have sessions at sunset!   Bryce and Kate were more into the sea urchins they saw in the rocks.

Our quick little getaway was coming to an end.  It was a fun few days for sure.   Thursday Cohen was back from her trip and they also had a great time.  They loved Williamsburg and loved spending time with Pop and Sug.  We enjoyed all the pictures we got throughout the week.  I know they made so many fun memories and had a blast!