Home Sweet Home and Gracie's First Easter.....

In my last post I omitted one minor (?!) detail about our trip-we missed our flight home! We arrived early for our 6:15 flight on Saturday evening, went to check our bags at the curbside check-in, and the man at the counter says to Patrick, "Why you so late, boss? This flight already boarded." Well, apparently the airline sent us an e-mail telling us our flight was moved up one hour, and we never got the "memo". They put us on stand-by for 1 pm the next day and all 5 of us (and lots o'luggage) hunkered down with Nana and Gaga in their camper for the night. (Thanks, guys!) Thankfully we got seats on the 1 pm flight Sunday and had an uneventful trip all the way to Pulaski. (Thanks Uncle Todd and Aunt Nise for your wonderful airport valet and parking service! :) It felt so good to be home!!

In the midst of all the unpacking and prepping for Easter festivities, a friend of ours offered us some bunk beds (Thanks Miss D!) , so we found ourselves assembling and rearranging furniture, bedrooms, etc this past week as well. Here is one last look at Ben's cute little transportation themed room that he's had since before Joshy was born.....



And now the new set-up, which the boys are referring to as "our" room. Here they are trying to decide who gets to sleep on the top bunk first......



Then it was on to painting Easter eggs (this time with a Star Wars theme-what else?), while Gracie looks on from her highchair...........






Opening baskets on Easter morning-Ben had written a note to the Easter Bunny describing how much he loved the year that he hid clues in eggs to help them find their baskets. He asked him if he could do that again. No pressure!
He also left them some climbing rocks to build a rock wall onto their playset, and Gracie got a baby swing, as well as some baby food, bowls and spoons in her basket. What a haul!

After church, company came, and Pop-pop and Uncle Terry hid eggs for the big egg hunt. (Thanks, guys!) Things must have gotten a bit hectic, cuz I didn't get many pictures. I did get a shot of Aunt Lisa in her last days of pregnancy. Prayers to you and new baby C!! We can't wait to meet him/her!

And prayers also for our cousin, beautiful Emma Rose!



Patrick's parents had arrived home safely from Florida the day before, and we had a nice size group. We have so much to be thankful for! After company left, Patrick took the boys to the park and I had some quiet time with my sweet girl. She is still too good to be true. Vacations are great, but for me, there's no place like home.........