Spring Break in a Nutshell

This past week was spring break for my kids, and even though I had to work four days out of the five (and got today off as well, YAHOO!) I recently was able to switch my hours to half days so I got to spend a little bit of the break with the kids. It was a really fun week and of course went by way too fast!! Here is just a few snapshots of how we spent it!!

We started spring break with the celebration of my niece Abi turning 8!! I love how every single one of my nieces and nephews are different in every way, and she is so spunky and unique. She is a country girl in every sense of the word and I love her with all my heart. It was a fun day and a great way to kick off the break with family and friends!

A couple of days in to the break my sisters, mommy #2, and I took all the kids to see Rio 2. I for one love it when we can get all the cousins together to do stuff like this. They are all the best of friends despite the ages differences, and here they are ranging from almost 3 to almost 15! Love these kids!!!

On Thursday we drove up to Old Sacramento to meet some friends for dinner and went to the Capital, I am sad to say that I had never been there before. This was a first for me, and I decided we will be doing a tour this summer. I love seeing buildings like this, despite my personal political feelings whatever they may be, seeing these buildings make me proud to be an American.

Thursday night we met a bunch of kids from Claire's Australia delegation trip last summer in Old Sacramento for dinner all because of this dude! His name is Dave and he was their Delegation Manager while they were in Australia, basically he was their tour guide for the entire 14 days. All the kids became pretty attached to him, and he has been in the States doing some visiting and he made a special trip up to Sacramento to stop in and see these kids. Claire was very excited to introduce him to us.

Friday night we were able to attend the "HellaCappella" concert up at UC Davis, we went last year AND LOVED it. If you have seen the movie Pitch Perfect, then you know what this stuff is all about- LOL. UC Davis has an all girl Acapella group called "The Spokes" and they hold this concert every year and invite other Acapella groups from other Universities, and it is AMAZING. Plus Friday night would have been David's 25th birthday, and we loved celebrating him like this. We took my mom and pop and we had an amazing time. Have I said that word enough--- AMAZING... HA

Of course ending the break with Easter Sunday is just the greatest way to end it. We had an amazing Easter, loved our church service.. Pastor Phil you ROCKED the message!! Mom, the kids, and I all went and saw "Heaven is For Real", loved the book, movie was good, made me excited to get to Heaven and see my David. Came home, rested a bit, and then had an amazing meal prepared by my mom and then slept soundly.

I am so thankful that I have a boss that understood my deep desire and yearning to not only be good at what I do in the classroom but also be good at what I do at home, and she creatively worked that out for me. Without her I wouldn't have been able to enjoy this past week with my family and kids like I did. It was a very fun week and I think we can all say we are ready for the downhill slide of the school year! Summer fun is just around the corner! YAY!!