We had a Great TIme!!

We are back from our Spring break vacation with our neighbors. We all had a great time together. We left last Saturday morning (early) and headed for Jasper, Texas. This is where are neighbors moved from. I went back in October with Kristie so I knew what to expect. It is a very small town. It just so happened to be the weekend of the annual Azala festival so of course we had to go. They had lots of booths, bounce houses, petting zoo, etc. We then spent the rest of the weekend at Kristie's dads house. They live on a lot of land and have horses and cows. The kids played outside the entire weekend. All was great until Sunday. Kristie and I took her youngest daughter Rachel to the ER because she broke her arm. She had a bicycle accident and got her arm ran over by another bike. She got put into a half cast and was told to take it easy.
We then headed for Galveston on Monday morning. We got there at about noon. We got to ride the ferry over to the island. The kids always love this because they get to feed the seagulls bread. We had a great time while in Galveston. We spent Tuesday at Schlitterbauhn and had a blast. We spent Wednesday in Kemah, Texas. It was a really neat area. They have a huge boardwalk that has rides, games, tons of food, etc. We were exhausted after spending 6 hours there. We got some bad news from Brad's mother this night. One of the Muellers dearest friends, Sue McCauley passed away unexpectedly. Sue was a very dear lady. She threw us a shower when Brad and I got married, and when I was pregnant with Madeline. She was always getting neat things for the girls. She will be dearly missed. Thursday, my neighbor, her two oldest kids, her mother in law, and I went to Houston to go shopping ALL DAY. We left all the little ones with the men to fly kites on the beach, build sand castles, and splash in the water. When we got home that evening Madeline was so sun burned but had a great day. Friday all the men and kids (minus Macy) went and played mini golf and had an Easter egg hunt. Kristie, Macy, and I went shopping again. We packed up Saturday morning and drove the 5hours back home. It was so good to be home. We had so much fun and enjoyed every minute of our vacation but it's always good to be home too. Thanks to Steve and Rayla for keeping the dogs until Wed. and then Kasey for keeping them the rest of the time. I'm thinking about you Rayla.
We had a great Easter. It was just us so we went to church and then came home and Kristie and I cooked a lunch and then the kids hunted more eggs. It was fun to get to have Easter this year. Last year, I had just gotten home from spending 4 days in the hospital with my gall bladder surgery. This is going to be another big week. Madeline's birthday party is this weekend. Lots of preparing to do for that. Here are a few pictures from our vacation.

Our Family on the Ferry Ride to Galvston.

All the kids( minus Macy) in Kemah on the boardwalk.

Our Family in Kemah.

Two beach bums.

Beach View in Galveston.

Madeline and Macy before church Easter morning.