Fun Weekend!

This weekend my Dad and Stepmom came to visit from Florida. It had been a few months since we saw them in person so it was great to have them come spend a few days.

On Saturday we went to visit the Shedd Aquarium. Something fun with the kids to get everyone out of the house.

The kids enjoyed watching the whales and dolphins under water.
And looking in the large aquarium where there was even a diver feeding the fish and turtles.
The special exhibit was on jellyfish. It was really neat and beautiful. They were so peaceful to watch. Too bad they are not so fun when one is in the water with them.

upside down jellies

white jellies

Blubber Jellies

Baby Jellies

There was a fun penguin exhibit that also had a play area so kids could pretend they were penguins. Cute!

seadragons

Coral Reef

Seahorse

Climbing Around

Owen, Brett and Barbara went to the park on Sunday.

Maddi had fun hanging out at home with her new toy from Papo.

And she had fun hanging out with Papo over the weekend.

Hugs

Maddi's Model Pose

Wrapping Papo around her finger

Being silly with the PBS Kids photo app

It was a great weekend!

Easter Fun

Before we get into Easter, I want to say congratulations to our good friends Jill and Jeff (Maddi's Godfather) who welcomed their baby boy, John, last Thursday. He is so cute and we are so happy for them!

Ok, now onto Easter weekend. We went to Michigan to celebrate the holiday. Friday night was all travel so nothing too exciting to report there.

On Saturday we went to the Detroit Science Center to see their dinosaur exhibit. Brett's mom as well as my sister/brother-in-law and niece and nephews joined us along with my mom. The boys love spending time with each other so we try to get them together whenever possible.

Owen and Maddi's first IMAX

A fun little exhibit for Maddi to enjoy crawling around in.
There was a special animatronic dinosaur exhibit which was pretty cool. You could make a lot of them moved. Owen thought it was pretty cool!

Digging for fossils

Love from brother
Maddi just enjoyed being cute

And silly. Blowing kisses.

Saturday night we colored Easter eggs. So fun!

On Sunday we celebrated Easter morning in Michigan at my mom's house.

First stop was checking out our Easter eggs dyed the night before. It was the first thing Owen asked about in the morning.

They had fun with their Easter baskets from the Easter bunny and Owen had fun hunting for Easter eggs.

The kiddos all dressed up for mass:)

After church we went down to Toledo to hang out with the Geisslers and to celebrate Caden's 4th birthday.

Maddi and Papa Jim

Happy Easter everyone!

On another note, Maddi learned to shake her head "yes." It's pretty funny to watch.