My Happy List

Here's what's making me happy right now:

1. My kids are home from Spring Break. They spent the week with their dad (& Andrew spent it with his grandma, my MIL).

2. I am all unpacked & organized.

3. My rose garden.

4. My vegetable garden that I planted this weekend....let's hope the veggies actually grow, which will make me very happy!

5. My clothesline, AND my working dryer.

6. The rabbits, wild turkeys, and various other wildlife we have seen out here in the woods.

7. Hot showers at the end of an exhausting day.

8. Teenage daughters who cook dinner (it was just frozen pizza, but I didn't have to do a THING. And that's awesome.)

9. 10 year old daughters who wash dishes.

10. The kids' soccer team winning their first game last Saturday.

What's making you happy these days?

Weekend WrapUp {Spring Break Edition}

We had SO MUCH FUN over Spring Break! In the beginning of the week the Littles stayed with their grandparents, and the Teens hung out with friends. Then we went to Busch Gardens, and then Clearwater Beach. Tim's friend Brendon came with us. We had a blast, and I have tons of pics!

Andrew

Elayna and Zoe (from Busch Gardens' new Sesame Street Safari!)

We went to Timbuktu!

This gorilla was amazing.

He was so expressive and human-like.

He was posing for the cameras!

My kids are clowns....

Andrew was pretending to eat bugs off of the monkey in front of him.

Elayna fit right in with the chimps!

This chimp was amazing too.

He would sit and stare at the waterfall, seeming to be deep in thought.

Monkeying around again....

While we were eating lunch,

this mama duck led her babies right by our table!

Elephants are so darned cute!

I can't remember what kind of bird this was.

But he was very neat-looking!

flamingos

sleeping bird

that may or may not be me on the carousel with the Littles...

Shelbie, Andrew and Elayna acting goofy by the giant butterfly

Elayna and Andrew, "flying"

And now we move on to Clearwater Beach!

They had a huge fun area set up for the kids to play on....

which cost us an arm and 2 or 3 legs....

This is Andrew sliding down the giant Shark Slide

Andrew running along the shore

{with Elayna playing in the sand in the foreground}

the Pier

Tim, helping Andrew build a sand castle

Elayna, sunburningbathing

All four of my kiddos....and I didn't even have to pay them to pose for me!

....and this is how the trip ended. Exhausted, happy kids. WIN!

**Between vacation and moving, I'm so behind on my blog reading & commenting. As much as I want to catch up, it's just not possible! But I promise I'll be back around ASAP!**