Spring Break Day 5

On our final day of spring break, the kids swam in the hotel pool and ate breakfast.  We planned to leave fairly early so the kids could get enough rest for the school day ahead but the kids really wanted to go on one last bike ride so we unloaded the bikes one last time and headed to the trails. The weather was beautiful. . . sunny and perfectly warm. This time, we went to the beach via a trail only accessible by bike or walking. Because not too many people go that way to the beach, we found tons of perfect shells and spent a long time enjoying the beach. Meanwhile, my cell phone died so Paul had no idea what we were doing and was worried about us, and drove up and down the island, trying to find us. After riding back to a good meeting point, I found someone who had a cell phone and borrowed it and then Paul came and picked us up. After the bikes were back onto the van, the kids, shells and helmets, we stopped one last time on Chincoteague for some delicious homemade ice cream and then headed home. What a wonderful way to spend our Easter break!!!

While we were waiting for Paul to load up the bikes to take to Assateague Island, we walked around the waterfront by our hotel.

Courtney found this little crab!

Spring Break Day 4

We woke Easter morning to find the Easter Bunny had managed to find the kids on vacation. I should have taken some pictures of the kids all dressed up so beautifully but we were in too much of a hurry for church even though it started at eleven (yes, we slept in again!) We arrived a bit late at church because it was over an hour away. Because we were tardy, we headed to the overflow seating area, expecting there not to be any seats in the chapel but lo and behold, there were tons of seats. The ward is extremely small. In fact, there were no young women at all in the ward. Rachel had to go to Relief Society with me where there were about seven people. The twins and Spencer were in the same class in primary and they only had about 10-15 kids in the entire primary! Crazy! What a contrast from our ward where we have 10-15 kids in each class! I talked with a woman from the ward that meets before the ward we attended and she told me they recently divided the ward and though they had enough priesthood, all the youth and the primary were in her ward.

After church, we stopped for lunch at a restaurant and then drove back to the hotel and took a Sunday nap. When we woke up, the girls wanted to take a walk. Spencer didn't feel like it so I left him at the hotel with Paul with a book and some activities to do at the hotel. We drove to the beach and walked along it. It was sunset and I was able to get some beautiful pictures of the girls there.  When we returned to the hotel, Spencer and Paul were fast asleep. They were so cute!! That evening, we had a light dinner and then went to bed.