Easter egg hunting was a huge hit this year. Piper is a pro, she has had lots of practice throughout the year, as one of our favorite front yard activities is "hide the lizards and frogs". The boys caught on quickly as well, but mostly loved dumping all the eggs out of the bucket instead of filling up the bucket. We had a super packed fun filled weekend in Seattle, spending time with Grandma and Grandpa playing toys, going to parks, hanging with Auntie, Uncle Kevin and cousin Garret. One of the highlights was scootering out front after dinner. My dad got out my old scooter that has been hanging in the garage for 25 years (is that even possible, wow) just waiting for this very occasion for the grand kids to enjoy. They pumped up the tires and it worked great, except for the lack of breaks! Garret took it to the top of the hill and sped right down. Piper had her own mini kick razor scooter that she raced down the hill on. She was so pleased with herself that she went down the whole hill without using her breaks. She got speed wobbles, but stayed on without crashing.
The neighborhood community center, Loyal Heights, where I grew up playing peewee basketball and t-ball, had a egg hunt on Saturday that we participated in. It was was fun to revisit my old stomping grounds and funny that the gymnasium had the same smell I always remembered. The kids had a blast and I even ran into some old high school friends who had their kids hunting for eggs too.
Unfortunately I didn't get any pictures because I had already filled up my memory card on my camera by Easter Sunday, but we spent the afternoon at my cousin Celeste, Tim and their new baby Mercer's new house. It was our first time meeting baby Mercer and I couldn't believe what a smiley little guy he was. So cute and fun to see all the cousins race around and play together.
Then on the way home we stopped by Shannon and Kyle's house who had a huge gathering of family, friends and neighbors. We made it just in time for their big Easter egg hunt with over 400 eggs hidden throughout their yard. By then, that was Piper's 4th egg hunt over the weekend, she was spinning from all the sugar. As always, so good to see the Tyler's!
Saturday afternoon was a beautiful, warm and sunny day. We met up with Uncle Topher and Grandma Alice at Gas Works park, it felt awesome to be outside in t-shirts! We are lucky to have Grandma Alice staying nearby us in Bend for a little more than a month, so she traveled up to Seattle with us and got to spend time with Christoper at his new place in Capital Hill. It was super fun to meet up with them and watch the kids play. We picked flowers, threw rocks in the lake, played in the sand, and slid down the fireman's pole. Piper loved the fireman's pole, she must have slid down it 10 times!
It was a whirlwind, but a really good trip to Seattle. Fun to see family and visit a big city. Feels good to be home now too, I just wish the warm weather would come and stay for the summer. It was beautiful yesterday and snowy today?!
We did get to sneak in a visit from Dan and Alyssa who were in town for Easter. We enjoyed a beautiful hike this week around Smith Rock with the Shaws and their two dabooboos Payson and Nolan. It was a quick visit, but always fun to see these guys and meet their new addition.
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