Well, since my lil sis Molly aka "the sequel" came around, life has been a lil more busy than what we have been used to the last couple years. Good but busy. A few weeks after "the sequel's" baptism, we turned around and took a road trip to Milwaukee for Spencer's baptism and Zoey's 3rd birthday party.
It was a packed weekend. We got to stay in my Uncle Kurt's newly finished basement, which was fun, we had the whole place to ourselves down there. We also got to meet my Aunt Kristi's "friend" Nick, as he made the drive up from TN with her for the par-tays. Not sure why people say it that way, but "friend" Nick was pretty cool. He passed the Shay Family test.
We celebrated my dad's birthday in March! My mom and Maggie made him a pretty sweet ice cream cake. It was a 3 day process and we all managed to keep it a secret from him, that is until the day before his birthday. When he walked in the door, Maggie ran up to him and said, "dadda, we did not make you a cake today"...... oh well, everyone said it tasted good. I even tried some of it.
Then, since my mom's spring break and my spring break fell on the same days, the fam decided to take a mini vacation. Mom packed our bags and we all headed up to the cities for a couple days. We stayed in a hotel, ordered in food, went out to eat for food, went swimming, and spent a day at the Mall of America. We did the whole underwater world thing which was pretty neat. Maggie and my dad went on some rides, and me and Molly and mom put on some good miles walking around. It was fun and exhausting at the same time. Not to mention that "the sequel" who has been a pretty good sleeper up to this point, decided to wake up every hour on the hour our second night in. It made for a pretty cranky mom and dad in the morning, well that and the Badgers not pulling off a win. Both lil sis' wore their Badger hair bling, and it still wasn't enough to chalk up a win. After it was all said and done, I over heard my folks saying they need a vacation from our vacation.....
And to top it off, we had Easter! Yes, guess we were all good enough to be visited by the Easter Bunny again. Maggie did an awesome job helping me and Molly during our egg hunt Easter morning. She shared the eggs with us, but when all was said and done, she got to keep all the candy to herself. We colored our eggs a lil differently this year - my mom found it on pintrest - we used cool whip and food coloring to tie-dye our eggs. It was really fun.
Now, its back to the grind.... oh and I forgot to mention, Maggie is learning how to skate (and picking out her own clothes in the morning).
"summer is coming"
