We were invited to a friend's egg hunt this year and we had a great time. Avery was so excited when I told her we would see her fellow gymnast friend, K. They were so cute together and had a lot of fun...
Aunt Brittany came to help out too!
They had the cutest Easter bunny ever!
Here are the 3-4 year olds. They had little toys and suckers on the ground too!
Next was the 5-6 year olds. There weren't too many hiding places for the younger ages (except along the fence and tree) but I liked how it wasn't crowded!
They made out pretty well! This was after they emptied out their eggs and so it's just the candy! They also had yellow pieces of paper in some of the eggs which meant you got to pick out a prize! Avery didn't get any, but Zane got 3 so he shared one!
Playing catch with the Easter bunny!
Then we went to OC's thinking we could jump on the bouncy toys, but they were taking them down right when we got up to them :( I can't believe there's didn't even last an hour. Anyway, they by far had the craziest looking bunny...
After lunch, we went to UCO's...
They had a carnival which was fun...
They called the 0-3 age group and we went down there when they said it will start in 1 minute. Bad idea. You need to get there ahead of time and make sure you are in the front line. Every kid had there parents with them more than doubling the amount of kids, making it completely packed and impossible for people not in the front row to get any eggs. Poor Zane did not get a single egg. There were SEVERAL kids that didn't. Poor boy started crying! Thankfully someone else quickly put one on the ground in which I said "Hey there is one, quick get it!" He was still a little upset...
We let him decorate a cookie since he didn't get many eggs! It's a very good thing we had gone to a good egg hunt earlier!
Avery went with the 6 and 7 age group so she could be with Bella. They made the rule of no parents on the grass which made it MUCH better...
These are the two sassy girls. They just feed off each other and it is definitely a love hate relationship! It changes every 5 minutes!
Pretty tiring Day but very fun and all in all a success!
Aunt Brittany came to help out too!
They had the cutest Easter bunny ever!
Here are the 3-4 year olds. They had little toys and suckers on the ground too!Next was the 5-6 year olds. There weren't too many hiding places for the younger ages (except along the fence and tree) but I liked how it wasn't crowded!
They made out pretty well! This was after they emptied out their eggs and so it's just the candy! They also had yellow pieces of paper in some of the eggs which meant you got to pick out a prize! Avery didn't get any, but Zane got 3 so he shared one!
Playing catch with the Easter bunny!
Then we went to OC's thinking we could jump on the bouncy toys, but they were taking them down right when we got up to them :( I can't believe there's didn't even last an hour. Anyway, they by far had the craziest looking bunny...
After lunch, we went to UCO's...
They had a carnival which was fun...
They called the 0-3 age group and we went down there when they said it will start in 1 minute. Bad idea. You need to get there ahead of time and make sure you are in the front line. Every kid had there parents with them more than doubling the amount of kids, making it completely packed and impossible for people not in the front row to get any eggs. Poor Zane did not get a single egg. There were SEVERAL kids that didn't. Poor boy started crying! Thankfully someone else quickly put one on the ground in which I said "Hey there is one, quick get it!" He was still a little upset...
We let him decorate a cookie since he didn't get many eggs! It's a very good thing we had gone to a good egg hunt earlier!
Avery went with the 6 and 7 age group so she could be with Bella. They made the rule of no parents on the grass which made it MUCH better...
These are the two sassy girls. They just feed off each other and it is definitely a love hate relationship! It changes every 5 minutes!
Pretty tiring Day but very fun and all in all a success!
He liked it, but I didn't think to ask ahead of time what day practice would be on. It happened to be on Tuesday and Avery's was on Thursday. With gymnastics and church functions, we never had a free evening. Avery would whine how we never had time to make books and play games. I agreed.
They did soccer and blast ball together last year and would talk some but would still play some too. This season, they just wrestled and talked the ENTIRE time. We couldn't even get them to participate AT ALL this season. They sure are cute though!!
You can't see real well, but the top is gathered using elastic thread so its that smocked look but stretchy. With my machine, you have to wind the bobbin tightly the same way you do with regular thread. Other machines you have to hand wind the bobbin loosely. I decided to make a matching and bow and woohoo, Avery has a new outfit!
I then decided to have fun making little wrist cuff bracelets as well. Can't wait to make more of these and embellish with buttons, beads, gemstones, etc.
I found a pattern for the n and l that I think looks better so that was exciting and helped get me out of the slump as well!
This kinda helped give me warm fuzzies too. Avery is so sweet and loves making people pictures!Our little neighbor friend broke her wrist on the school playground so Avery made her this. It says..."I'm sorry you broke wrist. Get better soon" She then drew a "make a wish blowing flower" and a snail that made snail tracks! Random but cute!
So Thursday evening we drove to Dallas and stayed with Amy's mom. We woke up at 6am Friday and drove to my friend Julie's house near Baton Rouge. We spent the evening in New Orleans walking around the French Quarter and of course Bourbon Street. The voodoo stores are creepy...(you can't tell, but that is a real alligator head Amy is holding!)
This guy was standing on a rope with one leg. He would even play behind his back. Pretty impressive
We ate some jambalaya and margarita pizza which was delish
I love seeing this kind of stuff and I wonder how much they make every night. I can't imagine being so still. When he did move, it was like a robot. 
We then chilled at a little jazz place and ate some beignets and drank some coffee. So fun and relaxing there. Had to hurry and leave before all the night time crazies came out.
Coming back to our parking spot, weirdo clowns wanted to give the kids beaded necklaces...
We then stayed up late hanging out with Julie while Brett got the kids to bed. We woke up Saturday and made our way to my Grandpa's house in Foley, Al.
That night we ate at Lambert's and saw a lady pass out and the ambulence came. It was crazy but we got the bench where that lady and her famliy were sitting on. Made the wait a little easier. I'm able to sound so inconsiderate because 20 minutes later, she came in and sat down to eat!! The food was so yummy!! Sunday was a little too windy up by the water, so we went to The Hangout and let the kids play on this mound of sand with tunnels and toys while we kicked back and relaxed.
Every couple of hours, they start up the bubble foam machine where the kids got soaked
Amy wanted me to make her into a beautiful mermaid!
I didn't feel like getting sand all over me, so I just went with Dinosaur feet!
Some guy caught a crab and showed it to us which the kids thought was pretty neat. We also saw other people carrying a jellyfish with their surf board. I wish I would have gone over there to see it, but I didn't.
Jason made an awesome sand castle
Gina's fam
Since it was so windy by the beach, Amy and I decided to take a couple shots right outside the condo they were staying in as well...
Me and my cousins
Tuesday, it was finally nice to layout on the beach. Here is the Delmont crew. Sherry, Blair, Peyton. Sheila (my mom), Brittany, Avery, Zane, Me. Missing Shelly and Jennifer.
I couldn't lay out with them though because we went on a dolphin cruise.
It was pretty neat seeing the dolphins swim and jump in the air. I pictured several dolphins, but the kids still thought it was awesome.
Our trip was over. St. Patricks Day, right before the long 14.5 hour drive home...
On this drive, Amy and I had to stay awake somehow. We got 7 or 8 semi's to honk (everyone except a female driver!). We also held up a sign asking if people were wearing green or if we needed to pinch them (yes, we are 13). We also practiced for our American Idle tryout where we will ROCK out and be sure to give several shout outs! Ha. We made it home at Midnight that night and I was welcomed by a very messy house...... 
