Coops Scoops: Spring Break @ Papa's -- 2009

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Spring Break @ Papa's -- 2009

Well we didn't go any place fancy for Spring Break, but we were able to go some where. We headed "home" to MI on Wednesday of last week and ended up getting home yesterday around 6:00p.m. We had lovely snow and ice to deal with on Sunday and my sister's little guy was sick, so we decided to stay an extra day. I'm glad we did because we had beautiful, sunshine to travel in yesterday. With 32 of us home, the house tended to get a little loud : ) There were 14 under the age of 6, plus my 2 older ones, so... We were able to get in on the tail end of Dad making maple syrup, so that was fun. He was boiling the last bit down when we got there, so the kids were able to sample some of it and help him start the clean-up process. The kids ran wild through the woods having a great time, something they needed to do after riding for 5 hours. A couple of Dad's brothers were there visiting when we got there and it was nice to see Uncle Norman and Uncle Mac. On Saturday afternoon we decided to take a tractor ride to the back of Dad's "40" (A.K.A. his 40 acres). It was rather cold, but we all bundled up in the outside attire we all could find (as you will see all the mis-matched items below) and had a fun time. It was a great time for making memories! All in all, we had another nice trip "home", but we were sad to have to leave Dad. Please pray for him, he misses Mom a lot and seems to be getting tired. He is almost 80 so I guess he has every right to be tired, but it is hard to see that since he has always been so full of life! I know he has the right to be missin' Mom too, but that is REALLY hard to see too!