Friday Fun and Farewell to Florida

Friday was only a half day in Florida. I did the final packing of suitcases while the kids and Eric helped finish the wood pile for Uncle John. Eric enjoyed using the gas powered splitter to cut up the wood; something routine, controlled and mind relaxing. Every time Eric sees a wood pile, he wants to be back in Florida and cutting wood.

After some final helping, John took the kids for a final spin in the tractor. They, of course, LOVED it!

Start your engines!
Gotta be fun to hear and feel that engine beneath you.

Rolling down the driveway!
Xela was nervous, but did a good job,
considering it was her first time driving a tractor.

Why walk, when you can ride?
Mommy got in after taking the picture.

Ready, Steady,

WE HAVE LIFT OFF!

We came home, had lunch, each kid got a turn playing a game on the Wii, we packed up the van and headed north. We headed for Tennessee and after a 10+ hour drive, with a stop to clean up motion sickness pink puke, we arrived at the Walkers. The chicken pox plague had passed and so we were able to stay Saturday and Sunday with family to enjoy each other and General Conference.

Daddies dosing during Conference.

It was a wonderful conference and a wonderful spring break vacation. We got home at six am Monday morning. We slept a few hours and then had a day to readjust to reality. Kids went back to school on Tuesday and I returned to work. Florida is always such fun, Nate has already declared that we will be going back next year for spring break.

We'll see!