On Good Friday we headed to Stony Plain for an Easter celebration with the 'Smith' family! This was also the first time Cal and the kids met Connor!! We had a great day visiting and playing! The kids all wanted to hold Connor and we got a nice picture of Mom and Dad's 4 grandchildren! The Easter bunny made a stop at Grandma and Grandpa's and left a treat for Blake, Emerson, Reese and Connor!! I got lots of Connor snuggles in :) We had dinner and headed home with some tired kids!!
On Saturday morning Cal took Reese to her swimming lesson and Blake, Emerson and I went to Emerson's 1st unparented gymnastics class! Em had a blast and did so well!! She is certainly an independent little girl :) After gymnastics, the 3 of us were off to Connor's baby shower at my Mom's house! It was a lovely afternoon, with a house full of Connor's friends and relatives! Everyone had a chance to hold the guest of honor and he received many cuddles, kisses and ooo's and awww's!!! Blake and Emerson had fun playing with the other kids in attendance!
On Sunday morning the kids enjoyed opening their Easter baskets and a little egg hunt!! Later that morning, we joined friends for an Easter Sunday service at the St. Albert United Church. It was a very nice service and a lot more kid-friendly then the Church we usually attend! We plan to attend more regularly!! Sunday afternoon, Grandpa Bruce came over for dinner and a visit! The kids kept him busy, that is for sure! The kids were very excited about the gifts he brought, from his recent trip to the States!
Easter Monday has been pretty low-key, which is nice after the busy weekend! Blake has not complained about his stomach or anything for 2 days now, so hopefully he is over whatever was bothering him! We are still waiting on the results of a hemoglobin test the lab was doing, but hopefully there will be nothing out of the ordinary to report. Connor and his Mom and Dad are making a quick pit stop at our house this afternoon, enroute to Fort Mac ... we have some goodies I forgot to bring to Stony this weekend!!
We hope you enjoyed your Easter long weekend! We wish we could see see all our family, every holiday but with everyone so spread out it is difficult. But we are always thinking of you all and this weekend, wishing you all a very Happy Easter :)
Lots of love,
Cal, Tracy, Blake, Emerson and Reese
