Our Easter Weekend

We had a great Easter weekend! On Saturday, Chase and Coy, yes, I said Chase, went with the youth group of the church we have been attending to Six Flags. Our campground owner's children and wife went on the trip as well. They own a skating rink that is open most of the day on Saturday, so he needed some help with it. Joe and I helped him out and had a great time! It was out of the norm for us both, he DJed and I helped out in the snack bar. Caden skated and skated and skated. It is amazing in a short month what a great skater he has become! He just buzzes around the rink! It is just adorable! Chase and Coy had a great time! They rode all of the roller coasters. They were wind burnt and exhausted when they got home! Chase, while he would never really admit it, met some great potential friends! When we got home and everybody got in bed, it was about Midnight. Coy came stumbling into Joe's and my room saying, "I don't want to ride any more roller coasters." I said, "What are you talking about?" He said it again. I told him that he doesn't have to ride any more, go back to bed! He remembers nothing of it! We were supposed to be at Sunrise Service this morning and then breakfast at church. Well, Sunrise was at 6:30AM, after not being in bed until after Midnight and a pretty restless night, it doesn't take a genius to realize there was NO way the Dillards were going to be up at 5:30AM! We made an honest attempt to get to Sunday School by 9:45, but that didn't happen either! We did make it to service at 11:00! Our church had a cantata. It was really nice!

We were invited to go to Lynn and Tony Hale's(owners of the campground) house for lunch and egg hunting! Coy found a camoflauge egg with $5 inside and Caden found two eggs each containing a dollar. Both dollars are safely saved in his penny bank! Just a note, the camo eggs, made in China, were recalled this week for high lead levels! Why are we still trading with China? Amber, their oldest daughter, took us to a horse farm close to their house where she helps out taking care of the horses, feeding, brushing, riding! They had four baby horses all under a year. They were so intrigued with Caden and he with them! They were so precious! It was too windy to ride today, so we are going to make a date in a week or so for Caden and Coy to ride. Chase is "scared of horses!" We'll have to work on him! Our second Easter away from home was a wonderful success! We joked with Tony and Lynn saying they were our "host family" for Easter! And wonderful hosts they were!