Tulip Festival...

On Monday my sisters and I(and kids) went to the Tulip Festival at Thanksgiving Point. It was such a beautiful day(which I was SO ready for after all the snow we've been getting!) We packed a picnic and enjoyed the beautiful scenery as well as each others company. We had a lot of fun and of course so did the kids! We were there for several hours and the kids definitely burned a lot of energy.

My sisters and their kids.

I think this picture is so beautiful!

So I ended up with the heavy load this time and there were a few challenges along the way as you can see. :) Going up stairs, down stairs, across grass with a big heavy stroller full of everyone's stuff. Jamie thought it was pretty funny and had fun taking pictures of me in action. Avery was a trooper... and survived a bumpy ride.

The waterfalls are always a hit!

Maddy had so much fun and loved pushing his cousins in the stroller. He got pretty good at it.

Some of the pretty flowers we saw.

Avery was really screaming in this picture but I think it is cute and looks like she is smiling.

Maddy and his cousins playing and having fun. As usual we had a hard time keeping up with them. They were excited about throwing some money(and splashing) in the wish pool as you can see in the bottom right hand corner.

Stacy, Shalane and I.

Stacy, Jamie and I.

The kids cousins(and aunts) having fun.

The fish pond was probably the highlight for the kids. They would've stayed there all day long and fed the fish if we would've let them. There was one small tragedy and my niece's little plastic purse was dropped in the water. It eventually made it's way to the bank where my sister was able to grab it. After all that my nephew ended up braking it. :(

Everyone having fun... even the adults broke loose a little bit. :) Stacy was being really goofy as usual...

I couldn't decide between this picture and the one at the top of the post because Avery and I look better in this one and Maddy looks better in the other one. So anyway I posted both. :)

Thanks sista's for another fun outing! I'm so glad it is finally warming up... we are going to have a fun summer!