This past week was Mom’s recovery from spring break. I couldn’t get pictures to work for the blog last week, so I’m moving a piece of last week’s blog to this one to include the pictures.
They got here Sunday evening before Easter. We introduced them to the VR “Plank experience” It was entertaining for them as well as us. We had a good time catching up and laughing. 
Early the next day we headed to Tybee Island. We stopped for lunch and left with no less than three kids’ spilling something… 
The Ingles got a GoPro and the kids had a blast trying it out. 
As you can see it was over cast and a bit windy. But the thing to really take note in this picture is Harvey. This is how he has been the last three weeks. He does not leave my side. In fact he has full blown panic attacks when I leave the same room as him. I have no idea what has started this phenomenon but I’m not a fan. Though I do love his cuddles. 
The kids didn’t care that the air was 73 and windy and the water was a whole lot colder. 
They took turns getting buried. It was partly for the fun of becoming a mermaid and partly to warm themselves up in the sand. 
Harvey wasn’t sure if he liked the beach. He didn’t like being sandy but didn’t want to touch the cold water to clean off. Occasionally he’d forget he hated being dirty and get busy playing in the sand and then he’d suddenly freak out. 
She was so cold but so happy. 
Kid pile! 
“A rare photo to catch in the wild, the creature Harvey managed to flash a smile despite his usual temperament.” 
You forget how messy and somewhat stressful dying Easter eggs can be… guess it’s a good thing we only do it once a year. 
The Ingles got to join us for our Easter traditions. Egg dying, Easter egg hunt and baskets, and church service. 
I had a wonderful time with our dear friends, the Ingles. They came so Stephen could work the Masters, but stayed most of the week with us (and shared some of their time with their old neighbors). We spent the night at Tybee Island Monday night and they rejoined us Easter weekend for our Easter celebration. I had a wonderful time learning about their methodist Easter traditions and I really enjoyed sharing our church service with them! We had some very uplifting gospel conversations throughout the week which was a wonderful reminder of the reason for our celebration. It is so fun to have a friend who loves the Savior as I do with a different perspective so we can learn from each other. I learned about the color changes of the robes on the crosses that some Christian churches put up around Easter and it was very touching! They change it from purple (royalty) to white on Easter Sunday for the resurrection.
When the Ingles weren’t with us, we stayed home and did some crafts, did some ceramic painting at Artsy Me, and went to the theater to see Mario. They all loved that movie! I thought it was pretty cute too and I really enjoyed snuggling Harvey who fell asleep the last 20 minutes of the movie.
