Spring Break - Filled With Typical DeGracie Drama!

Okay - so Spring Break didn't go as we planned this year and unfortunately we didn't make it Arizona. The saddest part of this is that the boys missed their Uncle Donny's Easter egg hunt. That is all we heard about on Easter morning. Anyway - the following is a list of reasons why we didn't go and what we ended up doing during the week instead.

Reasons We Stayed Home:
1 - Darren had so many aerating jobs to do because the weather didn't cooperate the week before. It snowed 4 of the 7 days.
2 - Darren needed to finish (still not done though) painting my Dad's "flip-it" house in order for carpet, etc to be installed.
3 - My sister-in-law April and brother Josh was supposed to have their baby girl on the 8th and we didn't want to miss it.
4 - My sister Ranie dropped the greatest news on Friday before Easter that she would be adopting a new baby boy and would be getting him on Wednesday the 7th of April - one day before her birthday! What a present!
5 - Easter was Sunday and if we didn't leave by Friday evening, the boys would have missed the Easter bunny.
6 - Canon's birthday was Monday the 5th. He wanted so badly to spend it in Arizona - just to see what that would have been like!.
7 - Our dog Tinkerbell is in heat - AGAIN! She locked up with two suitors and we don't know what will happen. Please pray she does not get pregnant.

Reasons Why It Was A Good Thing We Didn't Go:
1 - Blaze got pink eye on Wednesday, Pierson got it on Friday and Canon got it on Saturday. Darren got it just yesterday. NICE!
2 - Canon had the stomach flu on Friday and was sick at both ends. Lasted all day but he was better the next day!
3 - Blaze got sick with the stomach flu on Saturday night while we were spending the night in a hotel. He threw up from 2 in the morning until noon the next day. Also NICE! He threw up in his shoe the first time so that helped a little! :)
4 - We would have missed Colin and Ranie surprising my family with the arrival of McKay into their family. The greatest surprise ever!
5 - Our new van has been giving us the flat tire signal for a month and each time we take it in - they say they can't find it. We took it to another dealership and they "fixed" 2 of the wrong tires for $250 bucks - still not helping the tire that has the leak. $250 for a patch job? We are now finding out that the tires will cost us $2,000 to replace! Are you kidding me?
6 - My Grandma had surgery which we only found out about a day before the surgery and we had to wish her well!
7 - We would have missed Acting Academy, Baseball practice and piano practice.

What We Did During The Week To Escape All The Drama:
Sunday - Had an incredible Easter Sunday with just us. Went to Mom and Dad's for dinner, Easter egg hunt (I lost) and dessert.
Monday - Canon spent his birthday at home, I was off work, we went to the Arcade, went to dinner and then he opened his presents from us. Pierson gave him DVD's of his favorite show iCarly, Blaze gave him New Moon and Space Buddies DVD's and Darren and I gave him a laptop! That night we pulled all the mattresses out onto the floor in the basement and stayed up late watching movies - it was one gigantic slumber party that followed to the next night. Might as well right?
Tuesday - Went as a family to see How To Train Your Dragon
Wednesday - Played at home, set up our "mandatory family meeting" where Colin and Ranie announced their new arrival. Decorated for Canon/Ranie's combined birthday parties. We opened presents, had cake and played Limbo. You should check out the pictures. Joni won with an amazing "limbo" measuring 33 inches off the ground. Shorter than Pierson. It was incredible. Garrett gave her a run for her money though - he came in so close and he towers over us all.
Thursday - Can't remember what we did here so I will have to fill it in when I find Canon. He always knows. I think that day was errand day - bank, Costco, post office, etc. I am sure I did something fun for them but maybe not. Oh ya - we took the neighborhood to the park and let them run around for a very long time hoping they would sleep for many hours that night.
Friday - Went to the Aquarium to see the new penguins but Canon got sick as soon as we got there so we rushed through and ran home. He was sick in bed the rest of the day. So sad....
Saturday - We went to Thanksgiving Point farm to introduce Pierson to farm animals. Canon and Blaze went to J.T.'s birthday party and then we all headed downtown to spend the night in a hotel suite, go to dinner, swim and then wake up and go to the zoo. This is the night Blaze got sick and threw up all night. We didn't get any sleep and let a nasty pink stain on the hotel room floor carpet. Woops!
Sunday - Instead of ending our Spring Break week by going to the zoo, we went home so Blaze could recover and we lounged around the house for the rest of the day.

All in all - we had a great time being together and welcomed all the crazy things that happened to us. After all - it wouldn't be normal if things worked out for us.

Enjoy the pictures!