On Tuesday the majority of the party animals arrived at our house (the remaining trickled in throughout the week). We relaxed, everyone settled in, and we just had a fun time together. We went to Hinman Park and walked the Comal River, showing the first water slide chute for tubers. We would be tubing the river later in the week. Grandma Dietz was very nervous, which solidified the Powell kid's desire to tube the river! After watching a few tubers go down the chute and a man 'surf' down on his feet, Grandma decided she could do it. The Powell kids were egging Grandma on, "See, Grandma, that proves it. Those girls didn't flip over in their tubes!" and "Come on, Grandma, it's not that scary!"
On Wednesday we went to the San Antonio Zoo and then to the Riverwalk. We ate dinner on the Riverwalk. Ana joined us for the activities!
On Thursday we went to the Natural Bridge Caverns. We took the Discovery Tour and really enjoyed it!
After the tour we did some gem mining (still at Natural Bridge Caverns). We had a lot of fun!
This is the progression of Conner being dry to soaked in the sluice! I'm not sure if he's so happy because of all the attention or because he's in water - I'm sure it's both!
He started off with just a single hand, just gently feeling the water.
Then it went to both hands.
But both hands were splashing and getting both of us wet, so we switched to feet.
Daddy wanted to get in on the fun, so he let Conner stand up :)
We absolutely adore all of his faces that he makes! They make us laugh all the time! He is such a happy boy!
Then Daddy decided Conner was wet enough, and took him over to look at the 'water fall' that fed into the sluice.
Pure joy!
And happiness
Then Mama got involved and let him climb into the waterfall. He's blowing bubbles in the water.
On Friday we went tubing down the Comal river. Our only casualties were Grandpa's glasses and Conner's empty bottle. We all had a blast! Then we went to Landa park for a picnic. After the picnic we rode the mini train all around the park!
Waiting for the train...Conner's fun faces!
All aboard!
On Saturday we celebrated Easter. Our church has a special weekend full of uplifting, spiritual speakers twice a year called General Conference. This year it took place over Easter weekend. We sat around and watched General Conference on Saturday and enjoyed each others company. We had quite a spread of food!
Don't pay attention to our unfinished shelves. They will look great
when they are done! We bought an Easter pinata, and Grandma brought a
sand bucket Easter basket for each grandkid! Notice the toys on the
middle shelf? Those are some toys that Grandma made! I painted
the animals, but Grandma did the rest of it! They turned out so
adorable!
On Friday we decorated these Easter Eggs - Glitter polk-a-dot style!
I made some egg poppers (modified from this blog) and left them
out for the Easter Bunny to hang in the trees. They were a lot of fun!
Powell kids waiting to go downstairs for the Easter Egg Hunt.
Conner got one egg for each hand and was completely happy. He didn't need any more!
Eliana on the other hand, just wanted to take the eggs OUT of her basket!
Here is our General Conference food. This picture doesn't have our large fruit tray and vegetable trays! The 7-Layer bean dip was the favorite though, it was completely gone by the time the first speaker was done!
These are some Easter chick deviled eggs that I made!
Sadly, that concluded the wonderful visit from the family. Sunday morning everyone left to head home. We had such a fun time with everyone here! It was almost like when we lived in Illinois (except much better weather!). We don't miss Illinois, but we definitely miss the people in Illinois!
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