Finishing my trip

I am finally back in Colorado, but we had a wonderful last bit of our trip.  I can't believe how many pictures I actually took.  You should be very proud of me because normally I have all good intentions of taking cute pictures and then I either forget my camera or just forget to take pictures. 

So to continue our trip...

The night before Easter we dyed eggs.  Papa and Nana were over also to watch.  Kenzie really enjoyed making them all solid colors.  And if you tried to change it...she would tell you that was HER EGG!  Which meant that is how she wanted it and leave it alone.

Then we went to see fireworks and the Kinston Indians Stadium.  We were going to go to a game while I was home, but it just didn't work out.  This stadium was my home for many summers.  I worked there every summer starting at either 14 or 15.

Mackenzie was waiting for the fireworks to start, so she was playing in the car.  She loves to buckle and unbuckle seat belts.

I stayed in the car, but everyone else got out to watch.  Nana and Papa met us there to watch the fireworks as well.

Gigi, Kenzie and I also had fun picking strawberries.  I have always loved fresh picked strawberries.  There is NOTHING like them.  Kenzie thought they were pretty good too.  She ate 2 that she picked while we were finishing our buckets.  She had a good time finding the bright red ones!  She actually picked about 15 herself.

Then came Easter.  Mackenzie was worried that the Easter Bunny wouldn't come to Gigi's house, so we wrote him a letter before we left to let him know where we were going to be. (I never thought a 2 year old would understand this concept, but she asked me every day for about 5 days if the Easter bunny would find us at Gigi's house).  I guess he got it because on Easter morning her basket was full.

She was so excited to look at everything, this is the best picture I got.

 Mackenzie in her Easter dress right before church.

Poppy has been doing a huge garden for a few years now and I guess it is just too much work to do it by hand.  So he borrowed a tractor to plow everything up.  Mackenzie and Kaden went outside to watch.  Mackenzie even got to drive the tractor with Poppy.  She had a great time.



Then we got a blow up pool for Gigi and Poppy's back yard.  Mackenzie went swimming 2 different days.  Yes, it was very warm there and not too cold for a pool.  I can't wait for constant warm weather!  I am sick of up and down 80s then 40s!!!!

There is also a great park that we went to play at 2 or 3 times.  It has a nature center, planetarium, and park with lots of fun things to do.  This is actually another place I worked for a summer (the planetarium).  Now they even have a train there to ride with a real conductor and everything.  The place has definitely changed since I worked there.  We have tried to ride this train the last 3 times I have been home and either it was broken, closed, or there weren't enough kids to ride I guess.  So finally we got our chance!  At first Mackenzie was a little scared, but we had a good time.  Gigi even rode along with us.

Not quite sure about things yet.

Enjoying the scenery. 

A cute indian set up they have on the ride.

A real live train you can go in a look at!

Picture op!

And Mommy had to get in one at least.

We had such a fun time in NC this time.  We hung out and had fun, but also did a ton of things, as you can tell from the blog! 

I have a few videos also to come, I just have to load them and they take FOREVER!  But if I don't do it soon, they will never get done.  So they should be up soon. 

And lastly I just have a fun picture of Kenzie with Gigi and Nana at Outback the night before I left to go back home.