Vermont Spring Break

The kids had spring break from school so we decided to pack it up and make a trek up to Vermont to visit my folks and my sister's family. The drive up was much easier than in year's past because we decided to break the drive up and take two days to get up there. It was much easier on everyone. Our halfway point was just outside Scranton, PA and we stayed overnight at one of the local hotels, courtesy of my hotel points! We arrived at my folks house around 1pm on Saturday and stayed through until Thursday afternoon. It was a nice visit overall and it was great to watch the kids play with their cousins. We had a nice Easter Sunday dinner at my parents house and EB (the Easter Bunny) found his way to the house and left a nice basket of goodies for them. When the cousins arrived, the adults had a ton of eggs hidden around the yard for them to find. It was fun to watch them run all over the place to see who could collect the most eggs! My sister and her kids took Wednesday off from school so all of us could spend the day together. We went to ECHO (www.echovermont.org), which is a great Aquarium and Science Center. We spent a few hours there and walked around Church St in Burlington. My sister and her husband are in the midst of reconstructing their house and do an awesome job. It looks great! We tried to expose my parents and sister to Geocaching, but Stacey's cell phone was having issues and we were unable to use the Geocache app. It finally worked for a few minutes in Shelburne and we found a 'cache' near the VT Teddy Bear Company! We left on Thursday and it is always hard to say goodbye, especially when it's hard on the kids. Seeing their little faces crying and hugging their Grandma and Grandpa goodbye just tears at your heart. Makes me wish we lived closer to them so that the kids can have a closer relationship with my folks and have the opportunity to see and grow up with their cousins, like I did! We do cherish the times they are able to come here to VA to visit and us being able to go to Vermont as well. We'll be up there again in December/January for a late Christmas and a 70th birthday party for my mother!