Road Trip Day 6

Easter!! Happy Easter to anyone who celebrates!! What a great day it was! We started the day with waking up to easter baskets that the easter bunny left. The boys were all very excited as they got a scratch pad of construction paper, 2 color gel pens, a bubble blower hero, a matchbox car, and candy. The boys were so happy the easter bunny found us in the hotel. N was very surprised the easter bunny got in our room and was puzzled how that happened.
We all got ready and had breakfast and then took the hour drive to Uncle M's house where I got to see 3 of my cousins, thier husbands and kids for the first time in about 7 or 8 years and actually got to sit and visit for the first time in about 15 or so years. Uncle M and Aunt V set up an easter egg hunt and did one for the little kids and one for the big kids and all of the kids had so much fun looking for the eggs. The kids also all enjoyed running around outside playing, while the adults sat inside watching out the windows/doors and chatting. Uncle M made pizza like he used to have in his pizzaria and it was the best pizza we had in years.

Of course before we left, mom had everyone get together for a group picture, which some of us moaned about and didn't want to do, but it makes a great memory, especially when we all go so long between seeing each other.

On the way back to the hotel, we stopped at Dollar General where we got cold drinks. We got some really good lemonade. We also stopped at the Post Office we passed and not only did I got over the curb 2 times, but we mailed the post cards we had since our first day on the road. About 20 minutes after that we came upon an accident where we saw a bunch of police cars and a fire truck on the side of the road and a car flipped over on its top in someone's yard. About a half mile down the road was another car that's driver side front tire was all bent and the front end was all smashed up. We saw an elderly lady walking along the road with her purse up on her shoulder shielding her face and a bunch of cop cars parked in front and behind her, but no cops around her.

When we got back to the hotel, those of us that didn't eat more pizza in the car, N and G, ate some food in our room and then we got back in the car again and went to the Jurrasic Park Boat Ride that S wanted to go to since our first day coming here.

It was really dark off and on and dinosaurs rawred and the boys were all pretty scared, but it was an experience to last a lifetime, and one we won't pay to do again! (but worth it the first time just for the experience).