Braden and Sophia

For most people a trip to the amusement park with the kids is quite an involved day long event. Here in Williamsburg Nina and I go to Busch Gardens for an hour or two to make it through those tough late afternoons. We are very appreciative to have our season passes.

Braden and Sophia with a little PDA in line for the "water ride" as Braden calls it.

The Tram ride to and from the parking lot is sometimes the highlight of the whole trip.

Coleman and Olivia were with us, but alas the poor second children did not get their pictures taken. They enjoy Busch Gardens as well.

Easter Sunday!

Happy Easter! We had a great Easter with Mumba, Papa, Ma, and friends.

We started the day with breakfast with the family.

Then we got dressed for church and opened Easter baskets.

Coleman did not know what to make of the fake grass in his basket. Mama doesn't really like that stuff either. We will be finding it all over the house for months.Yes, Coleman is sporting a Seersucker suit... an adorable hand-me-down from Cousin Collin.Then we hosted our Annual Easter Egg Hunt in the backyard with our friends before church.Braden was extremely diligent in his search for eggs; filling his entire basket.Coleman decided that sliding on the slide was more fun then finding eggs. Maybe he realized that he wasn't going to get to eat any of the candy inside the eggs anyway.On Wednesday we dyed Easter eggs with many of our friends. This was definitely an out on the back deck activity, but Braden did do a test run in the kitchen before everyone arrived.Coleman mostly enjoyed watching this activity:

Braden loves to "work". Whenever anyone is doing any sort of "job" he wants to be a part of it: cooking, dusting, putting things away, reading, writing, really anything. Here he is helping Dada with some mulch and mowing the lawn.

Sophia and Braden in CW.

Rozy hasn't had her picture up on the blog recently so here is our sweet Rozy...

Bathtime fun

Busch Gardens

It is spring so here in Williamsburg that means that it is time to go to Busch Gardens. Braden has been asking about when Busch Gardens will open for the last two months so we were pretty excited to finally get to go. So much so that we went 4 times in a week and a half. Here are some of the highlights:

The train continues to be a favorite. We got to ride in the special caboose on one our trips last week.

Coleman LOVES to ride any ride they will let him on. He would ride the same ride over and over again.

A new addition to Busch this year is Sesame Street Forest of Fun. Braden loves all the new rides; especially the "big kid" Roller Coaster. It's the real deal... a big drop and everything! Braden loves to watch the characters from a distance but does not want to get too close...