Easter with family in Wichita

Wow, what a weekend! We fit in a couple of meals with friends Kim & Joe and Joey and Amanda. The rest of the time was spent with family...

a lot to pack into just a few days.

We split up the traveling to Wichita between Wednesday night and Thursday morning again for this trip.

My parents came down to Wichita on Saturday for a little shopping

(they bought a flatscreen TV and I got some clothes).

We met up at Nick's mom's house for supper.

My mom wrestling with Gabi.

My dad getting in some play time too.

Since we aren't planning on seeing our families again before Gabrielle's birthday, my parents gave her gift to her a little early--a personalized wooden step-stool (like my paternal grandpa made for me when I was a little girl).

Gabi trying to figure out her new "toy".

One last picture with my parents before they left to drive back to Nebraska.

Grandma Debbie (Nick's mom) with Gabi and her dog, Jazzy.

Tyler (Nick's nephew) getting in a little play time with Gabi too...as you can tell she was starting to get a little tired by this point in the evening.

Gabrielle trying to figure Uncle Terry out...

One minute the coaster tastes pretty good...

The next minute things aren't going so well on Aunt Stacy's lap (not her fault...obviously it surprised her too!).

After church on Easter Sunday we went to Steve and Muriel's home for a wonderful lunch. Gabi left her sunglasses on for enough time to take a cute "girls" picture this time! :)

Playing with her new stuffed bunnies on Uncle Steve's lap.

Gabi really liked the plastic Easter eggs...just big enough to put into her mouth, brightly colored to look at, they spin on the table,

and she even figured out how to take them apart!

Checking out one of Aunt Muriel's canaries in the cage.

Hanging out with Grandpa Chuck and Grandma Judy Walker.

Judy's family came over on Easter Sunday for tan evening meal. Here are cousins Karis, Braden, and Randi after their egg hunt outside.

Gabi holding the yellow ballerina-bunny that her cousin Randi gave her for Easter while cousin Mikayla plays with her.

On the road again...this time on the way home. For the first time on Monday we did the whole trip in one day--9 hours of drive time only took us 11.5 hours total with all our stops. Not too bad! And, I was glad to start back into our routine Tuesday morning (although I am already looking forward to being back in Wichita the first week of July too).