The Hamrick Family: Spring Break

Spring break started off with a day trip to Busch Gardens. Monday was supposed to be the nicest day of the week and nicer here than at the beach so we decided to spend the day with some friends/family at Busch Gardens. We had such a fun day - Maryanne, AJ, Lauren, Andria, Cole, Amie, Drew, some of Maryanne's family, Joey, Dawn, Kelly, Connor, Colby and some more of my family who were visiting from northern VA - we had a crew! We didn't necessary all stay together the entire day but we met up for lunch and did a few things when we could. It was wonderful to spend the day outside.

Maryanne and her kids joined the van to ride together - we took the ferry so this was a new experience for the kids

Lauren, Hannah, AJ, Emma, Cole

the girls with Kelly and Connor

Drew joined us - love how Cole is hugging Lauren and Emma - best group of kids ever - always getting along

Hannah, Lauren and Emma

Emma and Hannah

Lauren and Emma

Connor, Lauren and Emma

The next morning I packed the van and me the girls were off to Nags Head. We dropped Lilly off at the boarding place right at the beach. We had a great ride over - beautiful day. Our week was pretty cool but sunny. My mom, sister, niece, nephew, grandmother and aunt were already there. We spent time indoors relaxing, playing games, did a little shopping, and hit our favorite places to eat. I started and finished two books and we also finished two 1,000 piece puzzles. It was nice to not have a schedule. The kids did great - little Andy just wants to do whatever the girls are doing. The neighborhood had an awesome park the kids loved too. I always hate crossing that bridge and coming home - but now we can just count down our days to summer break!