Days with the Jensens: On The Road Again

After just coming back from my parent's last month the four of us hit the road again and headed to Kentucky for round two of visits. Unfortunately Rane caught the cold the three of us have been trying to get over and he developed conjunctivitis along with it the day before we left. Poor baby. He was still his sweet little self, though, just with a goopy eye and congestion.

We made our first stop at Nana and Papa's house for two nights. Zach, Mandy, Carter, Seth and Craig also drove in from Tennessee so the whole family, minus Kasey, was together. We had a blast! Gary and Gayla were very happy to take us all to church with them on Sunday morning, especially to show off all their grandchildren and to introduce Rane to their friends! We ate wonderful food while we were there and Spencer and I were excited to go to Cheddar's restaurant, a favorite we frequented while we lived in Lexington. The kids had the most fun going through all of Spencer and Craig's old toys, records, cars, etc. I swear we listened to "Hear Comes Santa Clause" a hundred times over the record player! Ella Ann loves that song! They chased each other around and squealed for two days straight! Ella Ann has come to the realization that Seth is younger than her and she can boss him around! She doesn't mess with Carter! She was Seth's little mommy for sure...holding his hand while crossing a parking lot, leading him out of church, making sure he had his lovey and paci, etc.! We had a grand Easter egg hunt on Saturday afternoon and the kids got Easter baskets as well full of all kinds of goodies! Carter, Ella Ann and Seth each got a magnifying glass so they had fun exploring around the house.

After lunch on Monday we drove an hour west to my parent's house. It was much quieter to say the least! Ella Ann enjoyed all the attention, as did Rane! We had several more rounds of Easter egg hunts while we were there and they both received another Easter basket! I swear it was like Christmas all over again for them! :) We had a great steak dinner on Monday night that my parent's had prepared and we went to a Mexican restaurant for dinner on Tuesday night. Ella Ann was adamant about eating beans and rice, as usual! Ella Ann was stuck to her Grandpa like glue when he was home from work and was entertained the rest of her waking hours by Mimi! I got to get my hair highlighted while I was home.....yeay for the post-baby pick me up!

Sara and Lucy also came by for a visit on Tuesday, as did Ashley on Wednesday. We enjoyed getting to see them and spend a little time chatting. Lucy and Rane slept the entire time so we'll have to make sure they get a conversation in next time! :) Sara and I both forgot to snap a few pictures while they were over. Woops.

On Wednesday we drove east to Spencer's Nanny's house to spend the night before we headed home to Atlanta. We enjoyed a wonderful dinner with Connie, Wayne, Mike, Jill and Daniel(Spencer's aunt, uncles and cousin). It was so nice to see everyone and I think they all enjoyed Ella Ann's antics and cuddling with Rane!

We headed to our home sweet home after breakfast on Thursday morning. I was surprised Spencer was able to pack our car so well so we could actually see out of the back window! I don't know how we managed to accumulate so much baggage along the way but we did. We had a great time seeing everyone and I wanted to thank our families again for taking such good care of us!

Spencer and I went ahead and let Ella Ann search for her Easter present this morning that the Bunny left for her a couple of days early since Spencer is working in Toccoa this weekend. You can check out her present in the pictures! :) It suits her to a tee!

Again I took over 50 pictures so click HERE to view them. My Mom and Dad are unable to access Facebook so I am posting a few pictures below of our visit with them so they can see them.