Family Time and State Park Fun

Never let it be said that the Hubbo family is idle on the weekends!  This past weekend kept with our trend of go-go-go while still somehow managing to seem relaxing.  It was the first weekend since The Princess's birthday that we did not go swimming at the pool, and I'm proud to report that this was not a huge issue.  The weather was just so nice, we didn't want to spend any more time inside than necessary.

Saturday brought with it a nice family gathering here in our little yellow house to celebrate Mother's Day.

 

Here's The Princess with her beloved Great Grampy.
He's obviously no fun at all.

Sweet little Piggy, soaking up the lub wherever she can.

Nana and the Blurs!

Sweet sis, J, and her little ones, K and E.  E was ready for a nap at this
point, but I still have no idea how J always looks so adorable in
every picture that's taken of her.  Love ya, lady!

And, like, OMG!  Look who's back!  Grumma came over to play!

And she even brought Grumpa!
(They're both too excited to keep still.)

All the mommies left with coffee can planters full of begonias to match what I'm growing in my garden this year.  Of course, I kinda neglected to take pics of those.  Oh, well...I'll be making up a few for myself shortly, so I'll post them then.

I really need to get the camera out more when the whole family is together.  The problem is that I get all caught up in the visiting and don't realize until later that I've missed taking pics of half the people who were here.  But I suppose it's better to miss pics in favor of visiting, rather than the other way around.  Not pictured above are Grampy, Great Grammie and Da (aka The Hubbs).

Sunday was our little family day.  It was right around seventy degrees and sunny, perfect for a day at the state park.

First up: family bike ride.  Thanks to Grumma and Grumpa, we now have
two trailer hitches for The Princess's tagalong (tandem trailer), so we were
able to switch off pulling her around the 4-mile loop.

Oh, and somebody got a hair cut.  Here's our squinty
girl being silly while we ate a picnic lunch after our
bike ride.

And after lunch we took a stroll around the lake and marsh on this pretty
boardwalk trail.  We're working very hard with The Princess to help her
be more independent and more successful at following verbal instructions,
and walking at the parks is a big part of this.

All in all, even though there was no swimming, this turned out to be a great weekend.  I'm already getting excited for the next one, since The Princess and I will have Monday off for Memorial Day.  That means we get a whole extra family day!

And the extra bonus: Memorial Day weekend is always when we celebrate Little Yellow House Day...I closed on the house the day after Memorial Day in 2005, so we'll have to see if the weather holds for our annual cookout.  :)