Late March and early April meant Spring Break and Easter. Although we had planned to get to the beach for Spring Break a stomach bug altered our plans and we ended up in Charleston instead. It was fun though - Charleston is such a beautiful city with so much history and charm. We stayed in downtown Charleston so we could walk to everything. We even ventured out to see Shem Creek one day. It was a fun trip!
Easter meant egg hunts and church...
Verizon Wireless held their annual Family Fun Day in mid April. The girls had an absolute ball and I was impressed with the scope of this event! Rides, games, food, face painting, balloon animals, cake walk, etc etc etc. This was a serious festival - all put on for employees. For free. What a treat! The girls (and daddy) even got to meet Anna and Elsa!
Here are a few random shots I've taken over the last few months...
In May we finally got out to ride the Swamp Rabbit Trail! This was something I had wanted to do for a long time. The trail runs from the Greenville Zoo all the way to Travelers Rest, a little town north of Greenville. We parked at the zoo, rode through downtown and up to the Swamp Rabbit Cafe where we had lunch and relaxed a while. There were lots of fun places to stop along the way since the trail runs past parks, along streams and by lots of businesses. All in all we rode about 5 miles and were gone about 4 hours. The really impressive part was that Kate rode her big bike (16" bike) the entire way. We all had a great time!
Today was Mother's Day so I got to pick what we were going to do so we went to Conastee Nature Park. I knew there were trails behind the playgrounds but had no idea the extent of this park. All in all it encompasses over 400 acres, tons of walking and bike trails, boardwalks over swamps, a lake and several lookouts. It was so fun to explore. And I will even admit that I plan to return for an early morning bird watching walk with a guided tour one Saturday soon.
We've apparently been busy enjoying Spring! I will try to write again before I am posting back to school pictures!
