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Sunday, March 23, 2008

Easter Weekend in Athens

We went to Athens this weekend to spend Easter with Mimi, Pops, Matt & Chelsea. Daddy had Good Friday off of work so we headed down Friday morning so Rob could get 9 holes of golf in while Ansley napped & I had a chance to shop.



I am ready for our trip, I have Lily Mae in one hand and my Dr. Seus book in the other.... the other pic, I just thought Ansley's feet looked so sweet.

On Saturday we went to the Athens Country Club for thier Easter Egg Hunt. Ansley looked so cute in her purple dress, it is the same dress Maddie wore last year for Easter (it is very nice to get hand-me-downs).... But we were not sure how Ansley was going to do with all the other kids and picking out the eggs. Normally when she is around a lot of people she just sits and stares and takes it all in for a while. I took her down to a spot where she could get her own eggs without being trampled by the older kids. She definitely had alot of eggs to choose from, they had tons of eggs placed all over the driving range ..... Ansley did AWESOME with the whole experience! She had a blast picking up the eggs and putting them in her easter basket. Every time she put an egg in her basket she would clap for herself, it was too funny (do you think mommy & daddy clap for her alot when she does good things?)!

found a golf ball, does that count as an egg?

clapping for herself when she put the egg in the basket

After the easter egg hunt the club had some animals for the kids to pet. There were horses, lamas, baby chicks, bunnies, and goats. Ansley actually loved petting the goat.... Once we were done with the animals we had a nice brunch inside the club. (Ansley had no problem going down for her afternoon nap, it had been a long morning).

The weather was so nice on Saturday, Mimi and I took Ansley to Memorial Park (while the guys were playing golf). We walked around the lake and saw some ducks, we saw a bear at the zoo (who knew there even was a zoo off of Lumpkin Road?), a bobcat, deer, and some birds. All in all, we had a wonderful spring day in Athens. It definitely makes you miss being in this town during the spring season!

Easter morning Ansley had a nice surprise from the Easter Bunny. He left her some goodies which she enjoyed. After we opened up our goodies we had a little egg hunt of our own at the Mautz's house. Ofcourse Ansley loved it, this just may be her favorite holiday :) We ended the morning with a nice brunch at the country club.




being silly at lunch

Thanks for a wonderful weekend Mimi and Pops!

Happy Easter Everyone!!!

7 comments:

Kelly and Brent said...

Love all the pictures! I am glad you guys had a great weekend in Athens and that the weather cooperated.

Can't wait to see you guys in a couple of weeks. Maddie is dying to play with her cous. :)

Anonymous said...

Hi! The pictures of Miss Ansley are precious!!

Love,
Brandi

Chantal said...

Those are great! I love seeing all the cute dresses the girls wear! I don't know how you guys can decide on what to put her in...I sure hope to have a girl too, but I'd go broke shopping!! :)

The Nortons said...

So cute..makes me want to try just one more time! :o)

Anonymous said...

Those are the best photos! You do such a great job capturing fleeting moments in time. Some of my most favorite Ansley facial expressions are in pictures you've taken. It was a great weekend and we enjoyed it very very much! Thanks for the memories! love, Mimi

MattandErin said...

What great pictures! Sounds like y'all had a wonderful weekend!

Erin

Mandy said...

I love that sweet smile. Thanks for posting all of those pics. You guys look like you had lots of fun. What a great place to go visit the inlaws.