The Francis Family: Second Spring Break!

Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Second Spring Break!

So luckily for me, after our Spring break, Christian's parents came to visit during their Spring break! It was the most wonderful week imaginable! Every day I got to spend time talking, gardening, and sight-seeing with two of the most incredible people I know! Tyson even started preferring Grandpa to his own Daddy--That is really saying something!

Here we all are at the Riverwalk under the most beautiful smelling flowers!

Tyson with his new favorite person!

Here Tyson is helping Grandpa! They helped us plant raspberries in the back and flowers in the front and it is beautiful! That was one of my favorite things we did...gardening with Sandra!

On Sunday evening we went to the park to feed the ducks. It was in the 70s everyday and beautiful! By the way, didn't I marry a handsome man!?

One day we went to the Japanese Tea Gardens. Greg went around and around for nearly an hour to find us a parking spot! Finally he parked at the bakery we had stopped by earlier. What a champion!

Sometimes Tyson will let me hold him. You have to capture the moment though! It's not every day!

Aunt Laurie made us a book for Christmas with all of the letters in it. This shot will be perfect for G--Grandma and Grandpa!

Grandma and Tyson by the waterfall!

We got to go to Sea World together and we had a blast! Especially Tyson who would jump and clap during the shows! He absolutely loved every second of it! Thank you so much Sandra!

This shirt with fish is from Greg and Sandra. Every now and then he would point down on his shirt and say "fish!" It was cute!

Isn't he getting big?

Tyson had a good time playing with the chain/rope as usual! One thing I love about my mother-in-law is she is always willing to take the time to let a kid just enjoy themself. She is absolutely wonderful!

Aren't these frogs cool? They are real and very poisonous! I think they're cute!

All in all it was a great week and even after trying to work off the extra weight gained from Greg's fabulous nightly desserts and going out to eat, I would still love to have them anytime they'd come! Thank you so much for a wonderful week! We felt absolutely spoiled!

3 comments:

The Elledges said...: Sounds like you had an awesome Spring break! I love the pictures of you and Tyson with the wildflowers! They turned out so cute! counting down the days till we get to see you guys!; March 31, 2010 at 6:36 PM
Nicole said...: So fun! So do you have Sea World passes now?; March 31, 2010 at 8:14 PM
The Tengelsens said...: Shannon,

It looks like you had a lot of fun. Tyson is growing up so fast. We are excited to see you in June!; April 2, 2010 at 5:47 PM

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