The Hall Family: Easter and Weekend getaway

Well, this has to be my favorite post by far!! Not because of what I am about to post, but from where I am posting it from!! Too bad I can't show you the picture of my view, but it's from the balcony of our condo in Orange Beach. We have been here all weekend with three other couples and Lance and I decided to hang back for one more night before heading home in the morning. I hope to get some shopping in, some beach time, and then attend the Tim McGraw/Lady Antebellum concert tonight after dinner

We left last thursday for a weekend getaway with The Clark's, Parker's, and the Hunt's. Without kids!! We have had an absolute blast. Between the great restaurants, great company, big laughs and great views, I just can't leave this place! The beach was a little cold at times when the wind would pick up, but I will definitely be coming home with some color!! Our highlights...

1. Shelley wanting to take a "shift" in the back seat

2. me leading our group of 8 on a wild goose chase to find "Steamers" restaurant

3. the girls kicking some boo-tay in Cranium

4. Cullen passing out after choking on some ice (very scary, so not a good highlight. Thank goodness he is ok!)

5. jeff's outrageous urges to scream out the window

I will post pics of our trip when i get back home to download!!

And now onto our Easter weekend....I hate to admit that I haven’t really gotten into the Easter festivities with the kids like I should. I just can’t imagine dying Easter eggs with the kids because of their ages, especially when I don’t really care for hard-boiled eggs! But this year, we did hide Easter eggs for the first time for the kids to hunt. They really got into it and loved it. I also threw in a ‘golden’ egg treasure hunt in our house that turned out a lot better than I thought. Inside they found some money and ring pops!! Landon was excited to take his ‘bunny’ money to Walmart and get a prize!

We missed out on several Easter egg hunts due to being out of town and then Landon got the stomach bug that carried over onto Easter Sunday. I was sad to miss church (I stayed home with him while Lance and Kennedy went) and if I had known that Landon was going to miss church, I wouldn’t have stressed so much on what he was going to wear!

Kids digging through their Easter goodies