El Centro

We spent Easter in El Centro, CA. It's the town my dad grew up in and some of his siblings still live there. We went to visit our Aunt Tamra/Uncle Richard and our cousin Katherine. Notice the usage of "our" that is because this family is both Rick and mine's relatives. To clarify, Rick and I have no blood relation. However, we share the same aunt and uncle (my dad's brother married his mom's sister). And this information was learned after Rick and I began dating. Needless to say we had a wonderful visit. Katherine and Tim have six kids and live next door to Aunt Tamra-so my kids were entertained all day long.

Chrissie and Anne (7 yrs old) played all day long. We never heard from them. We'd occasionally see Chrissie run out of the playhouse with a shawl, gather some food and hurry back in-I think there must have been a blizzard because she was "shivering" and had such a hurried manner about herself. These girls spent the days with their dolls in a far away land.

Sam and Matthew doing some very cool tricks on the trampoline. If these boys were not jumping on the trampoline than they were usually out looking for adventure, which always included guns/swords. Or they were being kicked out of the playhouse by the girls.

Some day I will properly know how to ride a horse. As for now, I hold on and pray that I don't fall off.

The kids did a little zip-linin' across the street. This zip line was perfectly engineered for kids-they played on it for quite some time.

It was a wonderful trip.