This year for Spring Break, we decided to go for a short visit to Grandma and Grandpa's house in North Carolina. The weather was amazing so we were able to spend lots of fun time outside. We arrive in Hickory just in time for Grandma and Grandpa to treat us to a delicious and filling lunch at Ryan's Steakhouse. Next, we checked into the hotel. The children were excited to jump around on beds as you can imagine. After getting the car unloaded, we headed to Grandma's to play outside. They have an awesome basketball court right outside their back door as well as a playground. All 3 children (and Grandpa) were content in playing ball and running around all afternoon.
One of the pinnacles of the trip was our adventure at the Hickory Motor Speedway. Grandma is always the greatest tour guide because she always finds fun and exciting things to do every time we're in town. The racetrack was having open practice while we were there and the children really enjoyed watching the cars.
After spending a while at the racetrack, we returned to Grandma's house for more outdoor fun. She also fixed us an amazing little picnic of finger foods that everyone loved munching on. We finally headed back to the hotel to settle in for the night after a long day of travel and play. Sleeping in the hotel room was quite an experience. Once we all had baths and got into bed, it went rather well but getting cleaned up and put down took a while.
The next day, true to form, Grandma had more adventures planned. We had breakfast at Bojangles and headed to the "duck park" to feed the ducks, take a walk, and play on the many playgrounds. The duck park was really neat. We set off on this wooden walkway on our search for the ducks. It didn't take long for Corbyn and the boys to find some.
The ducks seemed as excited to see us as the children were to find them. The boys and Corbyn had a great time throwing bread and other snacks that Grandma had packed.
The wooden walkway wound around in a big circle so we continued our walk in search of more ducks. It didn't take long until we found more. The children (with instruction from Daddy of course) began aiming for the ducks. The new game was to see who could hit the duck with the bread. After the bread was gone, we set off to find the playgrounds. Corbyn had been here on a previous trip and was anxious to ride the "tire swing".
The boys were in awe of the swing but were not interested in riding it. The were even more in awe (or shock) that Daddy would try to ride it.
Everyone had fun climbing, swinging, and sliding. Grandma plans the best days ever!
We were all exhausted by the end of the day. We finished the trip by going to an awesome pizza parlor called "Geppeto's" that was delicious. Thanks for the super fun trip, Grandma & Grandpa!
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