This year was a bit different for us. We usually go roll our eggs down the hill with Great Grandma and Grandpa Sch. BUT, since the end of January, or Grandpa Gordon and Grandma Sue have been staying with us (well, Sue technically has been staying in her camper in our driveway) while Grandpa recovers from a knee replacement that got MRSA and had to be removed. They had to get rid of the infection before they could put in a NEW new knee, and until that happens he can't put any weight on it and it just has a spacer in it. So, climbing stairs in a fifth wheel camper was a no-go. Lucky us, that meant that since our home has no stairs, he got to stay with us! It's been really fun to have them here and to be able to spend time with them, even though the circumstances aren't all that great. I digress, I'm supposed to be talking about Easter here...
Anyway, we decided that it would be fun for our Grandpa to get out of the house and go on a little adventure! So we invited Aunt Laura, Uncle Dustin and their kids to come have a cookout with us. We knew that Grandpa wouldn't be up to travelling or hiking far (since he uses a walker right now), so we just went up Cherry Creek to the turn around for the wildlife refuge. There's a fire pit there and it's nice and flat. Good for Grandpa, not so conducive for rolling eggs. So, we built a giant slingshot and shot our eggs instead! I thought I had more pictures and videos, but when I uploaded them, there was only this one...the maiden voyage...
All the big "kids" (anyone who could reach the top slingshot) had a bit of a friendly competition to see who could shoot their eggs the farthest. Uncle Dustin won. It was so much fun...good food, good weather, and good company...not much better!
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