Spring Break Day 5

This morning we went to the Frederik Meijer Gardens with our friends who live in our neighborhood.  Our kids have grown up together and we often play outside together in the summer.  During the school year we carpool to school, but it's been a long time since our kids have actually all had the chance to just play together. 

We got there right when they opened, and it was a good thing we did!  We went in to see the butterflies and then went outside to play.  The kids just ran around playing on the tree house for probably an hour, happily chasing each other and playing games.  When we left, there were long lines both to see the butterflies and to get into the actual building, so we were very glad that we had been early birds!

When we left there, the kids and I went to Casey's office to pick him up and go out for lunch to Steak n Shake!

Checking out some newly released monarchs

Hope and Miriam

Hope (2), Miriam (3), Mary Kate (4), Esther (6),
Micah (7), Samuel (6), Peter (5)

Esther took the camera for a while and took these shots:

Steak n Shake for lunch--yum!