Easter in the Lakes District

We spent a long weekend in the Lakes District - about 4 hours north of London. It was so beautiful and so relaxing! We got there Friday morning and visited the World of Beatrix Potter and then took a boat ride around one of the lakes. Then on to our cottage. The boys were super excited about one thing...the cottage had stairs (our house doesn't). They belly surfed down for the first half hour of being in the house.

On Saturday we decided to stick close to home. A nice little hike up the side of a mountian following a waterfall. Aiden loved throwing rocks in the river and Jacob led the way the whole time. Another walk in the afternoon was right out our back door, through a sheep pasture and then to a lake to skip rocks and enjoy the views.

Easter Sunday. I woke up early with Jeb to find that it had snowed. The view was even better out our window! Plus, big bunny tracks in the snow...the Easter bunny had come to visit and left eggs all over the house! The boys loved it! We had chocolate eggs for breakfast! We then traveled on to Joy's dad's cousin's house for church and Easter dinner. Not such an easy task when you are driving on single track mountain roads when it has just snowed. It took us twice as long and we literally slid down one mountain side. So scary!! But it was worth it to spent Easter with family. It was great to meet them and spend the day with them.

Monday we had to go home, but we first made a stop at what is deemed as the most beautiful spot in the Lakes. It was super cold, but we walked half way around the lake watching the sheep and once again throwing rocks in the lake. It never gets old. Aiden laughs each time he does it! We left this beautiful peice of England and trekked back down to Beaconsfield.

Loads of memories of this weekend. Loads of wash too...