Old News

As promised, here is a pictorial of our wild Spring Break in Utah...

Day 1:

We took Shayla on a tour of BYU campus.

 There was an interesting art 

display in the HFAC...

The contraption below looked like a few

things my kids have done with old

motors and army men....when they were like 7 years old.

Old newspapers on a chain

hmmm...

Looks like someone put off their art project 'til the last minute

and lucky for them someone put off emptying the trash.

It's a win/win.

Day 2:

  Church and nachos...

Then we had a family Quilting Bee and

tied a quilt for Baby Mason

Day 3...

A sweet nautical-themed baby shower

for Shanna and baby Mason

Whilst the girls were oohing and awing over

adorable baby stuff, the boys went out for

Ice Cream Cones

Day 4:

Bonding with guns and ammo

Yep, I'm a pistol packin' Mama

and Seth let me shoot his Mosin-Nagant--

Now I know what I want for Mother's Day.

(I know that's not a pistol or a Mosin--it's the only picture I had

of me shooting--but I did shoot the Mosin. And it was

AWESOME):

Shanna getting Baby Mason started early

learning about the family hobby.

The morning of Day 4:

I ran off to Salt Lake on a charitable

Relief Society errand.

The free quilting supplies I picked up ended up

costing me a whole lot more than nothing.

Thank you Salt Lake's Finest for pulling over a frazzled

Relief Society president looking for the

Humanitarian Headquarters.

I was informed that I was going 5 over the limit.

Was it my BYU license plate in Ute territory perhaps?

And it snowed while I was there.

I told you about our good time at the Macbeth performance our last night...

THEN

I tried to make the trip home fun and adventurous for the 

youngsters by 

stopping off at a roadside petting zoo:

Baby goats!

A zebra!

Actually, the kids didn't want to get out of the car. 

I finally coaxed Shayla out and she humored me

and walked over to look at the animals.

So I tried again at Cove Fort:

They all staggered out of the car and went on the tour with me.

As I was loading these pictures for the blog, Sam said

"I was really kinda mad that you made us get out of

the car for this--but then it turned out to be

really cool. It wasn't boring like I assumed it would be."

That, my friends is a ringing endorsement from

a fifteen year old boy.

And that was our Spring Break in Utah.

One day while I was paying for groceries in the

Smith's in Orem, I overheard two guys talking about

how bad the weather had been. One said to the other,

"We just got back from our Spring Break in San Diego--it was beautiful!"

We can have that beautiful weather anytime so it was worth the

chill and damp to spend some time with people we love.