Spring Break

Mother Nature came through with spring break snow for the fifth year running.  We’re hoping she tries something new for next year.  We started our spring break with a quick road trip with my sisters and their families.  We spent one night in Vernal and one night in Park City.  It was fun to spend time with family and see some new things.  We learned all about the history of the quarry and Ben learned that you shouldn’t open the door of the fire extinguisher box or an alarm will sound and the grumpy lady that works for the National Parks Service will be even grumpier.  We saw the Vernal Temple and a cool but sad Indian cemetery in Fort Duchesne.  We went to the Olympic Park Museum in Park City and did a little shopping.  The highlight of both destinations for the kids was swimming and just hanging out with their cousins.  It was a fun trip (even if I am still a little bitter about the freezing cold weather).

The rest of the break was pretty low key.  We built lots of Legos, watched lots of “Say Yes to the Dress”, and did lots of chalk art.  I always have big plans for projects to get done when the kids are out of school.  We didn’t do everything, but we made a good dent with some cleaning projects and yard work.  It was a good balance of laziness and productivity.  A highlight of the week was when Nate did some “big game” hunting in our back yard.  The kids spotted a field mouse in our flower beds, so Nate busted out Ben’s BB gun and took care of the issue.  After two years of being mouse free, he apparently isn’t taking any chances on having another home invasion.

Nate also had some fun making some time-lapse videos using a new app on his phone.  The kids were certainly motivated to help clean the playroom knowing that their efforts would be captured on the video.