Spring Break 2011

This may be one of the biggest blog posts I have ever done, and I didn't include a lot of our trip. That's what happens when you spend a whole week at "home" with so many great people. Every day was filled with seeing Grandma's, Grandpa's, Cousins and visiting good friends. The only problem is that a week doesn't even give us enough time to visit everyone we would like to visit. The girls and I drove to Utah on Monday April 18th (Happy Birthday to me), and Micah was able to fly up the following Thursday to spend Easter weekend with us. Here are a few highlights from our trip:

A few good action shots bowling with Grandma and Grandpa. I should mention that I did win the game. :) It was just me against my three girls, but it was a fun game.

Aliza was insistent that she could do it all by herself the entire time we were bowling. I swear that ball weighed more than her, but she would carry it all over the place.

While I was at a doctors appointment my mom took the girls to the aquarium. They had a great time. From what I was told Aliza was the only one who got to touch the sting rays. I'm not sure if she was the only one brave enough (very possible) or if they were hard to reach.

We spent one afternoon meeting my sister at Trolley Square for lunch, then went to the mall for some shopping. They each had $10 to spend and it was burning a hole in their pockets. For a fun surprise I took them each to get their nails done. They thoroughly enjoyed getting pampered for a few minutes.

Aliza and Avery chose a bright pink, and Abbie chose bright green. The ladies were nice enough to put flowers and polka dots on each nail.

Aliza wasn't quite sure if she wanted to do it at first, but after seeing Avery's nails she was ready to hop up in that chair.

I love this picture of Aliza trying to hold very still.

Too cute!

After the girls had such cute nails I offered to take my sister to get hers done. We both went in for a pedicure and left my poor mom with the kids for an hour. I seriously didn't think it would take THAT long. The ladies just kept rubbing and rubbing my legs and instead of enjoying it I was just thinking "enough lady, lets just paint my nails. I have kids outside waiting for me." My mom was definitely tired when we got done. I felt really bad.

Abbie had seen a commercial for Rice Krispie treats where they molded them into egg shapes. My mom was nice enough to let us take over her kitchen to make this gooey mess.

The trickiest part was getting the eggs to stay closed long enough to make the two parts stick together.

They turned out really cute!

We died eggs three times while in Utah. At both Grandma's and at their cousins. Spoiled kids!

Abbie and Aliza both really wanted to go to the Dinosaur Museum. One afternoon the three of us went for a few hours. Avery just wanted to hang out with her Grandpa and play checkers. Thanksgiving Point is one of the top places I miss most in Utah. We used to live so close that we would be there weekly with so many fun thing to do there. You also can't beat their 25 cent ice cream cones for the kids. I really miss that place.

We also did a total of three Easter egg hunts. A bit much I suppose, but it was a lot of fun. It's too bad that I didn't plan too well for the cold weather. It was a really cold weekend.

Above is the Easter egg hunt in Saratoga Springs, and below is in Herriman. They spent the night at their cousins in Herriman on Friday, and then we meet them early the next morning for the egg hunt.

They also had blow up slides, free pizza, and train rides (below). It was a fun morning.

She had a ride in the horse on the train, and loved every minute of it.

They waited a very long time to slide down this big slide.

We took Avery to White Elegance while in Utah to pick out her baptism dress. There were so many beautiful dressed that it made it hard to pick one. I did notice that whenever we mentioned that we liked a dress she quickly moved it to the "no" stack in the dressing room. She later explained that she wanted to pick the dress, and didn't want anyone else to tell her to pick it. I'll never forget her trying on all those beautiful dresses. It was priceless!

Abbie's cousin Taylor is in beauty school right now, so Abbie asked her to do highlights for her. She did a great job, and of course Abbie feels so big with highlights. She looks cute.

This is the big egg hunt we look forward to all year. Micah's parents put several hundred dollars in their back yard for the annual egg hunt. I still don't know how I ended up with only $5 this year, but it's more than I started with I suppose. There is always next year.

This is Aliza with one of her cousins Zaylie. These two are unseperable once we get them together. We had such a great trip, and can't wait until this Summer when we can spend even more time in Utah. We will be loving the cooler Utah weather during the Summer months. It was a fun Spring Break!