Spring Break

For Spring Break, we were originally going to go to Baja, Mexico with some friends but Joe needed to work at the hospital for a few days and catch up on some responsibilities around our house so we relaxed at home all week.  It was nice to get a lot accomplished and enjoy being at home with no schedule or commitments.

Monday
We swam in our pool and just hung out in the house while Joe worked.  That evening, we headed down to South Point to meet the Hathaways for dinner and bowling.  We ate at Steak N Shake, a new place that we have never been to.  It was really yummy and the kids loved everything.  When we headed to the bowling alley, there were leagues going on so we couldn't bowl for the next 2 hours.  We decided to try to catch a movie but had just missed it by about 10 minutes so we hit the arcade.  After spending all of our money there, we said goodbye to the Hathaways and hit Target and Home Depot on the way home to buy supplies for home improvement projects.

Kirsten, Audrey, Katelyn

Ava and Carlee

Evan, Jake's fingers, Clark

Tuesday
Joe did a built-in closet organization system for the boys (pictures to come).  Again we just swam and relaxed around the house.

Wednesday
Joe took the boys golfing and the girls and I went to the ward Easter Egg Hunt.  They had a great time gathering eggs and playing at the park with friends.  

Carlee, Lexy, Leah

Katelyn is holding Macee.  Such a cutie and Kate loves to babysit her.

 

Macee, Paige, and Katelyn

When the boys got back, I grabbed Jake and then we had an Easter lunch at the Swaseys.  We hung out there for a while while Joe stayed home painting our downstairs bathroom, framing out the mirror and replacing the medicine cabinet with a built-in (pictures to come).  Then we headed to the base for immunization catch-up and flu shots.  That was a surprise for the kids!

Jill and Melissa made these cute carrots full of jelly beans

Katelyn helped make the cupcakes and Carlee helped with the "Eggs in Grass" decor

Ready and excited to color eggs

 The kids did some really creative coloring this year with rubberbands, paper towels, tie-dyeing colors, double-dipping, and designs on their eggs.  They turned out really unique.

Thursday
We headed down to Henderson to do some summer shopping at Nordstrom Rack and other fun stores in that area.  We also had one of our favorites for dinner, Pei Wei.  Yum!!

Friday
We cranked up the music and everybody pitched in, working together to clean the house in a matter of about three hours while Joe worked.  Then we swam and played with friends that afternoon.  After dinner, we had our family movie night and watched a movie.

It was a great relaxing week and we had a lot of fun just getting things done and doing whatever we wanted.  I love Spring Break!

Field Day

The kids had their Field Day the Friday before Spring Break started and it was a gorgeous day for all of their games.  Marci, Justin and their three boys came down for the weekend so we grabbed some sandwiches for a picnic lunch and headed to the school to watch the activities.

We only got to see the tail end of Kinder-2nd grades right before lunch started.  We saw Jake get wet in a passing jugs of water game and then the Frisbee Throw.

 Carlee enjoyed posing and taking her own pictures of us during lunchtime.

 Eli was hamming it up for the camera--dancing, making silly faces, and just being adorable

Isaac and Carlee

 Carlee is so in love with babies.  She was loving Isaac all weekend.

 Scary faces from Carlee, Owen, and Eli

After eating lunch, the kids had a dance mosh pit and conga line on the playground to lots of fun music to gear up for the afternoon activities for the 3rd-5th grades.

Summer, Kate, Savannah, Sara, Mia

Mia, Aspen, Kate, Summer

 In this game, they had to spin around several times with their forehead on the bat, then run to the other side and fill up the plunger with water and run back to their line.

Cheering on their team

 Squeeze, Squeeze, Splash!  Mrs. Montgomery got Katelyn soaked!

 Gunny Sack Races:  Katelyn vs. Mia

That afternoon, we heated the hot tub for the kids to play in when they got home from school and then they got in their pj's and made chalk drawings on the sport court.  Clark watched all the kids while Justin, Marci, Joe and I tried a new sushi place with Drew and Melissa.  It was delicious and we followed dinner with Marble Slab's new banana ice cream, Joe's third new love.