Sunday, March 18, 2012

Our Spring Break

The Friday before Spring Break, I loaded everything but the kitchen sink into the Suburban, picked up Matt and we headed to the LeBaron cabin in Strawberry. Us and Jen & Dan's family got there Friday night, Matt's parents came up Grandma & Grandpa LeB on Saturday morning. Derek, Kristin & kids came up Saturday afternoon. Aunt Elise and Connor came up Sunday morning. Matt, his dad and Dan headed home early Sunday morning, Derek & Kristin stayed through Monday dinnertime-ish, the rest of us went home Wednesday morning.

I LOVE being at the cabin. I especially love it when Matt can come with us to the cabin. My kids love being at the cabin. They can run free with their cousins all day long, then they crash at bedtime, wake up early the next morning and do it all over again! We eat, play LOTS of card/board games, enjoy the great outdoors, relax, read, stay up late chatting -- SO fun!

Look at all those cute kids up in the "treehouse!" Preston figured out how to get up and down from this thing. I pray for their safety every year. Haha!
Blake playing pat-a-cake with HaydenCute Sophie-girl! I'm so glad that she and Hayden will have each other.
These two buggas did pretty well playing together, finally.
The Strawberry Market is open again so of course we headed down for a treatPreston ate ALL his gum at once!!The girls got all made up.... (yikes!)
This swing is new at the cabin. HUGE hit with all the kids!!Grandma gets snuggle time with baby Hayden
Games,games,
....and more games
Helping aunt Elise grade papers
More playingWe don't sled in snow, just dirt and leaves.I paid Emily $1.50 (all the change in my wallet) to teach Brooklyn how to tie shoes. I know, slacker parents. Slightly embarrassed 'bout that.
The cabin bosses - Grandpa & Grandma LeBaronMy crew, just before heading home
Wednesday afternoon, the kids and I got home from the cabin, unpacked the car, got showered and cleaned up. We went to get Matt, then picked up his new car and went out to dinner as a family to Red Robin.

Thursday morning early, Matt was off to the stake youth pioneer trek. I got some work done around the house while I waited for a plumber to come fix an issue we were having with the master shower, then we took off to see the Lorax at the movie theater; me, Britt and all 5 kids. Gavin had baseball practice that evening.Friday, we headed to Jambo's indoor amusement park (ghetto!) with the Thornes, Oitzmans and Bodells. EIGHTEEN kids between the four families!!!!
We ran to Sports Authority to pick up cleats and socks for Gavin for baseball, got home with a few minutes to breathe before taking Brooklyn to ballet. I took Blake and Gavin a couple doors down to get their hair cut, which they desperately needed!

Before
After -- mucho better!
After ballet was over, we went to Target to pick up odds and ends, then decided to treat the kids to a frozen yogurt at Yogurt Jungle.Saturday morning was Opening Day for baseball, followed by Gavin's first game of the season.Late that afternoon, we picked up a dirty, stinky daddy from the trek. He'll document that later.We got all cleaned up and Matt & I took Hayden with us on a date (she slept the whole time). We barely saw each other this past week so it was nice to spend some time alone. We stopped by Jen & Dan's to fix an eye issue, then ate dinner at Brio Tuscan Grille. Soooooo yummy! The bruschetta was awesome! We'll definitely eat there again! We picked up mini Oreo McFlurries for dessert on the way home.Spring Break didn't really end up being a break from anything but school!! We hardly had any downtime, just go go go! That's how I like it though, less time for everyone to get annoyed with each other when we're busy. Good times with family and friends, now back to real life!

1 comment:

mad white woman said...

Yay for vacations, new cars and paint on the walls.

We need all three of those. Right now. :)