Some more spring break

Thank you to Krissy and Mom & Colin for the invitation to join you at the zoo.  It was fun to spend the day together.  I think the cool weather scared a lot of people away from the zoo today, because it was not crowded at all even though it is spring break.  It was an awesome day to go enjoy the animals and each other. 

After the zoo, we weren't ready to go home yet, so we went to Liberty Park.  I love this park.  My kids seem to enjoy it too.  I usually keep a bag of fun things in the car like kites and bubbles for days like this.  Also Ally seems to be kinda attached to her rollerblades right now, so she brings those with her just about everywhere.  By time we got to the park, the sun had decided to come out nice and bright and warm.  While we were playing, Livia got called into work, so we had to hurry her home, but by the time we fought traffic and just about got her home, work texted and said never mind she wasn't needed to come in anymore.  So we just drove right on by her house and kept her a little longer and went up to Ogden to the Pie for dinner. 

Same trip, seperate post

My Toquerville post was so massive, I decided to make our time in Milford a separate post.  We left my dads Tuesday morning and took a little detour through Milford to visit with Clarks grandma.  We haven't been to Milford in a while and grandma Stewart can't really travel anymore so it was good timing to stop in for the day.  Whenever we are coming home from Toquerville, we stop at the dairy factory and get ice cream and cheese curds.  It is a must.... 

Davis can find a dog friend wherever he goes. 

 Dave happened to come down on the train at the same time we were there, so he took the kids out riding horses.  This is Ally's dream, she loves horses!

And the sign of a good vacation....

Massive Toquerville Spring Break Post

The kids and I didn't delay starting spring break and first thing Saturday morning, we hit the road.  Our destination.....Toquerville. 

Dad and Dianne had the family Easter egg hunt planned for Saturday afternoon.   No one plans a party like Dianne.  She has every little detail just right and the kids get spoiled rotten!! 

Next to the garage, dad is building a new house.  My dad builds beautiful homes, and I can't wait to see this one finished.  The basement of the new house, is where we all crashed for the weekend.  It was a big slumber party. 

I was a little worried about Sunday.  Getting everyone ready for 9am church with only one bathroom, but we made it with plenty of time, enough time for a picture my kids were thrilled with that. 

I love being down in Toquerville because my kids don't even care that they don't have a TV or their Xbox.  We spend our time hiking, going for walks, playing games, and hanging out.

 Owen and Collin found a different path to take. 

The kids tried to build a dam.  This activity, I think is my most favorite of all down in Toquerville.  I love finding rivers to play in.  I don't know why, it is messy and muddy and takes a lot of work to plan and clean up from, but I love it! 

 The infamous ladder golf game.  We always spend hours playing this game. 

 Dad's swing set entertained the little kids for hours.  I loved watching them play and interact. 

 Davis and Ty walked all over town, but always ended up at the city park.  Davis never came back empty handed.  A stick or rock or whatever is just too cool to pass up for Davis. 

 Owen and Collin took a walk to the cemetery.  I came to pick them up in the car since it is quite a walk and they didn't want to walk back.  I saw them taking a rest on my grandpas bench.  Owen is named after my grandpa.  His name was Orville Bruce.  He also is named after Clarks grandpa whose name was Max Owen.  Two grandpas, two middle names bam, that is our Owen Bruce. 

 Red Rover

Dad had some yard clean up that he needed help with and in a very short amount of time, they were done and all their work was up in smoke.  I remember fires like this when I was a kid.  We burned everything.  I have scars on my right hand from a chain that was in the fire one time.  I was picking it up with a stick and it rolled onto my hand.  Luckily my kids are smarter than I was and they watched from a distance. 

After the yard work, the kids needing some cooling off.  I can't believe they were swimming outside in March.  Southern Utah for you.  That is the main reason I don't think I could ever make the move down South.  I love it, and we have a ton of fun, but the heat kills me. 

 

After all the yard work and swimming we roasted hot dogs and of course had smores and starburst.  We closed the evening with a few rounds of bingo, and because Dianne is the party queen she was able to just pull out a whole bucket of prizes for the winners.  Which to Dianne, is everyone...everyone wins! 

Thank you for a great weekend vacation.  We will be back in July!

 

 

Left Overs

I put my pictures that I want to journal about in a separate folder on my computer.  Once in a while I have a few pictures that are just sort of misc and that have been lingering in my folder for a while.

 

Gator wants to have a pet daycare when she grows up.  She is really serious about this and wants to make a flier for this summer to hand out to all the neighbors.  She wants to take care of their pets this summer when they are out of town.  So we are taking pictures of her working to put on her flier.  She was babysitting the llama and horse across the street here.

 Owen lettered in wrestling!  A freshman lettering for the high school, what a great accomplishment.  He worked hard at learning this new sport and he really misses it.  Right now he is trying to earn money to go to a camp in San Diego in June.  He is really excited to learn more. 

 Gator's BFF got rollerblades for her birthday just like Gator got for Christmas.  Gator was teaching her how to rollerblade the other day. 

 Not even 10 seconds before I caught them snuggling and Davis reading a story to Gator, they had been screaming and yelling and fighting.  I don't understand their relationship. 

 Davis was able to get in one  more skiing day before they closed for the season.  He went once last year, and was hooked.  He was able to go quite a few times this season and really learned a lot.  Skiing is his thing, none of the rest of us ski, but he is a huge fan!!