Just a warning, this is quite a long post of pictures. I tried to document all sorts of things, however, I realize I didn't get it all. But here is what happened.
For Easter weekend, we packed up on Friday the 21st and left for Utah. This is what it looked like when we left Idaho. There were even slippery roads on Highway 20 and a really bad accident.
I forget how long of a drive it can be with four children. We haven't really traveled much with Braden, so you can imagine how grateful I am that Tyler easily helped with Braden and kept him occupied. He absolutely loves music!
When we got to Sandy, we decided we wanted to eat lunch at the Mayan. We invited my sister Katie and her two little people to come and meet us. After we arrived, we found out that it wasn't open until 3 p.m. We were really bummed. We wanted our children to be able to experience it. Not for the food, but for the entertainment. If you haven't been there, it is a mexican restaraunt where every 15 minutes they have a "diving" show with people actually diving in this water fall pool thing. It is fun. We did however get a picture of all of them on this thing.
So after a few minutes of making Katie decide what our plans were, she led us to Iggy's. It was pretty good, the company was great. I do have to say that for children, this place outdid themselves in terms of food. They are reasonably priced and then with each kids meal they get an ice cream sundae. They were HUGE! Totally crazy.
We said goodbye to the Gailey family and took up our travel again to the hotel in Payson. Have you ever been to Payson? Fun little town. We checked in and got everything situated. Of course, we were only there for a few minutes when Braden started jumping on a bed. We told him to stop and a few seconds later he jumped funny and went flying head first into the wall. As you all know, it was bound to happen.
We decided that would be a good time to gather the kids and head to Salem where two of their cousins were playing in soccer games. I didn't get any great pictures of them, but they did do awesome and they were fun to watch. However, I did get to meet my newest little nephew, Brandon. He is so chill. What a great little kid!
I think you can see the bump on his head. Nice right?
Of course, one of the most fun things about staying in a hotel is the swimming pool. We spent a couple of hours down there. It was nice because for the first little while we had it all to ourselves. They all loved it, including Braden. He was the stressful one because he can't swim but he doesn't understand that. Many times I had to catch him from just diving off the side.
After a great nights sleep, we woke up and got ready to head over to the church for the reason we made the visit. My niece Lindsey was being baptized and my nephew Brandon was being blessed. I am so sad I didn't get a picture of Lindsey. She was beautiful and the spirit was very strong. It was such a great opportunity to be able to go. My sister did manage to get a picture of her daughter and Grandpa though. She is so cute!
After the egg hunt, we packed up our kids and we drove home. We did to make it home so we could color some easter eggs of our own. Our little people are always so creative and of course mess was definitely involved. Especially with Braden as his hands were dyed for days.
Some of our finished product.
The easter bunny did manage to find us and left the kids a basket which they of course enjoyed. It was a long and tiring weekend, but it was so fun! Glad we were able to make it down.
We went back to my brother's house after the soccer games and the little people all got to go running in the backyard and Tyler got to play basketball. This slide was particularly fun for Braden. He could climb to the top by himself. The slide has a bump though and Braden was catching major air. It's amazing nothing got broken. He loved every minute of it!
I think you can see the bump on his head. Nice right?
Of course, one of the most fun things about staying in a hotel is the swimming pool. We spent a couple of hours down there. It was nice because for the first little while we had it all to ourselves. They all loved it, including Braden. He was the stressful one because he can't swim but he doesn't understand that. Many times I had to catch him from just diving off the side.
After a great nights sleep, we woke up and got ready to head over to the church for the reason we made the visit. My niece Lindsey was being baptized and my nephew Brandon was being blessed. I am so sad I didn't get a picture of Lindsey. She was beautiful and the spirit was very strong. It was such a great opportunity to be able to go. My sister did manage to get a picture of her daughter and Grandpa though. She is so cute!
After the ordinances, we headed back to my brother's house for a really nice lunch and visit time. Then, since it was the day before Easter, they had a big easter egg hunt for all of the little people. All of my children loved this activity. It was just fun to have their cousins there too and spend time with them.
After the egg hunt, we packed up our kids and we drove home. We did to make it home so we could color some easter eggs of our own. Our little people are always so creative and of course mess was definitely involved. Especially with Braden as his hands were dyed for days.
Some of our finished product.
The easter bunny did manage to find us and left the kids a basket which they of course enjoyed. It was a long and tiring weekend, but it was so fun! Glad we were able to make it down.
1 comments:
Sounds like a very fun weekend! We used to go to the Mayan when we lived in Sandy and we loved watching the cliff divers! Too bad your kids couldn't experience it this time!
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