Spring Break

Our spring break was over the first weekend in April (BRRRR), so we headed for warmer places out of the snow.  It happened to also be General Conference weekend.  We went to spend the weekend with the beloved Tueller family!  Poor Marilee was a trooper to have us there that particular weekend.  It was nice to be with them, even if we didn't completely rid ourselves of the lovely cool weather.  My kids do LOVE their Tueller cousins, and I was actually pretty impressed at how calm they were able to stay being all together quietly through that many hours of conference.

Monday we headed to Logan for shopping and then FUN for the kiddos.  We ate at their favorite place, Golden Corral, for lunch.  The hot spot every time is the dessert, of course.  This time was especially impressive because they had a chocolate fountain with fresh strawberries.  We lost count on how many skewers Megan and Seth came back with.  Callen and Ryan were equally damaging on the treats.  Everyone left feeling happily stuffed and ready to burn off some sugar.  So, we headed to the Fun Park.

This was a first for us and the kids had a blast.  We were there a few hours and they still groaned when it was time to leave for home.  They had roller blading, laser tag, a huge jungle gym and lots of games to burn up tokens on.

 Laser tag was by far every one's favorite (and shortest) part of the day.  They would have spent all day in there...if only we could ever find that allusive money tree!

We started and ended with roller blading.  Callen and Ryan were speed demons on wheels.  Callen was really tricky and could do spinning turns.  Ryan liked to skate as fast as he could toward the cement wall, and then veer off to the side at the last second.  Party poopin' me put an end on that little trick all too soon for his liking.  I tried to share the analogy of a bug on the windshield with him, yet he still seemed unfazed.  Megan really liked it too.  She and Callen would skate towards each other, grabs hands, and circle.  This also made me a wee bit nervous considering Callen's love of speed, but all came out unscathed.  It wasn't Seth's favorite thing in the world, he preferred the jungle gym and spent a lot of time there.  He also loved the game where you roll the ball and try to land it in the rings for points.

Ryan's favorite game was the basketball shoot.  That boy has some quick hands and cranked through those balls.  Megan's favorite game was jump the light (instead of rope).  She said that if she'd seen that in the beginning, she would have burned up all of her tokens there.

Callen loved being an ace pilot so much that he ended up burning through a lot of his own money refining his skills.  The different faces he made were hilarious, and then you had Shaun watching from behind who was equally entertaining.



All in all, it was a GREAT weekend and we had a lot of fun together as a family!