Spring Break...week 1

EASTER IS HERE!!

This week just flew by. I don't know how other people do it with only one week for spring break. Maybe I have just gotten lazy knowing that we have four weeks off. Maybe I just plan to much fun and one week is just to short a time to squeeze it in. Here is our first week in review.

Monday was spent cleaning, doing piano and playing with friends. Not a fun day for the kids, but very necessary. Damon was home half the day fixing a window that fell inside the jeep door. I really hate American cars. I am all about supporting our own country and economy, but honestly we have never had so many things break on us that need expensive repairs than we have on our American car. I think Chrysler deserves to go bankrupt because they make such crappy products. So instead of paying the service department to fix the window Damon figured out how to do it himself. Go Damon!

Tuesday was a fun day. We went to the movies with our friends, the Shoffs. We went and saw Monster vs. Aliens. It wasn't bad, but I didn't love it. The kids did and they had lots of fun. I took the kids to Henry's before the movie and the got to raid the bins. We came out with lots of chocolate covered goodies. We also went to the lake and Adam got to ride is bike around the whole thing. 5 miles. Good job Adam.

Wednesday brought Grandma and Grandpa down for a visit. We are trying to see all 21 California Missions before Noah goes into 4th grade. So we started with the San Diego Mission. It was interesting and I think Noah enjoyed it. My dad did steaks that night and that is always a bonus. The best treat of all was Grandma and Grandpa taking both boys up to their cousins house that night for cousin camp. Damon and I got to be parents of one child for two nights. That was great. Damon took the day off to go golfing. He was so happy all day long.

Thursday Damon took his "girls" out to breakfast. Lily was so cute. She wanted to go to Denny's. She looked at the picture menu and ordered exactly what she wanted. We then went to the bike shop to get me clip shoes for my new bike. That night in the garage I got to figure out how to clip in and out of my pedals. So funny. I kept screaming as I lost my balance and Damon kept laughing.

Friday had us heading up to Redlands for the Easter weekend. We stayed at Mortensen Manor. The boys were happy to see us, but didn't look like they missed us. We dyed Easter eggs (7 dozen of them), had a huge egg hunt and BBQ, played with the new baby chicks, ate to much candy and went over to my aunt and uncle's house for dinner. Saturday morning Damon and I were able to go on a bike ride. We got three miles in before it really started raining on us. I love my new bike. It rides so much easier than the last one.

Easter Sunday is always a little crazy with trying to find Easter baskets and getting to church on time. I hadn't been in much of an Easter mood so I spent the morning reflecting on our Savior's life, ministry, death and Resurrection. We try to emphasize that with the kids. Easter is about Christ rising from the dead, not about a bunny. Maybe one day they will get it. We had another big dinner Sunday night where we all ate to much again. Now we are home and there is much sleeping from the kids.

Stay tuned for week two!