Spring Break!!

We enjoyed a really nice, relaxing spring break. The first weekend was Easter, Conference, and Las Vegas. We drove down for a long weekend and spent it right outside Vegas, a bit away from the strip and all. We did have to go in a couple of times to see the lights, the lions , the Bellagio gardens (AMAZING, as usual) and eat some yummy food. Vegas really does have some amazing restaurants. We stayed at the most kid friendly resort, with a huge pool, hot tubs, tons of grass and places to run and play. It was gorgeous. We tried to listen to Conference on our laptops, but didn't get too much in. Ryan and I have been watching it this last week to catch up. It has been amazingly inspiring...it was so great to hear the push on parenting and families.

On Easter Sunday the kids found their Easter baskets in our hotel rooms , and then we had a relaxing morning watching conference in our pjs. The kids were back and forth across the hall to the Masseys room, when suddenly we started seeing kids of all ages, completely decked out in Easter Sunday dress-- you know, the gingham shirts, darling hair bows and brand new sandals, walking by with their heaping Easter baskets of candy and eggs. Erin and I, in our pajamas mind you, kept looking at each other feeling like the most horrible mothers ever while our kids watched in awe at all the candy these kids picked up somewhere. Finally, a darling family, decked to the core in their perfectness noticed our kids staring at them and stopped to see if Rex, Lucy, Molly and Brooks might want some of their candy...they had plenty. I asked them, "Wow, did your parents plan this fun Easter Egg hunt?" "No, they replied, the hotel did!" "Oh really?" Erin and I were dying.

How did we miss this? Did they not even have a sign? As we walked downstairs to play bocce ball, more and more kids walking around with their baskets full of candy, sitting on the Easter Bunny's lap, etc. It was quite the spectacle, and our kids were definitely dialed in to all of it watching all of these kids. They actually were not that sad about it, at least not as sad and Erin and I were. Luckily we had planned a fun hike for the afternoon and got out of there. We went up to Red Rock Canyon and hiked up to some falls. It was a great trip!

We hit a huge snow storm on the way home, and even cool, calm Ryan was freaked out. I couldn't even talk to him the whole way home he was so tense and focused on the road. I kept asking him if he was mad at me or something. It was pretty scary actually.

The rest of the week was pretty low key. Ryan worked like crazy so we planned some fun activities and enjoyed being at home. We did head out to the Kennecott Coal Mine on the final day of the break with my Mom and Glo. Rex has been learning about it at school and my mom had the great idea of taking a field trip out there to see it. It was kind of a jaunt, but was well worth it....very interesting, ginormoous place. Rex really liked it!




Rex and Lucy watching the Water show


Lucy in front the Paris Hotel.


The kids standing next to the largest chocolate fountain in the world. It was pretty cool.




The kids had so much fun just goofing around at the hotel with Brooks.