Spring Break Staycation!

We decided to stay close for Spring Break - a bit boring in my book, but we ended up having fun! We went skiing, swimming, ice skating with cousins, hiking, and made s'mores around our fire pit - fun stuff!!

An Idaho Easter

We of course had to go to Idaho for Easter as it was our last one there! We were lucky enough to have BEAUTIFUL weather for the weekend and the kids had a blast playing together outside. We colored a TON of eggs one afternoon and we ate a lot too.  Heidi was so nice and filled all of the eggs for the hunt. The dads hid the eggs and the kids went to town on it. Heidi had them go in groups and they had to get certain colors at certain times, so it made it very interesting. They got little prizes when they came back with the right color and right amount - so fun! We had to celebrate Grady boy's birthday as well, so everyone could sing to him - he loved it! We also had to have Chiz's of course for one of our meals! It is one of Spencer's favorites and of course we all love it, so that was perfect! Looking back at these pictures makes me a little sad to think we won't be at that house again, but it also gives us great memories....

This was SO funny! Cindy laughs at how little I eat - which really isn't true, I just prefer candy over food - so she made me this little place setting - funny Cindy Sue!!

The BIG Science Fair

For Kendalyn's 6th grade science project, she chose to do Name Brand vs. Store Brand, and of course we chose Target as our "store". She went around to neighbors, family, and even family at Christmas in Idaho, and had them sample 5 different items that had almost the exact same ingredients. They had to close their eyes and then choose wether they liked A or B better. It was really fun to watch her do this and she did a great job with it - so great in fact, that she won 1st place!! The only bummer about winning 1st place is that you have to go to district and get judged all over again:) She went to district and was a finalist but didn't go on any further, and we were SO proud of her! This was our first go around with the whole Science Project thing, so we were quite pleased! Her cousin Spencer was also at district and we had fun seeing his project as well. Oh, and just so you know - the name brand won overall - but the oreos and the triscuits (see, I am using name brands) were a very close call....

A Little Mexican Getaway...

Last February, we went on a little excursion to Mexico with Todd and Melissa. We have done this a few times before and decided it was time to go back to this amazing resort - it didn't disappoint!! We always have an amazing time together - the boys go on snorkeling and diving adventures and Melissa and I sit on the beach or go to the spa - we like it this way:) We did venture out on a small catamaran one day and Melissa and I almost clocked a few times when they had to change directions - and we got soaked - really funny!
This time we decided to check out one of the adventure parks in the Cancun area - they have a few - and we chose Xplor. It has a ton of zip lines that just connect to each other in this huge park. You climb up these towers and then just go - it was a little scary the first time, because they aren't all about the safety there, but after one time, I was good. We also were in these caves with canoes and people were ramming into these ancient walls -we were thinking "only in Mexico". We got to drive these ATVs too and that was a blast. They had cameras ALL over the place. We soon found where they were going to be and started posing - I loved it!!
The funniest moments of the trip that I can remember were:  one night as we were watching a "Madonna" performance at one of the nightly shows, these two old men in front of us were completely OUT cold! We could not stop laughing and had to get a pic - so funny. Another funny moment was when the boys went diving and Melissa and I did a spa day. They had us go in this water rotation pool and one of the rotations was so strong, we were literally getting knocked over and our bathing suits were coming off. Then after we had been in the sauna, they wanted us to poor ice on ourselves - AS IF!! We skipped that one and just pretended that we did it - super funny!!