Spring Break Baby!

We went to Utah for a week of our Spring Break! Let me tell you, a week is not long enough! We had fun with the time that we had. We stayed at Carrie's new house, which is awesome! The kids loved hanging out with their cousins. William and Lily miss the Page girls and were so excited to spend the night with them every night.

We saw the Lego movie with them while we were there. William had been dying to go.

 Carrie and Jane were able to warm up to each other. So much so that Jane gave Carrie the most awkward kiss in the whole world. She opened her mouth and just rested on Carrie's face for a good solid minute. As gross as it was, Carrie agreed that the adorableness outweighed everything else.

 We got to go downtown one day. We saw the new mall that the church built across from Temple Square. We went to the Disney store and ate lunch at Kneaders. Then we went to Temple Square, of course! I knew that William and Lily wouldn't remember going when they were younger.

 We got the best photo bomb picture ever, thanks to Presley. I can't help but laugh until I cry every time I see this picture.

 We went to the Joseph Smith Memorial Building. That place is probably one of my favorite buildings. I wish that the hotel was still operational. I would totally stay there. I think this is one of William's favorite pictures because Jane is popping out behind Joseph Smith. He thinks it's hilarious as you can tell from his face in the picture.

 You've gotta love taking all of the cliche pictures! I have a picture of Matthew, William, and me when we first had William in this exact place. It's crazy to see how much our family has changed.

 We got to hang out with a lot of Matthew's family while we were there. We went to dinner at Julie and Jeff's house one night and got to hear Zach and Colton quote Napoleon Dynamite word for word. The kids had a blast playing with the boys. William and Colton were pretty much inseparable.

 The kids also got to spend a lot of time with DJ and Laura's kids. It was fun to get to know them a little better and get hugs from their sweet twin girls. Lily loved Brooklyn and the opportunity to have a little girl cousin at Grandma's house.

 

 So, we were crazy and drove to Utah in our Versa. You do what you've got to do though, right? It ended up being a lot of fun and torture all in the same trip. We packed some fun stuff for the kids and I had some help from Pinterest on some ideas to keep them busy. Poor Jane got so tired of her car seat by the end of it and there was a time about 2 hours away from home when all three of the kids were crying at the same time. But, we pulled through and made it home!

 Oh, I almost forgot! While we were on the way back home, we ran into snow and stayed in Sydney, Nebraska. Lucky for us, that it the home of the Cabela's headquarters. You know that Matthew wanted to go and the kids were insistent too. Matthew thought that the Pony Express rider statue was really cool and wanted to take a picture. As you can tell, we were not prepared for the weather there. I mean.. we were all wearing jackets and there are icicles hanging down from the horse. It was freezing.

I'm so glad that we were able to travel out west. We got to see family we haven't seen in years and met new little ones. We got to see people's new houses and loved seeing the houses that are home away from home. We got to eat at all the places we wanted to, Café Rio twice! I only wish we had more time. We'll have to go back soon.