Spring Break 2012 - Cousins Gone Wild

The week after Kate's blessing was spring break. Laura and kids joined me and mine and Sarah and her kids for a crazy fun week. We did it all with 11 kids in tow. It was a GREAT time while it lasted, but ended with three exhausted moms.

We woke up Saturday morning to discover the Skinners had arrived in the night while we slept. We were all VERY excited to see them creeping up the stairs! We got to introduce Kate to more cousins and she flashed them some of her first smiles.

The excitement mounted when it then began to snow! The Skinners first time ever being snowed upon. My kids didn't quite get why Auntie Laura was squealing so much. .
This here picture won the grand prize for my favorite picture of the week! She is lovin' that snow . . . for about 2 minutes, then she was inside lovin' some hot chocolate with me.
Most of the week was spent with kids playing on the swing set and trampoline in the backyard. We did dare to take the group out and around quite a bit too though. One of our first stops was Temple Square, the new children's Book of Mormon exhibit and then City Creek for lunch.
Da Boyz!


There are no pictures of lunch at City Creek because, while awesome, it was way too crowded for for us and our 11 kids. I distinctly heard Laura say she was about to throw herself head first over the second story balcony. We should probably just not talk about it. Although I do have a delicious chocolate cake ball in my  fridge to show for it.

We spent an absolutely gorgeous day at the park the next day (not wanting to venture too far out in public). We came home from Sugarhouse Park a little sunburned, wind blown and with a number of bumps and bruises. It was time to relax in front of Nick Jr. for awhile. Then dinner and baths for everyone!
Early Friday morning Davin called his art students together to teach them how to draw. They spent some time sketching with pencil in Brie's room as Davin encouraged their artistic talent. So cute.
We headed up to Snowbird to show the Skinners the snow and the ski slopes.

Then on to meet up with the Allreds for a tour of the Sweets Candy Factory. This was a hit. The tour, the candy, but especially the hair nets. (Oh, but for Krista it was the cute tour guide.)

Someone really loaded up at the candy store. Bet that was a good ride home to Cali.
Our last day together was at BYU! I take any chance to take the kids to BYU to try to influence them for good. My best tactic right now is to let them have BYU ice cream. It's sooooooooooooo good! And does the U of U make anything delicious? Nope. Sorry. I also came home with a BYU football outfit for Zachy, which was NOT recieved well by his father.

Skinners took off on the snowy road to California from here and we went home to recover from a very fun week! We had a great time. We hope they come again soon.