Temples, Snowboarding, and....Urgent Care?

That about sums up our Spring Break.  The "Big Plan" was to go up to Utah and watch our nephew, Charlie, compete in DanceSport (more on that), be a part of another nephew's wedding (more to come), drop the girls off at the ski resorts and go to at least 3 temples.  THAT was the plan.....
However, as all know, sometimes plans change.  Sometimes life throws a curve ball and it's up to us to decide how we will react to those changes.

Aly and I left for Utah with Grammy on Thursday.  Spent the evening with Pam and her family.  The next day we all headed to Provo to watch Charlie compete in some pretty amazing dances.  VERY impressed!  We became very educated in the fine art of the "smooth" and "Latin" dancing.  We got pretty good at guessing who would end up in the finals.  It was a very fun day.  (Go to THIS SITE for all the pictures!) Aly and I left a little early to meet up with those who had traveled up on Friday morning - Brad, Grandma, the DeSpains, and Karges's.  On the way to our hotel, I remembered a famous pizza place that was very popular "back in my days at BYU" and thought it would be fun to see if it was still there and get some delicious pizza.  Boy - did that bring back ALOT of memories!!

We were able to go to the Provo Temple for a session as it was Harmony's first time.  That was very, very nice!

Saturday, we drove to Salt Lake, where it was nice and chilly and we were able to be a part of Kevin and Harmony's beautiful day.  I spent the afternoon at DanceSport with Grammy and Pam, and Aly went to Pam's house where she and Bry invaded the arcades and made a killing!
 

Sunday morning, Grandma and Brad flew home and Jacque flew into Salt Lake City.  We spent the Sabbath with Pam and her family and were treated to an amazing dinner with lots of yummy "appetizers".  We've decided that we want to eat there EVERY Sunday!!

In the evening, we headed up to Park City, where the girls were going to try and become experts at snowboarding.  I was going to spend my free time reading, shopping and had planned to go to 3 different temples on Tuesday.  By now, however, the 'small tickle' in the back of my throat has turned into a cough.  Not to be discouraged or thrown off our spring-break-plans, we enjoyed the beautiful drive up the canyon and were very surprised at the convenience of our hotel. 
Monday, my 'cough' is much worse and it looks like I will be spending the day in the hotel room curled up in many blankets.  The girls were off first thing in the morning!

Let's just say I didn't get to any temples while in Utah.  I was really sad about this, but instead spent some time reading and trying to enjoy the quiet of each day.  Tuesday, the girls were joined by Kade and some of his missionary buddies, and Justin and Nick who were teaching up at the Canyons' Resort. It was a good day of skiing .

By Wednesday, the girls were ready to come home and I was very, very sick.  Our plane didn't leave until late that evening, so we crashed at Pam's.  This is basically what I did for spring break:

It was a little discouraging realizing that I didn't get much accomplished this past week.  I've decided that I like to be productive and I do NOT like much on TV.  Even with the Food Network channel, it's a bit much after so many days!
On the positive side - because there is always a good to go along with the not-so-good:
We were able to spend some wonderful time with members of our family on both sides.  Aly and Jacque were able to fine-tune their snowboarding skills, and they were able to take good care of their mother.  While in Park City, I received a blessing from two worthy priesthood holders.  For this I'm so grateful.  I slept thru the night peacefully and was able to return home without coughing too much on the plane.  I was able to spend time reading my scriptures without any interruptions and felt the spirit strengthen my testimony and felt my faith grow.  Came home to wonderful family who had everything ready for me to relax and begin the healing process.
Maybe Spring Break wasn't what I had planned, but who knows...maybe it's just what we all needed!

Wanna Smile??

"How come you haven't blogged?"  "Are you going to blog soon?"  "Mom...you are falling behind!"
OK - OK!  The weeks that nothing amazingly spectacular happens in our family, I slack off and forget to blog the fun, happy moments that make life.  I resolve to do better!

Last Sunday was one cold, cold day.  It was beautiful, crisp, and after some unexpected hail we could see that the Superstition Mountains got a dusting of snow.  Beautiful!!  Just wish I had a camera with a mega-zoom to capture that!

Jacque returned from a trip to the Dunes with her friends and a large group of people.  She had a blast and didn't end up at the hospital.  Crazy, crazy young adults!!
This week Jacque received news that she is the recipient of a CCNS Book Scholarship for Spring 2011.  She had to write a 250-word essay on leadership.  Way to go Jacque!!

Saturday (yesterday) Tyler, Jenny, and Jade came to visit and help me nourish my flower beds.  We introduced Jade to irrigation.  Man, she had a blast!  We all had fun watching her play in that wonderful irrigated, duck-infested water

 

The simple things.....who knew irrigation could be so much fun? Oh...wait...she IS Tyler's daughter

Yes, Tyler and Aaron ALSO enjoyed the irrigation water....following in her daddy's footsteps!!