Spring Break Shenanigans

We headed south to St. George for spring break--I was ready for a little vacation with just our little family. Zelly also could not wait. She carried her bag and sunglasses around the entire day before we left. 

We rented a little condo with 1 bedroom and a pull-out couch 

and with 2 swimming pools. The first evening we got there, it was a little chilly for Zelly, who could NOT wait to get into her swimming suit. 

But it definitely warmed up.

 

We ate and ate. Way too much. Zelly was a fan of the fry sauce at The Habit and the hats at Firehouse.

 And we hiked too.  We hiked the rocks above Dixie Rock one morning while J was golfing.

and then hit the splash pad downtown. 

The next day all of us hiked. We wanted to try out a state park, but we kind of got lost. We ended up finding a portion of it and went on the only hiking trail we could find. It was actually really pretty and only generated minimal complaining.

 

It was a short trip, but was actually a perfect amount of time to get away without getting on each others' nerves.

Double Digits!

I don't know how Sweetie managed to turn double digits and have a cousin birthday party, complete with 3 games of laser tag, pizza, foot spa, movies, and a sleepover, without us getting any pictures of the fun. Sweetie's birthday was on a Sunday, the same day when Mister got ordained to the priesthood, so we had lots of family here (the Rocks, Mark, and both sets of grandparents) to wish Sweetie a happy birthday.  Here she is with her requested chocolate cake and her presents. 

Sweetie at 10

favorite color=turquoise

favorite restaurant=Texas Roadhouse

favorite TV show=don't have one

favorite movie=The Avengers

favorite after school activities=video games

favorite sports=soccer and gym

favorite foods=wings

favorite drink=Spite

favorite cereal=Cinnamon Life

best friends=Talia

when she grows up, she wants to be a pro soccer player

she's really good at piano and flute

she wants to go on vacation to Hawaii

if she had $1000, she would buy Disneyland tickets for her entire family

her biggest hero is her mom

before her next birthday, she wants to go to Disneyland

One Dozen Birthdays!

Catching up . . .

Mister has now had one dozen birthdays! He requested a "cousin sleepover" instead of a friend party this year. I love that he loves his cousins so much and that they have so much fun together. They went to Funtopia and to the ropes course at the Museum of Natural Curiosity. They had 3 tag-alongs on the right.

The cousins gave Mister giant peanut-butter cups for his birthday. They must know him well . . .

Mister was extra excited about the Kindle he got for his birthday, and, as always, he requested a funfetti cake.

Mister at 12

favorite color=green

favorite restaurant=Texas Roadhouse

favorite TV show=don't have one

favorite movie=Incredible Hulk

favorite after school activities=playing video games and playing with friends

favorite sports=skiing, golfing, and basketball

favorite food=wings

favorite drink=Mountain Dew

favorite cereal=Lucky Charms

best friends=Alec, Garrett, Jared

when he grows up, he wants to be an architect

he's really good at playing any game (video games and board games)

he wants to go on vacation to Europe

if he had $1000, he would buy lego sets

his biggest hero is his dad

before his next birthday, he wants to go to Universal Studios

Easter 2015

We were lucky to be able to celebrate Easter this year on General Conference and with the entire P family. All of the adults who are endowed went to the temple on Friday to do be sealed by proxy for J's grandparents, including sealing his dad to his parents. It was a beautiful experience. 

And I didn't get one single picture of our Easter feast and all of us together! But here's one of all of us on Easter morning!

And we had the usual non-religious Easter celebrations with the neighborhood egg hunt on Saturday morning, baskets on Sunday afternoon, egg-dying for Monday night FHE, and Sweetie and I participated in the Peeps contest.