Spring Break

For spring break, we packed our overnight bags and headed for Little America. Since we couldn't go to Bear Lake for Spring Break (the weather was too bad), we planned with Brandon, Mylissa, Mares, and Shantelle (and their families) to spend the night at the hotel, eat dinner, and swim, swim, swim. (Mom and Dad are still in Isreal). When we arrived, Shantelle presented Madeline with a birthday banner and crown. Madeline wore it proudly through the hotel and to dinner. Little America's dinner is one our family favorites with the good fish, delicious rolls, and ice cream. We had 17 of us at dinner and out of that number, nine were children. The kids did great, and the dinner staff at Little America were wonderful with us. After dinner, we all swam. The kids had such an amazing time. Even Aliyah, Lindsey, Julianna, and Emily loved playing the water. They were all little fish. All of the adults swam. I was so thankful for Mares because the kids all wanted to swim with her. After swimming, everyone came back to Mylissa's room for cake. Madeline opened her presents. Chase opened his birthday gifts from the Wegers. The cousins had a great time playing together.

The next morning we went down to breakfast. Then Matt took the boys swimming and the rest of the family was already swimming. I went and had a quick workout. Around noon we checked out of the hotel. Bud and Jill went home, and the rest of us headed for Gateway.
When we arrived at the Museum, I signed the kids up for classes. They first took a class on wind and understanding how the wind works and how to measure the amount of wind. They made a device to measure wind. After that class, we watched folk dancers from the Ukraine area. The grown-ups liked it more than the kids. Madeline and Chase were a tad bored, they said. It totally got Julianna's attention when some dancers in costume with masks and long stringy paper hair came out to scare the ghosts away. Her eyes were as big a saucers.
Everyone enjoyed the Children's Museum. Shantelle and Aliyah came and joined us. Aliyah liked driving the little cars and wearing the fireman's clothes (just like her daddy). Julianna found a "baby" that she refused to let go. She busied herself finding food for that baby. Later in the afternoon, the kids took a class where they made bags out of recycled vinyl. Once again, the project was a little mature for the smaller kids, but they all loved the finished product. It was a great overnight mini vacation. We were all tired, but had a wonderful time.