I didn't write an update last week because we were in Las Vegas celebrating Easter with my family!  My sister, Amy, had a barbecue and Easter egg hunt on Saturday and invited anyone in the family who wanted to come.  I think we surprised her when we all decided that we did!  Diane's family was the only one who couldn't make it, because Missouri is very far away. :(  There were also some adult grandkids who couldn't make it, including our own Megan who needed to be in Provo for some other commitments.  We kept her close on the phone, though.

We stayed with my mom and dad and watched both sessions of conference Saturday before heading to Amy's.  We even hopped over to a park in between to enjoy the warm weather. Conference was great and we love watching with my mom and dad.

The party at Amy's was great! I got to talk to my brother Pete and talk to all his kids which is always great fun.  I also got to talk to my brother Dave and get caught up on his life.  Talking to my sisters is always prized time and I got to do that and talk to their kids too!  Great visiting and great food.  I'm so glad we got to go!

On Sunday we snuck back over to Amy's to visit with her and Maggie's family between conference sessions, but we came back to Mom's for a lovely dinner before we had to head back to Utah.  We needed to get back for a funeral on Monday and we needed to get Savannah back to classes.  We were so glad she could come spend Easter with us for the first time in three years! Yay!

Our trip to Las Vegas started our week of spring break!  So on Monday we needed to do the funeral.  Rod Evans had been our home teacher for several years, so we brought the whole family to pay respects.  

For the rest of spring break, we asked the kids to each pick one activity and we'd do it as a family.  So, Tuesday morning we went to the Provo Rec Center because Sarah wanted to have a family basketball game and Cheyenne wanted to swim!  We did both and Sarah and I even played some racquetball.  (I still have bruises from that family basketball game!)

After a picnic lunch, we met Megan at BYU because Dad wanted to bowl!  We played two games and Kevin played on both lanes both times so he got four games!  It was a ton of fun.

Afterwards we went out to eat.  Yum!  Then back to our house because Beth wanted to have a movie night!  We watched The Greatest Showman.  Kevin, Ben, and I hadn't seen it and we all had a fun time watching it together!

On Wednesday morning we were supposed to go hiking (because Mom) but we were exhausted and sore from the rec center followed by bowling!  So, we played games together on Jack Box TV because that's what Mariah wanted to do together.  It was perfect!

Ben wanted to play laser tag!  Mariah had to go to track practice that afternoon but Dad and I had to go back to work on Thursday, so we went while Mariah was at track.  We went to Nickel City and shot at each other in a dark room and Calianne (she was Gladiator) totally won  (I was Jinx)!  And we had a great time.  It was the first time for a lot of us, so it was fun to do a new thing!

That night, we did a small walk after dinner on our own mountain path and decided to count it as our hike.  The sunset was beautiful, but so are the kids. Love them! And all our time together!

Thursday Kevin and I did do work.  Beth and Ben had friends over to play and Sarah, Mariah, Cali, and Chey went to Grandma and Grandpa Gazdiks for food, games, and a sleepover.  Fun times!

Friday we had Ben's birthday party!!  Monday is his birthday but spring break is a great time to have a party.  We based the party around . . . Minecraft! (You were going to guess that weren't you?) So, we played Zombies vs. Villagers and had a Ghast piñata, and shot a bow and arrow at a Creeper and our cupcakes even had little Minecraft toppers.  The biggest hit though was making Minecraft necklaces with melty beads.  They were so cool!  Ben made six more after the party!  Sarah, Cali, and Chey all helped and everyone had a good time.  One more party for the books!

Friday late afternoon, Kevin came home early from work to have a party celebrating the season with his Bantam basketball team.  Now is a good time to mention that they had their last game the week before Easter and on the way home, he bought Cali and Chey Slurpees!  They had fun at the party and played some more basketball and had candy and pizza and treats.  Fun times!

Saturday was rainy, rainy, RAINY and we all kind of did our own thing.  In the morning, though, BYU had a 5K Color Run.  That meant that after the race they got to explode powder color on everyone!  Megan has always wanted to do that, so she got her sisters involved, too!  Savannah, Sarah, Megan, Mariah, and Ammon all joined in the fun.  They made some great memories.