This week was spring break! Since the kids are already not going to school all day because of quarantine, the only difference was they didn't have schoolwork they needed to do each day. For Cali and Chey this was huge. They were grateful for the reprieve. We tried to do some fun things so it still felt festive and different from other weeks.

Monday I bought some laser tag guns.

Tuesday we made a tent pad and had a campfire with hotdogs and smores. We were going to try to have the campfire down in the wilderness section of our backyard, but I twisted my ankle trying to go down that evening, so we settled for a campfire in the driveway.

Wednesday, Kevin took time off and we took the younger half of the family (the older half still had homework and college assignments all week) out into the desert to travel along the old Pony Express route to the Dugway Geode Beds to do some rock hounding. We found only bits and pieces of geodes but we saw an antelope, a jack rabbit, a horned toad, sheep, and a herd of wild horses. The 50 miles of dirt road shook us about past tolerance, but we had a good time and a great adventure! The kids slept that night in our tent in the backyard.

Do you see the horses?

Thursday was Ben's birthday! So, Ben and I wore handkerchiefs over our noses and mouths to protect us from COVID19 and we went to WalMart so he could pick out a new bike. We also got him some new shoes and ice cream and rootbeer for his birthday dinner. We made out like bandits and looked like them too! That night we had pizza, floats, and cake and Grandma came over to watch Ben open a few other presents. I can't believe that little guy is ten years old! He is so grown up and I no longer have any children in single-digits. I must be growing up, too.

Grandpa Elton gave Ben the chess set that his parents had given him when he was a boy, brought back from a trip to Mexico. We all thought it was super neat and Ben has already played several games on it!

Friday was Good Friday and in accordance with the request from the prophet, we fasted all day that the pandemic would be controlled, that healthcare workers would be protected, that the economy would be strengthened, and that life would be normalized. We especially put our pleas behind that last one. We tried to keep pretty low-key all day to conserve our strength. I did make hot-cross buns to celebrate Good Friday and it went great with our fried chicken to break our fast. That night we went over to Grandma Gazdik's house because it was her 75th birthday! Kevin put together a video for her and we all sang. We love that lady!

Saturday we celebrated Easter by coloring eggs and having our Easter egg hunt! McKay and Sarah came over and Megan and Ammon are back from Washington so we were all together! We decided it was the first time we'd all been together for Easter in three years. It's a special time to talk and be creative together without any pressure. I'm glad we do it.

These sillies put stickers on their faces.