Spring Break April 2011

We went to Zion's for Spring Break this year - we had planned on leaving at 0600 Wednesday so we would have most of Wed to do stuff but since I spent all Tuesday working on the Easter Celebration we did not leave until 1130am. The bunk beds were broken when we got there so we spent 1 1/2 hours fixing them and so Wednesday we didn't do much of anything. But Thursday we went ATVing. Kiersten holding Devaney.

The view from the trails we were riding on.

So, we don't seem able to go on a vacation without some kind of misfortunate - this time was the broken bunk beds and a flat tire on the Ranger. This is after we had gotten the tire off we left it up on the jack to take the tire to town to fix but it had fallen off when we got back.

The flat tire. It took 4 hours to get it fixed and back to camp.

Myles, Lynnaea and Danica on their motorcycles.

Myles riding his motorcycle.

Danica on her motorcycle.

Lunch break.

Heading out.

Devaney eating a bite of mom's sandwich.

Resting after climbing up to the weeping rock. Lynnaea, Ana, Myles, Danica, Kiersten adn Anders.

On the trail to Weeping rock.

Leo and sleeping Isabelle and Jared.

At Weeping Rock.

Zion.

Hiking along Riverside walk.

Waterfall in Zion.

Start of the trail - Riverside walk.

Elena and Anders holding hands headed to the shuttle bus.

Sebastian and Devaney swinging together.

Kami and Sebastian

Jared feeding Devaney by campfire.

ANders giving Sebastian a ride.

Anders giving Elena a ride.

Kiersten and Devaney.

Easter Celebration - April 19th, 2011

These are the pictures from the Easter Celebration activity the Young Women and Young Men put on for the primary. It turned out awesome-- the scencery was the best. My second counsellor heard a ward in Porterville had done pretty much the same thing we were doing so she asked if we could borrow some of their scencery and it made things look really authentic. This is the Last Supper room and Lynnaea is answering a question.



This is Station 4 when the kids went on an Easter Egg Hunt.

Station 4 with the Easter Bunny on the Easter Egg hunt.

More of the Easter Bunny.

Sation 3 - "Jesus gives us New Life"- they talked about what resurrection means and who is resurrected and things like that and then the kids were able to decorate a flower pot with resurrection stickers and plant a flower.

The flower pots.

Station 2 - Triumphal Entry/Palm Sunday. The kids listened to a little lesson about the Triumphal Entry and then they made palm leaves with Hosanna on it to take home.

Making Palm Leaves.

Station 1 was seven rooms that the kids went through that depicted some of the events of the Last Week of Jesus's life. This was the Last Supper room - the priest talked about what the Last Supper meant and why we still take the sacrament today. The YW talked about Jesus washing the apostles feet and that we should serve others too.

The Last SUpper room.

The Garden of Gethsemane room. They talked about the atonement in this room. Notice my Carl Bloch picture from when we went to the exhibit.

The Betrayal room. Talking about Judas betraying Jesus.

The trial room - they showed a clip from Lamb of God in this room - the kids are watcing it.

The trial room.

The crucifixion room. The YM is reading about Jesus being put on the cross.

The crucifixion room - the cross was railroad ties adn they had big stakes in them to show the kids.

The tomb room. We did put white linens on the cot - I took a picture before we got them on.

The angel coming from behind the tomb telling the kids He is Risen!

The Resurrection room - the kids got to color a fuzzy poster that says "He Lives" on it. This was my room - I decorated how Kami said - only it would have been better is she had been there I am sure.

The Resurrection room.

It turned out pretty good- I was happy anyway. We did not have a great number of youth - lots of conflicts but the primary told us to plan on 40-45 primary kids so we did 48 of everything and had 46 kids. So, that was good.

Catch Up Pictures

At Harriet's blessing - four of six cousins all within a year or so of each other. Harriet, Jack, Devaney and Sebastian.

More of the four cousins!

OUt to dinner with Bryan and Amber Bertagnole and my very handsome hubby.

We are making the former toy room into Danica's room - and I don't know why anyone would wallpaper a room - it is a HUGE paina to try to take it off. I was hoping to have it all done by the end of April so I could start outdoor projects in May, but I don't think it will happen. More wallpaper pulling off fun.

Lynnaea at her Friendship Concert Jared, Devaney and I were able to watch her. She did great. Myles checkerboard birthday cake that I made for him.

Ana and Myles blowing out the candles on the soccer cake Aunt Kami made for them. Visiting the BYU Bean Museum.

Visiting the rest of the BYU art exhibit. I took my kids to the BYU Carl Bloch exhibit. I thought it was fantastic.

Devaney in her Harley Davidson outfit from my boss and his wife. Visiting East Canyon Dam on a Sunday afternoon drive.

My precious baby. Myles and Jared at the father son cake decorating contest.

Myles Arrow of Light award and all the scout badges he earned. Myles taking the boy scout oath.

Myles crossing the bridge from cub scouts to boy scouts.