2 Spring Breaks

Heh heh. We...maybe had two spring breaks this year. We went to Utah for the first one. I always throw it out to m sisters to see if our spring breaks line up, and Caitlin said hers did! But, upon, further investigation of her calendar she realized it actually did not. I talked with other sisters and my mom to get their input on whether or not we should still come out, and Whitney said she would take her kids out of school a couple days if we came out, and that was that. My mom had plenty of time off, and Whit did take her kids out for two of the days, Caitlin took off a half a day, and we stayed with Meg on the two book end days of the trip which is always delightful. Also, in the the big news category...Meggie and her family are moving to Alabama. I don't think I am ready to write about that yet. But, it actually very sad to think that she will not be there when I go out there.

We always make sure we pack plenty in with the family which this trip was no exception. We went out on a hike--where-I thought I lost Rowan. It was an awful experience. Truly, terrible. I saw him between the groups of kids, and then when I called Kaj he wasn't with them, and then he wasn't with the other cousins. Basically...I cried and panicked and thought of my little Rowan and how scared he must be, and then how long it would be till I had to call search and rescue. Megan was with me, and Whitney and my mom and separated two different directions. That, was ultimately the biggest issue on this particular hike. There were so many forks in the trail. Every time I would hear the older kids shouting Rowan's name I would cry and panic more because that just meant he was still not with them. I called Kaj again and he said, "Mom. just breathe. He is with the other cousins." I asked if he saw him, and he said he just knew. That was the case. Rowan was never lost. He was another group of cousins that had never left each other, and Rowan came over to me like I was a crazy person. He never had to recover, which I was so thankful. I had to recover. But, he was never lost. 

We went to a lot of different parks, we went to get out hearts checked, ( like ya do on vacation ha!) We went to a really fun trampoline park. We went to Park City to do the Moutain Coaster with Caitlin and her kids, played plenty of games outside, and card games inside. We were also able to sneak down to spend time with Jon and Mandy and their family, and we were delighted to be with them, 

Getting our hearts checked 

ninja course and a trampoline park

 Park City Mountain Coaster

Man buns with Uncle Justin

Ultimate Frisbee time

Ok...as for the second set of spring breaks 😂 After talking with Whit one day, and her expressing that she really had no plans at all for spring break I quicken proposed she come to Bend. She said, "well, maybe we will." That maybe I will comment tells me every time if I can really entice people to visit. I said that we would take a couple days off of school also- after all, she had done that for me. My kids were more than happy to oblige. I let my kids pick the days the wanted to take off but told them they had to go at least one while Whit and her kids were there, and we really had a good little mix. 

My mom and Whit and her girls came out, and as usual we had a great time.