My sister-in-law-to-be graduated from Law school this month so we headed out to Phoenix to celebrate and support her.  They just bought a house, so we stayed with them but before we got there we took a day to stay on the Colorado river with the kids at a casino called the Blue River.  It's got a cool indoor water play area where the kids can slide down the water slide or play in any of the many levels of pools or fountains.  It was a nice way to spend a weekend and enjoy time with family.

Two Easters

 This year we got to celebrate two Easters.  The kids were out of school since they hadn't had any snow days this year and we headed down to the desert to visit family for the first one.  We are very blessed to have aunts, uncles, grandparents and great-grandparents close enough to celebrate with them a few times a year all together.  We also got to see my sweet nephew and watch him toddle all over Great-grandma's house.  It's such a neat experience to enjoy holidays with kiddos and it reminds you of the value of family.  Also, seeing one of my sisters reminds me of how much I miss her since we live several hours away and don't get to visit very often. 

Then we went out to the wilderness and camped with some friends and rode ATVs.  We woke up from our tents to find that the Easter bunny had hidden eggs all over the campsite.  Luckily, the dogs were all tied up so they couldn't get to them first.  The kids had a fun time looking all over for eggs and doing a little target practicing with their bb guns when they were done.  They were very different kinds of Easters but both were fun.