Spring Break "Staycation"

Since Carter started kindergarten six years ago, we have never stayed home for Spring Break. Not once. I put my foot down this year and announced I wanted a real Spring Break without packing for a big trip, laundry from a trip, the car ride and exhaustion from a big trip! It was so refreshing and was actually a break! And we did get away to St. George for two nights so technically we didn't stay home the whole week, but two nights was a perfect compromise.




We started our break on Saturday with the ward Easter Egg Hunt at Prescott Park. It was a beautiful, but extremely cold and windy infamous Las Vegas Spring day. The kids and I got there in the nick of time for the opening prayer and the rules and then the go ahead to find the eggs!! I had to stay with the little boys (since Jared had a mandatory military day on base and wasn't there to help me) while the older three took off to the big kid section. This was the first year that Carter wasn't really into it...sad for mom....I think he even left his basket in the car. Cole seemed to know right what to do and walked right up and started getting the eggs into his basket. But then he realized it was more fun to throw them back into the grass! Josh came over with his basket brimming to which I had to inform him was a few too many. He did however get one of the eggs marked "prize" with a star on it. That meant he could go turn it in and get a fun prize which turned out to be sidewalk chalk and Mickey Mouse bubbles. He was soooo excited! Jake was green with envy that Joshy got a prize egg. Nothing that a couple of donuts couldn't fix! The kids stayed and played for an hour after the egg hunt at the park. Prescott Park is one of our favorites and so close to home!
Carter was stoked when the activities commitee came around and gave him two boxes of left over donuts to take home....


Maddie, Hanna, and Aspen
Cole, Jack, and Jake