April Fool's and Spring Break

When James started complaining about not feeling well while making breakfast on the morning of April Fool's and then turned around looking like this:

The kids all had their own reactions:

Hyrum started crying because he didn't want us to leave him if we went to the hospital.

Bryant excused himself out the back door to pray.

Talmage asked is he had been immunized for measles.

Sariah was on to us, and surprisingly kept quiet and let the joke play out.

Then we enjoyed General Conference:

We tried to make conference a special occasion with Conference Bingo and Peanut M & Ms. After we got over the competition idea, it went pretty well.

I've long-wanted to implement my sister-in-law's tradition of homemade cinnamon rolls for General Conference and I finally pulled it together. I think cracking walnuts will work into that tradition too, a great conference activity that goes hand in hand with cinnamon rolls.

Since we weren't headed anywhere this Spring Break, we decided to let the kids each choose an activity to do. Just being together as a family made it one of the best Spring Breaks ever. (I'm writing this on 4/11.)

Monday was supposed to be the nicest weather of the week so we set off on Bryant's choice of activity---hiking Badger Mountain. It couldn't have been nicer.

The start (Would Hyrum make it?)

The Best Seat in the House (Lyle)

The second best Seat in the House (Rex).

We all made it. (Thanks to an amazing Dad who carried Hyrum a good amount of the way.) Granola bars and water and everybody's happy.

Talmage blowing bubbles at the top.

Since we let the kids get out of their chores if they listened to conference last Saturday, we had some catching up on housework to do today. One of the things on James's "to do list" was to get the Lincoln out and drive it to the end of the block and back. The kids thoroughly enjoyed the excursion.

We had the missionaries over for dinner and so the evening was what was left for our Tuesday "Spring Break Activity". It was my turn to choose. A couple of weeks ago, Sariah, Hyrum, and I had some spontaneous fun on a walk. My choice was for the whole family to have a chance to ride in the wagon down "hospital hill." (Nicknamed for obvious reasons---the number of kids it sends to the hospital).

Not very discernable but the blur between the pick-up and the stop sign
is a loaded wagon headed down the hill.

Lyle and Rex cheer us on at the bottom.

Loads of fun!