Spring Break

It's kind of weird because I finally have a child old enough to be in school. They past few years, Spring Break has meant nothing to us, but now we get to actually have a family vacation for Spring Break. Cooper had Thurs thru Monday off this year, so we decided to go over to Bear Lake and stay in the WorldMark Condos.

Even though Ogden Condos are an hour and a half closer, we chose Bear Lake because of the nice indoor pool and hot tub. Well, Jacqu and her family stayed at Bear Lake on Thursday night. On Friday morning, they went swimming before they had to leave. While they were at the pool, the pool guy accidently mixed muratic acid with chlorine and it created a toxic gas that went through the vents and water. To make a long story short, Jared and the kids had to be taken over to the Logan hospital in an ambulance because they were exposed to the gases. They ended up being fine after they wore oxygen mask for a while. The fire department closed the pools down on Friday.

Well, we got there on Saturday evening. We kept wondering what we were going to do for 3 days without going swimming. We ended up being able to go down to the city hall where they had an indoor pool and hot tub. It was really nice and the kids had a great time playing in the water. Cooper enjoys swimming and Clayton found a ball that he kept throwing around.

The next day, we spent the day doing different activities. Cooper slept till 10 am, so he must have enjoyed his queen size bed all by himself! We went on a walk down to the clubhouse, where we chose a couple of movies to watch.

Bryce pulled off some icicles from the condo and the boys chomped on them while we walked. The weather was a little chilly but clayton loved it. We even saw a few deer come down and graze on the hill right in front of our rooms.

There was another family that was leaving on Sunday morning. We were outside in the front when they came out to pack their van. There were 4 boys and 1 baby girl. Cooper had a good time climbing on the hills with them. Bryce had a good time throwing snowballs at them. He even hit the four year old right on top of the head! I have never seen Bryce move so quickly as he did up that hill to make sure the boy was OK! Good thing mom and dad werent' outside when it happened!Later that day, we read a few books with the kids and then put Clayton down for a nap. Bryce, Cooper and I watched Marmaduke. After the movie, we went on a ride to pick up some vinegar so we could dye some eggs. We stopped by the Hodges Cabin to visit with them for an hour and the boys had a great time playing with their toys!

When we got back to the Condo, we mixed the colors and the boys dyed the boiled eggs. Clayton wanted his egg to just sit in the yellow dye and if I tried to move it to a different bowl, he would get upset. Cooper and dad made tie-dyed eggs that turned out really cool. I have been enjoying egg salad sandwiches since then and they have been yummy!

Sunday afternoon, Bryce and I watched New Moon while the boys played around the condo. Bryce grilled us some tasty chicken and we had a wonderful meal. I took the boys on another walk down to some bridges. They had fun walking through the snow and Cooper kept pointing out the deer "droppings" along the way!

Monday morning, we sang Happy Birthday to Cooper and then Dad cooked us bacon and eggs for breakfast. We got things packed up as quickly as possible so we could get into Logan to celebrate Coopers Birthday!

It was such a fun weekend to just spend time with our family. Its not very often that we get opportunities like that, but it was so worth it! Hope we will try to this more often through out the year!