Monday my kids begged me to take them to the aqautic center. Now I will admit I am not a huge lover of spending hours at the pool - I am no fish, dolphin or duck personality. And the thought of spending hours following Lia around because they won't let kids under 6 be alone in even the ankle deep water without a parent right next to them makes me cringe.
Well Lia is one month from 6. Her almost 13 year old brother was going to be there and her nine year old sister who does happen to be a fish and has better swimming skills than me since her stint on the SUU junior swim team was going to be there.
So I begged the pool to let Lia have the pass for six year olds (begged.) and they agreed and Becca and her two 10 year old friends took Lia everywhere and played with her the whole time. I would have given Becca anything she asked for after our 3 hours at the pool. She was so great. I went in the pool a couple times. It was awesome. My kids had a blast and were plum tuckered out. I got to visit with a friend I had not seen in a while.
Later that night I took the girls out for a little Easter dress shopping and we got these two cute new outfits for a steal. I love Down East outfitters.
Day 2 dawned with a migraine but Tom was taking off work so we could spend the afternoon in Zion hiking and in St. George. I decided to tough it out and I am glad I did. The Emerald Pool hike in Spring is beautiful even if it is very muddy. I mean who doesn't dream of walking right underneath a waterfall.
Becca ( my not outside girl complained the whole time we were hiking that her feet hurt and that she was tired) Frankly, I was having a hard time buying it. She exercises more than anyone in the family at Crossfit kids 3 times a week and she had just swam for 3 hours the day before. She just doesn't love the great outdoors. But even she liked the waterfalls.
Lia and I stop for a break at the lower pools while the rest of the family travels to higher ground -- The Middle pools
There they are, way above us.
This picture cracks me up. Sometimes 12 year olds just have dumb looks on their face. Especially when I tell him he has been caught with contraband from the park. He was whittling away at this stick.
After our trip into Zion we did a Costco run and Kohls run.
Becca and Isaac were in desperate need of pants. And they do not carry pants for tween sizes in Cedar City. Can I just say I am so proud of Tom. I sent him off with Isaac and told him to get a good deal on jeans. He did much better than expected and found picky Isaac a $15 pair of Tony Hawk jeans.
Friday was coloring eggs day. And try to get rid of the migraine day. Because I had a big night out planned. Tom's band, which is newly dubbed Spilbeedogs, played at Taodz, the local bar/entertainment venue in Cedar. We went out to dinner with the band and band wives and then at 9 p.m. we headed to Toadz. the guys sounded great. A ton of our friends (or roadies as we call them) showed up and it was a blast. My headache even went away and I got up and did a little dancing.
Saturday the Easter bunny came. There was an Easter egg hunt.
I cleaned, gardened, shopped and prepped Easter dinner.
Oh and prepared a last minute lesson for Lia's Sunday school class which I got asked to teach while preparing dinner.
Easter
Can I just say I love Easter. I love the hope that it reminds me that I have. And that I do indeed live a life based on faith that my savior died for me and was resurrected. While at times my testimony has wavered a liitle. I do have faith in my Savior and the resurrection and I do live my life propelled by this faith.What a beautiful reminder this day is. All week we have been reading a passage from the scriptures of what happened on the days leading up to the resurrection. It has really been a great week. I got to top it off by cooking for family. I love to cook for people. I made a tasty roast leg of lamb, (some rolls which were OK but mostly an experiment), and a very yummy dessert of angel food cake with lemon whip cream filling, berry topping and all in chocolate bowls I made with my kids on Saturday. My mother in law made some tasty potato salad and asparagus to go along with the meal.
It really was an amzing week. And tomorrow we head back to school and work.
