Trip to Utah (w/ Budges)

We decided to take a road trip to Utah for Spring Break! We had so much fun and are so glad we braved the 11 hour drive! I left Monday with the kids and drove to Vegas. The kids did awesome-lots of movies, games and sugar... we were all good! We spend the night at my sisters house and then Tuesday morning we all( she has 5 kids) drove to my parents house in Provo. The kids were so excited to see Gram-Z and Papa and their FUN playroom. Wednesday we hung out and let the kids play. I got four moles removed(hence the pictures of me I have some pretty sweet looking band-aids on my face!). Thursday we went to BYU-bowled, sat on the cougar, had BYU ice cream and went to the bookstore. A highlight for me was getting my hair done by my best friend Aly. I got to see her cute salon where she works and her sweet kids and hubby Nick. We ate at Cafe Rio and then sat in her car like old times and talked for hours!! Oh, how I miss that girl! Friday I drove up to Ogden to visit with Nate's family. The kids loved seeing their Budge cousins. Nate flew in that night to be with us on Easter and to help me make the trek home! It was so good to see Nate's youngest brother Jason and wife Maggee who we haven't seen for over a year. Their little boy Kaper is adorable. Nate's oldest brother Brad and wife Tammy are adopting four kids (now they will have 7!!) so it was good to met them and have my kids meet their little soon- to- be cousins. Saturday we went to the Pleasantview Easter 3gg hunt where our kids froze and kept asking if we could go. They did like all the candy though!Grandpa Budge wanted to take the kids to the fish hatchery. The kids had a great time catching fish. We had to put a limit on the fish cause the boys could of stayed all day catching fish after fish! Grandpa told them they had to take the fish home and cook em' up! That stopped Easton! On our way out of O-town we made a stop at The Pizzeria. We drove down to Provo that night and spent the night with my parents. My mom did an Easter egg hunt with the kids. My brother Brad and wife Heidi were there from California with their 3 kids. Way fun to see them! Easter morning we woke up to find Easter baskets and then literally threw the kids in the car and drove to St. George for a pit stop to see Jon and Kristin (Nate's bro). Cute Kristin hid some more eggs for our kids. I LOVE Easter candy way too much-I think I ate all my kids candy on the way home. We are so glad we went . Our kids saw everyone from both sides of the family, which doesn't happen very often. We love that we don't live too far away from family. There are days we wished we could "tummy tuck " the states too be a little closer but we look forward to seeing everyone again in July.