More March Madness

Between the temple being dedicated and leaving for spring break, we had exactly 5 days. Poor Dustin had to be out of town, but it was kind of a fun week for me as I got to:

* Have brunch with Sara, Lucy and Allie to finally celebrate her birthday (it was in January). Luke still begs me everyday if we can go to the store and buy a baby.

 * Volunteer at school and catch Ellie before she took off on a field trip to the Renaissance Festival.

* Eat more delicious food when I got together with all my amazingly busy workout friends. Blue Lemon for lunch and Sweet Tooth Fairy for dessert. It's almost like we live in Utah.

 * Attend a piano recital for 3 of my gorgeous and talented kids.

* Find clothes that fit AND matched for free dress day!

 * Teach Art Masterpiece for the 6th grade on Louise Nevelson -- with just 3 volunteers we got all 90 kids taught, glued, sprayed and displayed!

* Hang out at playgroup with all my girlfriends while the boys stuffer "sand babies" into their shirts. This resulted in a no clothes in the car policy being instated.

* Attend the Blue and Gold camp out (the whole family was finally back together for that) where Nate was awarded his Wolf from a few months back.

I was actually surprised he did it since he HATES whipped cream and he usually gags when he tries it, but he was super motivated to get his badge.

* AND still manage to shop and pack for 6 people to go on a 12 day vacation to the SNOW.

You might not be impressed at that thought, but seriously, we live in Arizona. We don't even own enough long sleeved shirts for even 5 days (especially this far after winter is over and all the jeans have holes and the shirts no longer fit), much less ski pants and coats, under layers, snow boots, gloves, goggles, etc.

But we made it and it was totally worth it!