Baskin Robbins

If firefighting doesn't work out, Jason can always scoop ice cream as a backup! Actually, probably not! The employees didn't appreciate Jason's 'generous' scoops he handed out to patrons! (I mean, why not? It wasn't on his dime!)
The annual 31 cent scoop night was held at Baskin Robbins which doubles as a fire department fundraiser. Jason and his crew were some of the lucky firefighters to dish up the goods at the local ice cream store that night. He called us to come down and see him in action. The kids loved it!

General Conference Trip

We started our Spring Break a little early by taking a road trip to Utah for General Conference. Jason's parents joined us for our adventures. We left Wed. and drove to Las Vegas for the night. We had an amazing breakfast buffet at the Bellagio, hit a couple tourist spots for the kids.



Our next stop was Zion. We spent Thur. night there and part of Friday, touring the canyon. We headed on to Provo where we met up with Jason's brother and his son who flew in from Iowa. Here is cousin Joshua with the kids.


After dinner we parted until Saturday morning. We spent the day together and then the guys went to Priesthood session. It was Darren's first time to Priesthood session, and it was extra special to be there for the live conference, along with his Dad, Papa, Uncle & cousin.





Sunday morning we woke to 3" of snow all over our motorhome and campground. What a treat! The Easter bunny left a few small treats, but nothing to get in the way of our Sunday morning attendance at Conference.



It was a first time for me and the boys to attend conference live. Aside from Ryan's non-stop cough through the entire conference, it was perfect! Nana stayed behind in the motorhome to watch Conference on TV.



What I should have taken pictures of are some of the activities we did while driving. We spent many hours playing games at the table. Nana and Alli colored, played My Little Pony, any many other fun things. It was so great to spend some quality time with Nana and Papa. It was a great trip! Here are some random moments:

FREEDOM!

When your 3-year old finally learns how to pump a swing by herself, it means FREEDOM for mom! Woo-hoo!!! I am soooo excited that Allison finally did this! She's been on the verge for a while, but I could tell she was holding back. But left to her own devices in the back yard today, I glanced out the window and saw her doing it! Hallelujah!

Braces!

Darren has entered the world of braces! Daddy has entered the world of orthodontic bills!

BEFORE:


AFTER:

Fruit

I brought home a dwarf orange tree from Costco the other day and told Jason I wanted to plant it. He isn't a fan of the dwarf trees so he returned it and went to the local nursery to get a different tree. We ended up with a little more than I had originally anticipated, but I'm certainly not complaining! I now own 2 orange trees, a lemon tree, and a peach tree!! Wow! I'm so excited! Jason spent 2 full days digging out bushes to make room for our new additions. I need to read up on how to take care of them, and hope we eventually reap some fruit! Yum!

Pack Night @ Fire Station

A trip to the fire station is always a treat... but even more so when your daddy is the firefighter on duty!
Blake & Ryan loved having Pack Night at their dad's station. Jason did a great job, as always, giving the tour to the kids.

DADDY & KIDS:




SCOUTS:

Question of the Day

Allison asked me today, "Mommy, what happens if we keep in our yawns?"
Hmmm... interesting thought process she has.

School Carnival

Blake & Ryan's school put on a carnival for a PTA fundraiser. They had a lot of the classics like a cake walk, fishing, ring toss, etc. But the big hit of the night was a new thing the school tried this year. A place called GAMES2U brought their mobile game van and sold tickets for each event. They had video games, lazer tag and the hamster ball. The kids favorite was the hamster ball.

BLAKE:


RYAN:


ALLISON:

This was so funny because they rolled it down a big grassy hill on the playground.



Lazer Tag:



Another highlight was the Jump Rope Team performance. Blake is on the team this year and it was his first big performance. Go Blake!

Look at that determination on his face:

Tumblebees

The Tumblebees bus came to Alli's preschool today. It's a travelling gym of sorts for preschoolers. The inside of an old school bus has been gutted out (painted w/ black & yellow stripes) and "Coach Ryan" brings it place to place for some tumbling fun! It's filled with cushions and he's made an obstacle course inside. Alli loved it!


They did a balance beam, rings, hand stands, monkey bars & somer saults in the rainbow cushion. Clever idea!

Pump It Up!

One day during Spring Break, a group of us friends took our kids to this place for some indoor play. It was so fun! We had the whole place reserved for our group. It was our first time there and we had a blast!



We started out in one giant room with slides, basketball, boxing, climbing walls, etc., all in big blow up bouncers.


Ryan & Blake tried out the boxing. It was hysterical!!


Then Tracy and Blake went head to head. Is this child abuse at the hand of my friend? Probably not since I was right there photographing the entire thing and couldn't stop laughing!


Next I was challenged to take on my son's attacker! (I'm the 2 pics on the left w/ the orange shirt on) Tracy was so funny! She laughed the entire time which made it even more entertaining. After she and I had a round, Jill jumped in the ring. What a riot!!


After 1/2 hour, they switched us to a new room with more fun! There was a giant maze, another giant slide, a bounce house and a jousting ring set up like king of the hill!

Here are Blake & Ryan on top, battling to be the last man standing.




After an hour of play, we had pizza and soda in the party room which was all part of the package.
We will definitely go here again!