More Spring Break

On Friday Kristi, my mom, and I decided to take the kids to Cortez to go swimming. They all had such a great time.

Addi

Lexi and Maxon

Oakley loved these water fountains and played in them for most of the time we were there.

Jensen going down the water slide. Addi begged me to take her on it but they wouldn't let us.



Addi and I. Addi loves the water.



Jensen and Oakley




All nine kids, Lexi, Jensen, Maxon, Camryn, Carter,

Scout, Addi, Oakley, and Logan.

There was a rock wall in the rec center where we went swimming so after we were done the kids all gave it a try.

Jensen was a good climber.

Oakley even tried it out. He didn't love it though.

The lady that was in charge of the rock wall kept telling the kids that they couldn't make it all the way to the top because some of the grips had been removed but Jensen decided to prove her wrong and did it anyways.

On Saturday Matt, my dad, and I went four-wheeling out at Arch Canyon.

Dad and Matt in one of the ruins we saw.

The kids all refused to go with us because they wanted to ride horses. They would have loved to try to catch all the lizards we saw.

Do I look tough or what?

When we got to the arch my dad said that he has always wanted to try to hike up to the back of the arch and I said "Let's go." So off we went.

Here's a view from the front of the arch. It ended up being a lot further and steeper than we anticipated but we made it. It was a great hike.

This is a view of the front of the arch from a little below it.

And this is from the back of the arch looking down at where we started. It was an awesome view. I have to say I pretty much kicked Matt's butt on the hike.

While we were riding four-wheelers grandma saddled up the horses and let the kids ride. They loved it. They are definitely related to their grandma.
Lexi on Cody and Camryn on Panda.

Jensen and Camryn on Panda.

Addi and Camryn on Panda.


Oakley and Camryn on Panda. Notice the hat, now there's a true cowboy.

It was hard to come back home to the real world. We had such a great time in Blanding for the week.

Easter and Spring Break in Blanding

So we loaded up the suburban and headed down to Blanding for Easter. We usually go to Recapture Pockets the Saturday before Easter to picnic and hunt Easter eggs but since it was cold and rainy we went to the church instead. A lot of my mom's side and my dad's side of the family were there. It was great to see everyone and visit for awhile.

Of course we had tons of good food.

Gotta love Carter's plate of chips with a side of . . . chips:)

After everyone's bellies were full some of the Easter Bunny's helpers headed outside to hide some eggs.

Even though it was freezing cold the kids still had a great time finding the eggs.

The week after Easter was the kid's Spring Break so Matt and Kolton headed back to Payson to work and left the other kids and I in Blanding to spend the week.

Oakley, Logan, and Addi relaxing on the porch swing.

Trent and Noelle went to Cancun for the week and left Maxon and Scout at Grandma's for the week also.

Lexi loves Scout and is such a great babysitter.

Maxon and Jensen became best buddies.

Last week Grandma called to say that Ellie had puppies. She had four, 3 boys and 1 girl. The funny thing was that the next morning there were five. She had another boy during the night. Unfortunately the fifth puppy was a tiny one and he died:(

If anyone wants a puppy (Stephanie, ;) ;) let me know, they'll be ready in about 7 weeks:)

We're still in Blanding and will be until Sunday so stay tuned for more exciting posts!

Visitors from Montana

Matt's Uncle Gary and Aunt Sandee along with their boys, Conner, and Hunter and their "adopted" daughter Stephanie came down from Whitefish, MT for General Conference and Spring Break. Their other son Shawn is attending BYU so we spent a lot of time with him at our house also. We had a great time with them.

On Tuesday Matt, Lexi, and Jensen took them down to Moab to do some four-wheeling. My dad met them there to spend the day with them. They all had a great time but were all a little sunburned and totally exhausted by the time they got home.

Gary, Sandee, Stephanie, Matt, and Conner.

Jensen and Shawn.

Jensen and Lexi

Shawn, Hunter's back end, Lexi's back end, and Jensen.

Stephanie, Matt, and Sandee.

Lexi, Gary, Grandpa, Jensen, and Shawn.

On Wednesday night we all went to Jump On It together. It was a blast! Wall to wall trampolines.

There were also blow up slides which Addi and Oakley had to try out.

Even mom had fun.

Trampoline basketball got a little ugly.

Jensen wasn't feeling well and ended up being a spectator for most of the evening:(

If you've never been there go try it out! I couldn't believe how hard I was breathing, sweating, and my heart was pumping.

We all loved having the Watteruds visit and hope they'll come again soon!