Spring Break

We went to Utah for the boys' spring break and for Colton's baptism. We had a fantastic time seeing family and were so glad that the weather cooperated with us and brought us a bunch of SNOW!! Coming from Hawaii, we were ready for some cold and snowy days! We've been enjoying sunshine for almost 2 1/2 straight years, and miss a little cold and snow. Our kids loved seeing their much older and much cooler cousins, and hanging out with them. Sean's parents are wonderful and let us overrun their perfectly pristine house with diapers, lucky charms, and toys for over two weeks. It was tricky, but we were able to snap a few pictures of the whole gang once or twice. Here is one of them!


It took about 3 seconds for Ella to warm up to her 6'5"cousin, Jordan, that she hadn't seen since she was a baby. She adores him, and he is absolutely wonderful with her, and all my children. We are lucky to have such great teenagers in our family for our kids to look up to, literally.


Colton turned 8 on March 11, and we decided to have his baptism in Utah so our family could be there. He is an awesome kid and has been trying hard to choose the right and get ready for this special day. Here is a picture of him outside the chapel before the baptism.



The whole family after the baptism.


Enjoying a little snow.

Jaxon and Ella sledding.


Jaxon loved the snow!


Ella had fun and looked especially stylish in Sharshe's coat, since we live in Hawaii and don't have any warm clothes!


As soon as we landed in Utah, Colton started asking when we could go to the dinosaur museum. There is a fantastic one at Thanksgiving Point. Even though it had been over two years since we had been there, he remembered it well and couldn't wait to go back.


We took the kids to a fun place called JUMP TO IT that had lots of trampolines and inflatable slides to play on. Mason loved going down the slides or jumping while Sean held him. Colton and Jaxon were doing flips and tricks all morning.

Ella and Sharshe playing hopscotch at the jumping place.


We had family pictures taken in Salt Lake with the whole gang. It was awesome to have 17 people singing Itsy Bitsy Spider at the same time to try to keep Mason happy and smiling. Here is a quick picture we snapped before the official pictures started.

The grounds were beautiful and it was fun to see how 'the other half' live! There was a stream, lots of trees, and the best part: a LLAMA! once Mason saw it, he was ALL smiles. I probably should have been a little more concerned about the interest the llama took in Sean, and Colton, but I just thought it was too funny.