Trip O Fun, Days 2 & 3

Friday we started out with a lovely french toast breakfast, thanks to Shannon & Tom. Okay, it was a second breakfast for my boys & I. Can I help it if they wake up at seven and expect to be fed right away? Shannon & I (& the three youngest) shopped for new Easter outfits while our husbands tried to take the three oldest to a spring training baseball game, which was unfortunately sold out. Instead, the kids spent all afternoon outside playing in our wading pool & the sprinklers - basically turning the backyard into a mud hole. But us adults were able to stay inside where it was relatively quiet and gorge ourselves on delicious guacamole and Shannon's homemade oreo cookies. We met up with our friends, the Jensens, at the park to play - then headed back to our house for pizza and dessert. The kids again trashed the backyard, this time with pizza crusts and smashed citrus from our trees. But hey, they stayed out of our hair.

Saturday morning we went to an Easter Egg Hunt, sponsored by my parent's ward. I'm so glad the kids had fun and that we all made it to this because it saved us from feeling obligated to color eggs and do the whole hunt thing ourselves. We all went out to IHOP afterwards, which was quite the experience with six kids. They we didn't even all sit together, just in two adjacent booths. Not bad for Shannon & I, who got the better end of the deal, kidwise. We wiled all afternoon away with naps, college basketball on tv, and blogging. Check out Shannon's new look at What About Mom? The adults enjoyed a surf & turf dinner, thanks to Omaha Steaks and Aaron's Christmas bonus. Tom & Aaron went to an ASU baseball game while Shannon & I stayed up with the girls and watched Enchanted. It was like old times - just hanging out all day and cooking together before watching a movie. Man we miss the Johnsons! Thanks for coming to visit us.