Spring Highlights

We had a pretty eventful spring this year.

March:
* Oliver and I went to Discovery Gateway (the children's museum) on St. Patrick's Day. We had never been because, quite frankly, it's expensive. But occasionally they have free days. This was one of those days. It was crazy! Soooo crowded. But very, very fun. I think he'll be able to have even more fun when he's older, but a chance to sit in a real helicopter was pretty awesome!

* We also went on a Daybreak adventure with Jonah and Kathy. We got to see the new Oquirrh Mountain Temple. It's beautiful. The boys had fun climbing the stairs and checking out the fountain... even though it was really cold and a few snow flakes even fell that day.

* Near the end of March we began our Easter festivities with a neighborhood egg hunt. A couple days later Nate tried to take Oliver to the egg hunt at This is the Place park, but it was so chaotic that they missed the time frame for Oliver's age. Oliver had tons of fun playing on the wooden train and checking out the pioneer buildings though.

April:
* Oliver and I started out April with a trip to St. George for Easter. We were there for a whole week and it was a great vacation. My Grandpa got Oliver a toy golfing set that Oliver loves to play with.

That Friday we went to the St. George art festival. One of my favorite traditions.

That Saturday we went to the Bloomington Country Club egg hunt (the one I always went to growing up). My cute Grandpa Ball took us. My aunt and uncle, Brad and Tracy, as well as Tracy's parents, also came over to watch Oliver collect candy. This egg hunt was a success! He got a lot of loot. Like any 2 year old though, I had to keep reminding him to wait to eat his candy after the egg hunt was over. That afternoon I also hid eggs (and toys and books) for Oliver to find in my Grandparents back yard.

On Sunday the Easter Bunny delivered! It was Conference weekend, so no church. We dyed eggs in the afternoon. It was a beautiful and relaxing day.

* The other (sort of) big event in April was the Salt Lake Half Marathon. My time was a few minutes slower than last year, but still good, and considering my lack of training and some other factors I felt like I did great! The funnest part of the Half was that it was a family affair this year. It was fun to have the Ball's in town, as well as the Dalton's (we consider them family too, although very very extended...). It was a fun weekend!