Easter and Spring Break

I have been waiting to post our Easter and Spring Break pictures because I wanted the ones off of my cell phone. I have been trying and trying to get decent size pictures, but they keep coming up teeny tiny so I have officially given up. Maybe I can get the pictures of the Cheyenne part of our trip from Matt's sister. I had some great ones too!! :( Maybe they'll be on later.

So...here is our Easter!! The girls had fun dyeing eggs. Actually as you can see Kierra took a nap during the coloring of the eggs. In the middle of her "you can't make me nap" fit it looks like she was successful at getting her pj bottoms off, but not so successful with her top!

Our Stake Conference was Easter weekend and so we really wanted to stay for that before we left for our week in Wyoming. I LOVE stake conference--especially the adult session! One of the reasons I love the adult session is because there are no kids, I can actually hold hands with my hubby and really sit and listen. Well, this time Matt had to sit up on the stand in the choir, but the meeting was still fantastic! We also got to go out with some GREAT friends afterwards. I LOVE our ward and our stake!

So, anyway, we spent Saturday cleaning the house and packing so we could really enjoy Easter morning and the Sunday session of Conference. The minute conference was done we got home, changed, and grabbed the already made (my husband is the man!) sandwiches out of the fridge and were on the road by 12:20. Our reason for the quick take off was that we wanted to make it to Laramie in time for Easter dinner at Grandma and Grandpa Hoopes' house! I believe we pulled in at 6:05!! Great time!! The girls are so good! Our pit stops are always quick and to the point and then we are back on the road. They are almost to that age where I can say, if you aren't back in the car in 10 minutes we are leaving you! ;)

This cute girl even got some much needed Oakley and Grandma time on that first day!

Instead of Matt taking Good Friday off (which the girls didn't have off) he decided to take Monday off so that we could go to Cheyenne to visit with his sister's family. We were also able to see his brother's family while we were there and another sister and her husband. It was so fun!! I sure wish I had pictures to show you, but this is where I was really lame and left my camera on the mantel at my Mom's. It was so beautiful there and the kids all had so much fun together. I was also very excited when I realized that Mom and Dad Hoff from Centennial Singers live just down the road so we had to stop in and see them too! Again, a perfect camera moment that I missed out on!! So, just take my word for it, the Cheyenne part of our trip was awesome!!

We came back to Laramie on Tuesday night and then Wednesday we decided better be our day outside before the snow came. We had a blast at the park with Grandma and Aunt Abby.

We also decided to go to the train bridge. You can see my mom holding on to Emily for dear life. The girls had SOOOO much fun with Grandma on this day, but I know we scared her a few times with our craziness. The girls had so much fun watching the trains go under the bridge and over the binkie that we dropped right in the middle of the tracks. I did illegally go through the gate and grab the binkie later. Kaylee was so nervous about me going past the NO TRESPASSING sign. I'm such a bad example! (but the thing was 2 steps away and a necessity!)

We thought that Uncle Dale had a choir concert on Thursday night, so we decided we'd better go swimming Wednesday night. Well it turns out that he didn't have a concert so instead on Thursday night Dale watched the girls while Matt and I got to go to Corona Village with my Mom and Dad for dinner. (finally we got to use our certificate!--thanks Monica and Kate!) I have yet to find a Mexican food restaurant that good!

Here is one of my little cell phone pictures. This was on our way to dinner and what Friday looked like all day. You don't really need a big picture to see what spring break in Wyoming turned into. All roads in and out of Laramie were closed all day Friday and they were still closed going east on Saturday. Luckily the storm had gone past our route home--we had great roads.

So Friday, since the weather was so yucky we took the girls to the children's museum and then to HANNAH MONTANA!! We were so glad to hang out with Dale on Friday. He is the man! The girls always have so much fun with him! When they try to do "storm" here it isn't nearly as cool;)

And last but not least, time with Dad! Matt and I got away for a few minutes before we left Saturday to watch the Wyoming football scrimmage with my Dad. I debated putting this on in case you BYU or UTAH fans try to focus in and see what our new coach is up to! ;)

So, that was our vacation! It was so fun! It wasn't too long or too short! It was just right and so much fun! The grand finale was being able to come home to a clean house! I love that feeling. Hope the rest of you had a great Easter and were able to stay warm during your spring break!