Steve is Gone...Staying Busy

Steve was gone from Wednesday morning to late last night. While he was gone...I decided the best thing to do was stay really busy so the time would go by fast.

Miranda came to visit and stay with us on Wednesday night. We had a good time catching up and the kids got along great. The only dilemma was that Maya and Jake wanted to sleep in the same room. That proved to be a bad idea after about an hour and a half of play time before Maya moved to the guest room with Miranda and Gavin.

We went to Discovery Gateway Thursday morning and met up with Katrina, Denett, and the kids. The place was so crowded, and I think we all had a difficult time keeping our own children in sight. Anneclaire and Maya tended to be the "lost" ones most often. Independent girls :-) It was fun to see all of the kids explore and play together. My camera didn't work but I know Katrina and Denett got some good pics.

Friday morning we went to the Field House and met up with all of our neighborhood friends. Stevie loved to jump in the blow-up houses and Jake loved to run around and play tag with his buddies. After we had lunch with the McClellands.

We continued the fun later in the day with a movie. Jake and I went to see "Horton Hears a Who." Cute cute movie. Jake ate a huge bag of popcorn all by himself and giggled throughout the entire movie. Luckily Stevie was able to go run errands with Grandma and Grandpa instead of sitting through a movie :-)

Saturday we kicked off Easter with the annual Park City Moms Easter Egg Hunt. It was a very strange event this year because of the 2 feet of snow still at the park and the low temperatures. The snowstorm stayed away until the afternoon...so at least we didn't have snow falling from the sky too. Jake and Stevie were more interested in seeing their friends and running around than actually picking up eggs. They both only picked up two eggs and that was with help from Mom. The Easter Bunny paid a visit, but they were both too nervous to go near him.

Saturday night we decided to have a sleepover at Grandma and Grandpa's house. Quite a few of the Draper clan showed up around dinner time to visit, so it was fun to see everyone. We went to church on Sunday to hear Grandpa give a great talk to remind us all to spend more special family time together.