Easter 2010... Sand Hollow Sand Dunes

I usually really like where I live...

BUT...

When it says "Spring" on the calender-

(Notice I say when it says Spring on the calender because I would never know it looking outside my window at the SNOW!)

I get homesick for BlUE sKiEs & ReD rOckS!

St. George has the corner on the market for Spring!

Our little family left the cold

and headed South for Spring Break...

AND...

We met up with the entire fam-damily for a little Easter Picnic at the Sand Hollow Sand Dunes.

We all rallied in the RHINOS and had a great time!

We had over 40 people...

3 Snow families, 2 Spilsbury families, 1 Fillmore gang, 1 Dalley bunch, & 2 herds of Nelsons.

3 grandmas, 2 grandpas, 15 kids, many aunts, many uncles, 6 RHINOS, hundreds of Easter eggs, food for an army, lots of laughs, many pictures & a Happy Easter!

Here is the oldest...Grandma Connie and the youngest... Briggs.

Briggs didn't worry if there was a little Dixie red sand

on his food...infact, I think his diapers will be sand blasted for a long time.

So many fun cousins! These kids were BRAVE! There was a 50 foot cliff right behind them.

This is a picture of all the kids right before the Easter Egg hunt!

There were some VERY golden eggs... Mitch made over $50.00!

Caylor & Connie were just chillin' at the Sand Dunes!

kids, kids, kids...

They all hiked up on a cliff and were chucking Easter Eggs...

Grandma Viv said we were going to "roll Easter Eggs"... she just didn't think off a mountain!

All in all it was a fabulous was to spend Easter!

Lots of family, friends, and FUN!

Home again, home again... jiggity jig!

Whew! I am home! Hip Hip Hurray! It is true what they sing...

"Be it ever so humble...there is no place like home!"

The bad part of this whole thing...laundry, suitcases, exhausted kids, lack of funds.

All in all... we had a fabulous time in Sin City!

Baseball was fun! It was nice to have weather that somewhat resembled spring, and we got to shop a little.

Friday night the games ended early, Viv took Jacks and Meg back to St. George, Mitch hung out with the team... so Caylor and I went out on the town!

We went to dinner at New York, New York and then hit the Piano Bar at Times Square.

HILARIOUS!

Here are a few things I learned:

There is no weight limit to wear a little black strappy dress.

( one set of spaghetti straps were working over time...not pretty)

It is okay to get on the piano and dance. ( not me... some drunk chick from Canada)

Plastic cups are good for two things. 1- drinking from 2- puking into

( This particular cup was used for both...minutes apart...really drunk guy sitting next to us- kept trying to buy Caylor and I drinks to "loosen us up"... he was a bit too loose)

I am not a gambler... I would rather shop than throw my money into some machine...lost forever!

I am not as young as I used to be and staying up until 3 am is not good for me...

The Las Vegas strip is a fun place to spend a very little amount of time.

It was a great weekend!