Easter in Cedar City

For spring break and Easter, the kids and I went to Cedar City.

My whole family was able to be there (except Eli, who's on a mission). It was lots of fun to spend time with everybody. We also got to go down to Las Vegas for a day to see Dale's parents and sister. The kids really miss their cousins, so it was fun to have so much time to play with them.

Friday we had an egg hunt near Leeds. Saturday morning we went to the egg hunt at the city park; Elora won a kite and both Kydee and Elora came home with tons of candy. Dalan decided he didn't want to get out of bed for it, so he and Elias stayed home with Uncle Amos and Uncle Micah (who also stayed in bed). I think Dalan was expecting the girls to just give up their candy, but we told him they didn't have to share since they did all the work. I think they each gave him a piece or two, and I hope he learned that staying in bed might not have been such a great idea. At noon, we went down by St George to a lava tube. It was a tunnel that went down quite a ways. Once we got to the end, it opened up into a pitch black, large room. We broke apart glow sticks and shook them all over. The walls, floor, and ceiling were covered in little dots of glowing light. Then we covered ourselves with the splatters, turned off all the flashlights, and played hide and seek. It was really cool-looking. I hear that there's places around here that you can do that, too. We'll have to try it with some friends.

Sunday we watched General Conference and ate a big Easter dinner. We headed home Monday morning, and I didn't even stop at IKEA on the way home. (Dale was so proud of my excellent will-power.) We will be taking a trip with everyone this summer to California, so we're all looking forward to spending time with them all again.