Spring Break

Some people on the Santa Fe school board thought that it would be good to have spring break March 7-11.  I am guessing it's so people can get away from the Juniper/Cedar allergies.  I did.  We went to Las Vegas, NV - Bryce had a training for FedEx and I wanted to hang out with Susan :D  Normally, we go camping in Moab for spring break, but it early March - you can bet it will snow.  So we stayed south.  The weather was wonderful, the activities were enjoyable, and the company was fabulous!  Don't know why I didn't take pictures...hmm.  Susan? 

We got to have dinner at my cousin Vanessa's house - Yum - thank you!  And we even got a suprise sleepover with Lantz and Thessa on their way north.  Not to mention all of Susan's family coming for the baptism.  So many people to see - it was almost like visiting Utah :D 

We decided to take more time on the drive home.  We stopped on the new bridge by the Hoover Dam and walked across.  The sun was starting to get lower and it made fun shadows.

 Here's Bryce looking over...carefully.  It's really far down.

 Isobel's enjoying it - or is just cute ;)

 Bryce is explaing to Eva how the Dam works and she is asking questions.

 I wanted a picture of everyone with the dam - but the girls couldn't climb on the railing when we were closer to the middle of the bridge - too scary (for Bryce).

 Aren't we CUTE?!

 Then Eva insisted on taking a picture of us - well, it was really windy.  No, my teeth are not brown, that's my hair in my mouth.  Lovely.

The rest of the way home was fun, too.  We stayed at a hotel with a pool because the girls wanted to swim and there weren't any pools open in LV.  Then we drove the loop around Sunset Crater Volcano and Waputki National Monuments.  We stopped to have a picnic lunch at Walnut Canyon National Monument.  Then we drove down to Holbrook to drive up through the Petrified Forest National Park.  We went on the "Long Logs" trail - which is said to be the most concentrated petrified wood in the park - and did the 1/2 mile loop hike.  (Our annual National Park pass expires in April - so we tried to make the most of it ;)  Then we stopped in Gallup for dinner and drove on home.

It was a great break from work, school, and allergies.  Thanks, Susan, for entertaining us!