Spring Break

We have had a fun Spring Break thus far! It kicked off with Elena's 3rd birthday on Saturday. She was so excited that it was finally her birthday because she'd been talking about it for months. Here are some pictures from that day. Her present was a set of Little People that I got from eBay. She absolutely loves it (and so does Becca)!

Elena blowing out the candles. She didn't need any help at all this year.

On Monday we took off for Utah to spend time with my cousin Rachel and her husband Will and daughter Emily (same age as Becca). We met in Salt Lake at Hogle Zoo. We braved the freezing weather and snow on the ground but I had told Elena we were going to see the animals and she was not going to let us out of that promise! It really wasn't too bad because we bundled up and the sun came out and many of the exhibits were inside. Unfortunately, we didn't get to see the elephants and rhinos, but we had a really fun time anyway.

Looking at the bears (they were sleeping). See all the snow? Best part was there was hardly anyone else there so we had the park to ourselves.

The daddy orangatan (however you spell it) is in the background. He was huge and came over close to look at us like we were on display. The girls loved the monkeys!

My favorite was the giraffes. They are so tall! Elena thought they were pretty cool too and I think Becca did also. Emily is the "devil-horned" kid. (love ya Emily!)

This tiger was stalking some people walking on the path. It was cool to watch. Can you believe all that snow on March 31st?!?!

I think the girls' favorite were these baby meerkats. They were playing with each other and Becca and Elena kept going back to watch them.

After the zoo we went to the Gateway Mall to get some food (for me). Then we drove by the Energy Solutions Arena and there were guys standing out in front with some tickets. We stopped to see how much they were. We decided to be spontaneous and bought $10 tickets and went to the Jazz game on Monday night. It was really fun and the tickets weren't bad at all!

This is taken from our seats in the "half-way nosebleed" section. They really were pretty good.

Before the game Jason, Will, and Elena went down to see if they could get an autograph. Paul Millsap signed Elena's Preston Wrestling hat. He probably thought that was a little odd. But it might be worth something one day. =) You can see Jason standing in the gray t-shirt in the middle of the green section and Will trying to get an autograph in a blue Korver t-shirt.

On Tuesday we took the kids to this awesome swimming pool in Lehi. They loved it! It was so cool because the water was shallow so even Becca could walk around. There was a jungle gym and slides and a huge bucket that dumped every few minutes. It was a really fun thing to do. Sorry, no pictures though because we were having too much fun! After swimming we went to Chili's since Jason and I had a gift card and treated Will and Rachel to dinner. (You're welcome!) Then we stayed up late playing games and Jason's friend from the MTC came with his family and we had a great time! We came home Wednesday afternoon because, quite frankly, we were too exhausted to go anymore. We're just taking it easy today so we can rest from our vacation. But we had a blast and we're glad we did it. Again, thanks Will and Rachel for having us!