We teamed up with Kevin (my bro) and Tonya's family for spring break. It was muy fun! Everything is better with cousins! We went to Moab and had some fun adventures. The first stop was at Milt's for donut burgers. You buy donuts at the grocery store, and the Milt's crew grills them up and turns them into hamburger buns. (This is not required- you can just order normal hamburgers, too.) It was definitely not my favorite, but it was worth a try. Anders loved it, and wants to eat all hamburgers this way for the rest of his life.
Next stop was Arches Nat'l Park. This is one of my favorite places. It never disappoints, even after going several times. The last time we were there was when Addie was about 18 months old, so we needed to show the children. We hiked up to Delicate Arch, which takes most of your time and energy. It's spectacular, but now that the kids have seen it, we'll do different parts of the park next time we go.
We ran into our friends, the Geralds. This is Anders' good friend Isaiah. What are the chances?
They can't not be annoying.
Cute Mom Story: As we were hiking up to the Delicate Arch, I was catching up to some of the kids, and this lady stopped and said to me, "Hey, I don't know if anyone has told you this, but you're a cute mom!" I was shocked! I said, "Thank you, that's so nice of you!" The kids asked me what she said, and I told them she said I was a cute mom. Another lady walking past heard me say that to the kids, and she said "You ARE a cute mom!" I said thanks! A lady who was walking by us said, "I wonder how many people are going to say you're a cute mom." So I pointed to myself and yelled, "CUTE MOM ALERT!" Another lady walking past us said, "How do I become a cute mom?" I said, "You ARE a cute mom!" Anyway, it was a whole thing that went on for like a minute straight, and the kids were laughing a lot. So thanks to that random lady who went out of her way to say something nice, we had a good old laugh and it brightened my day.
Bottle flipping at Delicate Arch. Whhhyyy??
We stayed at the Lazy Lizard Hostel, in Gramma's House to be specific. If you ever go to Moab, and have really low standards of where you sleep, this hostel is where it's at! It's just a special experience that can't be explained. It's clean and cheap, but that's about it! I didn't take any pictures, but you can Google it if you're dying to know.
The next day we went to Hole N' The Rock, where we had the rudest tour guide ever. If you decide to go there, and Judy is giving the tours, walk away, folks! She was horrid! It's funny now, though. In between bossing everyone around non stop and making us feel like we in trouble the whole time, she did manage to squeeze in that her other job is being a psychic medium. She oughtta know that this blog post includes her!
After that, we made a trip to Goblin Valley. Wowza, this place is off the chizzang! This picture is super crappy, sorry, and does it no justice. It's awesome there. The only problem is that you lose your children in about 3 seconds and just have to believe that they'll find their way back to you. Fortunately, ours did, and they had cousins to get lost with. We would have loved to have spent more time there- it's a day by itself.
Back home, and the Vander Werffs parked their camper trailer at our house to test out all the hook ups before they head to New York with it in the summer. We spent the next day at the Tulip Festival, which is always delightful.
Giant checkers.
Cute Aani
Cute Kevin. I feel like I might be related to him?
As we were leaving the Tulip Festival, a trolley was parked outside. Aani said, "There are three things I've never been on: a plane, a train, and a trolley." ??? Anyway, Fun Uncle Kevin took pity on her poor soul and asked the trolley driver if he'd take us on a spin. He did, so now Aani can check that item off her list. Thank goodness!
Yay for cousins and fun aunts and uncles! We had an awesome spring break!
