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Spring Break Fun and Crawford Draw

Last week was spring break for our school children.  Since my husband had to teach classes at the university over spring break, we couldn't really go anywhere but we were still able to do some fun activities.

The weekend before, my husband drove our high schoolers up to Rexburg to spend a few days with their cousins.  They did some activities with their cousins and I think it was a nice break for them.

While they were gone, the rest of us went up to Salt Lake City and visited Temple Square.



Meanwhile, I tried to keep the youngest two busy with different activities.  We went to the library, played tennis, and went to doctor appointments.  Camille's kidney doctor dressed up like Hello Kidney because this month is Donate Life.  I have a new Halloween costume idea!


We went to a movie on Tuesday evening, "How to Train Your Dragon 3", was a fun movie.  On Wednesday I took the younger children with their cousins to an indoor swimming pool.  It was unbelievably crowded and there was kind of a disaster in the bathroom.  So I wasn't feeling like it was a great experience but my two nephews seemed to really enjoy it.

On Thursday evening we went ice skating.




On Friday, my husband took our two older children down to Devil's Canyon and Crawford Draw.  They had a good time checking out the slot canyon there.  Crawford Draw was the most interesting but had a lot of water in it so they kept having to climb out and then go back in farther down.










I wanted to go on a hike that day too but I discovered that Camille had something weird going on with her foot so I took her to the doctor and he said it was an infection.  We did a bike ride instead.  I think I enjoy spring break more when we don't go anywhere since it gives me a chance to catch up on things but still do things with my children.

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