This weekend we made a quick trip to Zion with Jan, Sallie, and Milo and Camille while Mindy stayed home to do homework. Here is our Zion's record:  As a family we went there in 1999 over spring break when Everett was a baby. We camped and it rained our second night. We went to JB's Big Boy for breakfast and went home early. The boys loved exploring our campground and the big rock next to us.   We went again in 2009 right after Memorial Day--David was on his mission and Jan stayed home to study for the ACT and nurse a cold. We camped and we stopped by Bryce Canyon on the way home. Everett and Scott Our next time was 2014, right after Lincoln's graduation. Garrett was on his mission and Jan went home early because he was going to spring term. This was the year for hiking to Angel's Landing. We camped and it was very hot. David and Stephanie went home early because they were sick of traveling having recently returned from Europe and had a tiny baby Katie to take care ...

 Garrett invited us to come visit him before his family moves overseas, so over spring break we did just that! We set off on Tuesday at 12:30pm after Scott taught his class and arrived in Denver 11 hours later. It's usually an 8-hour trip but we forgot Camille's meds after 25 minutes of driving and then ran into pretty bad weather on I-70 through the Rocky Mountains. We white-knuckled our way over the pass where trucks were required to put on chains and it was dark and snowy with almost no one on the road but we finally arrived safely in Denver.  Here is a picture of our car on Wednesday morning, totally filthy (Scott washed it that night in Kansas): After that, the weather was much better. Kansas' spring was way ahead of ours with blossoming trees and flowers. On Wednesday, we had dinner with my brother Neil's family. His wife was gone helping her brother with a high-maintenance new baby so my niece Anna made a yummy dinner for us. I'm sad that I have zero pictures...