Memorial Day Weekend

We had a chance to go down to St. George to help Julianne and Garrettt move home. They pretty much had everything ready to be packed up so it made our job easy. We even got a few hours at the pool!

On our way home, we planned on stopping in Ephraim to visit Conner's Grandpa's grave with Grandama Carol. We stopped in Manti on our way, and were able to see temple. It was beautiful!

Conner's aunt and uncle just happened to be hosting a family dinner at the Malt Shop and invited us to join! Afterwards, McCrae and his second cousins all took turns swinging on the tire swing behind the Malt Shop.

Kaycie and Kendon had a litter of puppies at home so we decided to visit them next. McCrae loved it!

Grandpa Dave's gravesite. I don't remember a single time ever placing flowers on a grave. It was a humbling experience, and I think it meant a lot to Grandma Carol too.

The next day, we drove up to Ogden to see Grandpa Egbert's gravesite. It was kind of tough but it was good to be with my family remembering sweet Grandpa.

Moab

Nic and Heather planned a Moab trip for the Egbert family and, surprisingly, got us ALL to come on the same weekend. It was a rough, rainy drive so when things cleared up, we stopped at a park to stretch. It was a nice surprise that it just happened to have the most amazing swing set I have ever seen!

The first evening we got there, we took a small hike with Julianne and Garrett to Landscape Arch.

The next day, despite the drizzling rain, we loaded up in a bunch of Wildcats and followed Nic all over the red rocks of Moab.

For how crazy the driving was at times, the kids were champs and most of them were rocked to sleep...or the gas fumes knocked them out.

After a long day on the wildcats, we finally hopped in the car to go home...and McCrae puked EVERYWHERE! It was awful. Julianne and Garrett quickly got a new room and we stayed bunked up for the night. The next morning we attempted to go to church but it was Stake Conference, so we headed to Delicate Arch. We didn't have a pack to carry McCrae but Conner said he would be fine to carry him. Too bad McCrae only wanted ME to carry him. It was a long hike with him on my shoulders, but we made it. And it was awesome. We took a family pic under the arch then headed home. It was a quick trip but we were glad we went. We were so sad to hear, however, that Paityn was sick the WHOLE was home to St. George. Poor Paity Poo.

Easter

General Conference just happened to fall on Easter Sunday this year-it was so special to celebrate 2 such testimony-building events rolled into one. Easter is slowly working its way up the list of my favorite holidays. Spring is such a wonderful time. It's especially an incredible time to think about our Savior and his resurrection. We enjoyed listening to conference (although it was a bit more difficult to pay attention with an 18 month old climbing around). We had to get creative and went outside to play "Yan Yunk" while we listened to the talks on the loud speakers.

After the first session of Conference, McCrae was able to participate in Grammy and Papa's egg hunt with all of his cousins. He understood a bit more this year so it was really fun.

We then visited Grandpa and Grandma Nielsen and played a little catch outside in the beautiful weather.

St. George

We took a quick girls trip to St. George. It was beautiful weather, and McCrae loved playing with baby Paityn...

almost as much as he loved the chickens...

and the ducks...

Next girls trip-Port of Spain, TRINIDAD!

Family Pictures

We took and Egbert family photo before my parents left for Trinidad. I can't believe how big our family has gotten the past few years!