We flew out to Sue’s for the first part of Spring Break. We ended up having to leave Wednesday instead of Thursday but we all made it on the flights all together. The night before we left was spent packing up boxes of items we are storing at Sue’s house. We took 2 very large suitcases and 4 boxes with us. This trip was Christmas ornaments and family books like histories, scrapbooks, and yearbooks. We don’t own a scale so after packing up stuff we took it over to the airport to weight it. The first attempt was bad. Each of the suitcases was over 50 pounds, one was 70! So we took them back home and while Mark went to work at the airport I rearranged items. We ended up adding that fourth box and when we checked them in the next morning one suitcase weighed exactly 50 pounds and the other weighed 49. That was a relief. Even if it was a lot of work to organize being able to fly close to 200 pounds of our stuff for free was great. It also feels good to have taken some stuff out to Sue’s for safe keeping. We will likely take one more load in late June. These are funny items. You don’t really use them but do want to have them. A lot of the stuff I am keeping I brought out from my Mom’s house also with free checked luggage from Mark working at the airport. It’s just a funny way to think of moving belongings but if you aren’t driving somewhere it works great.
Everything was very low key in Saratoga Springs especially since it was conference weekend. We did some more Utah specific shopping and spent one evening playing in the hot spring’s creek. We also met up with Jenn (Clayton) and her kids at Neptune Park so Jared and Lydia got some time with some of their younger cousins. I was so impressed with how kind and patient Jared was with her kids. They are 6, 4 and 2 and sweet kids.
In December Sue finished writing her life history and mailed copies to all her kids and grandchildren. Lydia and Jared have really enjoyed reading it. This is Lydia reading it in Sue's living room.
We had dinner with Mark’s brother Steve in Orem one night and had a good time
trying out their e-bikes. They are
awesome. We watched all 4 sessions at
Sue’s house and went on a lot of neighborhood walks. Jared and Mark watched the priesthood session
with Steve and had a lot of snacks.
Before the session we rode their e bikes again and Lydia had a scary
crash. She landed really hard on her
right wrist, in the middle of the road so we spent an anxious 24 hours waiting
to see if we would need to take her to the ER.
She was in a good amount of pain but by Sunday afternoon her grip had
improved significantly, and her wrist had stopped throbbing as much. We were
very happy for her and relived it seemed to be okay. While Mark and Jared watched the session
Lydia and I got ice cream at the BYU Creamery on Ninth and took a walk around
the gardens/BYU Duck Pond. To finish our
evening we walked around the Provo City Center Temple. I was so happy the temple gates were open so
we could walk around. It is a really cool temple and it was so nice to be that
close to a temple. Mark’s sister Shannon came up from Manti and on Sunday and
it was nice to visit with them. We had a
nice Sunday dinner together and then we left right after the last session ended
to begin part two of our Spring break: Southern Utah.
Sunset Easter Eve
Sunrise Easter Morning
Easter morning Mark and I drove down to the lake and watched the sun rise and read John 20. It was a really nice way to pause and take a moment to focus on what Easter means for us and the blessing it is in our lives.
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