Spring Break at a Glance

I have a bit of catching up to do. We took off last Friday night and joined my parents, grandparents and a few of my siblings at Sherwood's Cabin for the weekend. We had a wonderful time. I took pictures to document the events and when I went to upload them on Blogger, they uploaded backwards and I don't want to take the time to redo it. So, here's the week in reverse and all mixed up to boot!

Easter weekend brought with it a series of storms that dumped a bunch of snow. It started Friday and continued through Tuesday. The mountains saw nearly 3 feet of snow over the long weekend. Wow! Not often do you get a foot of snow to play in for Easter.

This was the view from the cabin balcony the morning we left. I'm convinced that Heber valley is one of the prettiest valley's in existence. I understand why so many choose to live here full time and commute to Salt Lake. It's tempting for sure.

Dasha didn't want to look at the hole left by her missing tooth (see previous blog post) and figured shutting her eyes for the picture would help. Makes perfect sense to me. She's over that now and looks in the mirror every chance she gets!

My mom bathed the kids and got them ready for bed one night and this is the hairdo she gave Preston. Growing up, we affectionately referred to this hairstyle as "the butt part." When I asked my mom what in the world she was thinking she replied, "Just pushing buttons. It's so much fun even when you're grown up." That comment explains so much.....

During the Easter morning egg hunt, Dasha couldn't find her last egg and Grandma came to the rescue by helping her locate the elusive egg inside the telescope. That Easter Bunny got tricky this year!

Showing off the Easter loot. As if we didn't bring enough junk food to consume over the weekend, the darn Easter Bunny brought more. Fortunately, it wasn't tempting to me. He thoughtfully neglected to leave any Cadbury chocolate eggs to tempt me.

Saturday, my mom, Diana and I went to the cemetery to visit Nancy's grave and put some new silk flowers in the vases on her headstone. I think her headstone is absolutely beautiful. It's perfect! On the back is listed the parents of Jack and Nancy and their children: Melissa and J.B.

The three of us talked, cried, reminisced and laughed. We all miss her tremendously and have greater hope in the resurrection celebrated this weekend so we can be with her again someday. Until then, we were grateful to Melissa for letting our family use the cabin and feel closer to her because of it. Friendships are blessed gifts of love!