So looking back at my blog, the last postings were about Easter time 2 years ago. So I thought I would tell about Easter last year and this year too (they are actually pretty similar). Last year we drove out in the middle of the Arizona desert, it felt like we were in the middle of no where but it was amazing. The kids had so much fun in the sand and going on lots of great hikes. I think they would have stayed out there for weeks! This year we drove down to Nevada. We didn't have the great sand instead we were in the middle of fox tails everywhere. (we are still finding them in our socks and shoes!) But again we got to go on some really fun hikes. It was another fun Easter.
So when I was growing up we always went down on the desert and hiked and had a picnic on the Saturday before Easter and we called it "Eastering". When I got older and moved away, I realized that maybe this is just a small Southern Utah term because no one else referred to it as that, or maybe it was just my family. Did anyone else call it "Eastering"? Gotta love So. Utah Lingo!
These are some pics from last Easter 2010...
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| Quite a group of kids! |
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| No I didn't eat too many Easter treats, I am like 5 months pregnant is this picture! (I did eat alot of treats though!) |
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| This place was so amazing and fun to hike around. |
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| Gotta love friends and cousins! |
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| This little water spot was totally disgusting but that didn't stop the kids from floating stick boats! |
Now for some pics from this Easter 2011, why not cram it all into one post, right!
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| Drey and Cooper finding some shade. |
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| The Indian writings were all over and totally facinating. I would love to learn what this stuff means. |
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| These kids went out to see the huge Sink Hole, but they called it the "Stink Hole" |
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| I love Cody and Sage's faces in this picture. |
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| Hiking with the snuggly, that thing has gone on alot of hikes between Drey, Sage and now Dylan. I love it. |
Do we bathe while we are out camping? Of course!
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| These boys were pretty excited to find this "Cowboy Jacuzzi". They asked if they could get in and I said absolutely not do you know what a parasite is? Then Brandon walks up and they ask him and his reply was heck ya! |
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| The girls were a little more cautious. They were a little nervous about the polywogs, but now they know that they don't eat little girls toes. |
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| This was Dylan's own jacuzzi back at the trailer. I think it is so funny that he is bathing in this because a few weeks ago he had his pictures taken and I took this tub as a prop. He loved this bath and didn't want to get out. |
