Easter Weekend 2010

During Easter weekend we were lucky enough to go to the valley. It was such a fun trip with lots and lots to do. I always feel like when we go to the valley we are rushed in about 50 million directions. We always have family to visit, and friends we would like to see, but its just too hard to get to everyone. We also usually come with an agenda. There are always things we need to shop for that we either can't get here in our little town or we have to pay way too much for it. And of course there are always things we want to do that we can't do here....this weekend was no exception to any of the above mentioned!

The things we needed to shop for were summer clothes for Brody, and as always more diapers. Yes, both things can be bought in SJ, but there aren't many options and its expensive. We always have Wal-mart 45 minutes away, but even that is limited so shopping we went! Lucky for us we hit some great sales and our first "valley thing" to get done was checked off our list.

Then as far as places we wanted to go we did hit 2 out of the 3 things. We weren't able to make it to the Easter pageant at the temple, and that was a bummer because neither Trevor or I have seen it before. Maybe next year.....

We did get to the zoo, as I have posted but the other place we got to take Brody to was Chuck E. Cheese!!! I know that Peter Piper Pizza is probably better, but as a kid that is where my parents took us and I was bound and determined to take Brody. He LOVED it! This Chuck E. Cheese didn't have as many things as the one I remember going too, but it made no difference to Brody. He loved all of the rides and could even play a few of the games. Pizza is always good and Brody ate a ton of it. As a kid you think its great pizza simply because of where you are but as an adult you really can tell that Chuck E. Cheese is more about the fun than the food!!! Eventually Chuck E. Cheese himself came out and I was really curious to see Brody's reaction. Brody surprised us by holding out his arms and wanting to give him a hug!! He couldn't stop smiling and giggling at Chuck E. Cheese. It was probably the highlight of dinner.

Lastly we did get to visit some of our families!!! We spent time with my brother and Stormy when we first got there. Then Trevor's brother, Mike, met up with us at lunchtime. Trevor's parents ended up at the hotel the same weekend we were there because it was Trev'r mom's bday and so we saw them even though we see them all the time. The most exciting was getting to see my Aunt Shelley. We haven't seen her and her family in about 3 years and so she had never met Brody in person! It was so fun to visit with her and her kids. Everyone is so grown up and since they are in Utah we just don't get the opportunity to visit. We also saw my grandparents and were able to visit with them too.

Easter morning came and we had decided that the Easter bunny was probably going to visit us at the hotel instead of waiting until we got home. Brody was pleasantly surprised to find a basket filled with goodies. He didn't get a whole lot because Trevor and I just don't think its necessary to go overboard even if we would like to because he isn't going to remember it anyway (besides he was excited for the little he got!). He loves mini m&m's and spilled them on the ground more times than we could count and we finally gave up and just let him eat them off the ground....he's eaten worse we figured. Last year Brody crawled to his basket and pulled out the eggs and grass and had tons of fun but this year he got to eat the candy and open and close the eggs all by himself. I can only imagine how fun it'll be when he can hunt for Easter eggs.

Overall, it was such a fun weekend! We went, got things done, had fun....but as always....were so grateful to come home.