spring break

Spring Break was deliciously unplanned and relaxed this year. Most kids voted to stay home, sleep in and watch a lot of movies. This was hard for me, but the kids sure seemed happy. Wilson and I spent 15 hours at a court required class that I referred to as anger management. No one in the class got less out of it than I did because my heart was hard and bitter. Wilson, in all his wisdom, suggested that I could make the time go faster if I became actively engaged and participatory. Great. Thanks for the tip.

Sunday we hosted Easter. We had 34 people and our feast of ham and lamb was delicious. I guess we have outgrow the Easter Bunny; he got very little attention and coloring eggs and the town Easter egg hunt were pretty much afterthoughts.

 Monday morning we woke up to the most beautiful snow!  Unfortunately no one was excited about snow for spring break and it melted without any snowmen or sledding.

On Tuesday Cooper took the kids to dinner and a movie for a kids day out.

On Wednesday we met the cousins at the jumping center in Spokane. All the cousins loaded into two cars and we headed to Costco. We divided the twelve cousins into 3 teams. Each team was in charge of a meal: breakfast lunch or dinner, no budget and 15 minutes. Team breakfast quickly found Jimmy Dean Croissant sandwiches, Uncrustable peanut butter and grape jelly sandwiches on nasty white bread, and cinnamon toast crunch. Team Dinner found hamburgers, hotdogs and kungpao chicken. Team lunch found rotisserie chicken, beef sticks, Capri sun, a fermented fruit tray, and chocolate chip cookies. We were a circus and were great entertainment for all of the Costco patrons. We took our lunch to the park and had a wonderful picnic--sans plates silverware or napkins. Cooper and his friend Abby were good sports to help entertain all the cousins.

The rest of the time the little girls played dress up, pretended they were dogs and chased Reggie around. Marcos and Lane spent most of their time on skateboards and picking up horse chestnuts for a penny apiece. The big boys were in heaven with video games and Addy and Eliza spent their time beautifying-hair, nails, make-up. Addy's stomach could not handle the food free for all and she threw it up. The next morning I found her working on a whole cucumber. "Turns out," she said, "my body does need vegetables!"

I loved watching how the cousins look out for each other and don't need adults to entertain or discipline them. It was a ton of fun and everyone was exhausted by Thursday afternoon.

Friday we held the first annual Lundberg family spring break triathlon. We went to the wellness center at Plummer to bike, swim, and run/basketball. We rewarded the participants with Vietnamese food at our favorite restaurant in Spokane.

It was really nice to sandwich spring break between General Conference at the beginning and Stake Conference at the end. It was two weeks of spiritual feasting.

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