For Spring Break, I found out most of my family would be in Utah. So I loaded up my kids and made the 14 hour drive. It was ridiculously long. We stopped at a hotel in Twin Falls, ID on the way because I'm a wuss. But we got to swim late at night, and the boys loved hotel breakfast the next morning.
Adele loved spending the week with her twin cousin Elsie.
We stayed at Aunt Melissa's house in Lehi. The weather was beautiful.
My littlest sister Julia took us to her dorm at BYU and we ate at the new Canon Center. It has changed so much in the last decade.
"Free" donuts and anything else you want for breakfast. These kids were very happy.
Then we drove to Daybreak to visit my twin cousin Oakley and her kids and play at the park. And I took a lot of photos.
Matt joined us for the weekend. We went to the airport one afternoon to meet up with a friend from Brazil. Matt met Irminia on his mission in 2003. She was small enough to fit in his backpack then. We have proof!
We saw our favorite Palmers who live in Provo now, but got no picture! Just this of Adele and Ezra sharing a romantic moment.
We drove to Springville to see Matt's sister Stephanie and her cute family.
And they came up to Lehi one day to see us again.
Back to Daybreak to see Oakley again, this time with Matt. Josh and Welles were really sweet together.
The rest of the weekend we spent with my family. Julia and Steven were out of class, and Steph and my dad flew in. Ironically, everyone was together at Melissa and Mike's house except Melissa and Mike, who left on a trip to Hawaii. At least we got to keep Elsie. There was a lot of braiding and nail polish.
Big hair bows and cleaning supplies. Such little domestics!
Yoga and climbing with Steven was super fun, per usual. I was really proud of the boys for being brave. No ropes at this gym.
Last but not least, a scrubby picture of 4/5 of the Madsen kids. I'm glad we made the trip. And very glad Matt drove with us on the way home.
