Spring Break

 We laid low this spring break, no overnight trips for us. Normally our spring break includes the great bedroom rotation and cleanup, but since Rachel is just staying in her bedroom until she moves out there was no moving kids to different bedrooms. They did, however, all have a detailed list to do to get their rooms cleaned, hopefully at least almost as much as a normal year.

Rachel still had work most afternoons. We did try to have a few outings over break to make it more exciting (and get the kids off the screens). We went to the temple, then met Jacob for lunch.

Megan spent a lot of time crocheting. She asked me to take her to Hobby Lobby the first Saturday of break, and in just under a week she had a new sweater made.

Rachel wasn't interested in going to Patagonia Lake with us, so we went one of the days she had to work. It was beautiful weather. A little hot, but the water was still plenty cold, and the wind was minimal, so paddle boarding was fun.

We watched Lego Ninjago for family movie night and that renewed the kids' interest in the Lego Ninjago series, and since them watching a show together (especially this one) feels a lot less like brainrot and more like quality sibling bonding, they took advantage of more flexibility with how much time I allowed them in front of a screen while watching together, and made it all the way to season 8 on the Lego Ninjago marathon they implemented over break. Megan happened to find a green ninja peep at the store and had to take a picture in honor of Lego Ninjago. 

The last Friday of break we went to Rocks and Ropes for some rock climbing fun. Everyone had a good time, even if some were sore the next day.

Rachel got a lot of college prep stuff done over break, catching up on her to do list. She and Lydia were able to secure their dorm room and already have a group chat going with some of their new roommates that will be sharing the apartment with them. Rachel got her scholarship applications wrapped up (she got a full tuition scholarship to BYU already, but is applying for a few local scholarships). She talked to an advisor and got her major changed to pre-english teaching, and her minor to music. She applied for a credit card, got turned down because of her income falling just under their cut off (despite a surprisingly high credit score already), applied for another one specifically for students and got that one. And finally, the last day of break had a 40 minute session shooting senior pictures. I'm excited to see how they turn out. We haven't done professional pictures since she was a baby, but it was pretty painless, so for my Mother's Day present I'm having my family do family pictures with her so I have some nice pictures of the whole fam before Rachel heads off to college.

My baby's all grown up and saving China! ready to take on her next adventure!