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We decided to spend Easter (and Ellie's Spring Break) in St. George, Utah this year. We jammed 2 adults, 3 kids, our brand new kitten and ALL our gear into our mini-van and drove the 7 1/2 hour trip to spend 6 days with family. Well, all in all it was a wonderful (and much needed!) little vacation for our family.

The Easter Bunny left a bunch of fun goodies and surprises for the kids and even had a mini egg hunt in our room!

The kids after the egg hunt at the church

We attempted to watch General Conference and hear the words of our dear Prophet and his counselors--(how cool is it that conference and Easter fell on the same day--what better way to celebrate and remember the Atonement of our Savior and His sacrifice for each one of us?!)

Maddy takes on the family at the traditional egg crack...

AND WINS!!!!

We visited my mom and she had an egg hunt for the kids (Mark and I have decided that Easter is worse than Halloween in ways of candy--I mean who needs 5 egg hunts?!!)

Since Mark's parents' house is on a golf course, Mark took the kids over to the driving range a few times to hit some balls

We went and explored the fascinating Wildlife Center--Will even got to ride on a grizzly bear!

We checked out the cool dinosaur tracks at Johnson's Farm

After lots of partying with family--shopping, eating, golfing, playing, relaxing and enjoying--it was time to return to "real life"

So we again jammed all of our family, gear (and newly acquired gifts and "treasures"--Mark is the king of packing!!) and headed back home

With a stop here and there for a yummy treat or two

We are so lucky to have such great little travelers--the dvd helps...

And fortunately, Marie has gotten the family travel memo too!!

St. George is such a beautiful place to visit and we had such a very memorable trip! Thanks to everyone who made it happen!