Spring Break

Let's talk about Spring Break... for three of our kids. Last week was Spring Break... for three of our kids. Here are some of the holidays we celebrated (besides what I already mentioned in my April 9, 2026 post).

April 7 was National No Housework Day. I didn't tell the kids that was the holiday and asked them to clean. Bwah ha ha ha. But I celebrated.

 

April 8 was Draw a Picture of a Bird Day. This is what Nichole created.

She's awesome. I love that I could immediately tell it was a red-tailed hawk. Gorgeous.

 

April 10 was National Siblings Day. I encouraged a couple of my kids to wish each other a Happy that holiday but forgot to wish it to any of my own siblings even though I planned to.

It was also National Farm Animals Day. For dinner the night before, I made red beans and rice and hush puppies and garlic parmesan asparagus. On April 10, we had leftovers (including the beans and rice that had Polish sausage made out of what? Farm animals!) and I made more hush puppies.

This exchange happened while I was making them.

 

Jet: What are the dog things you are making called?

Mom: Hush puppies. 

 

He's so adorable.

 

Breakfast and a Movie

To celebrate The Sheriffs of Savage Wells movie coming out the beginning of this month (based on the book by Sarah M. Eden), my husband, daughter, and I had an "American West" breakfast with recipes from the book, Whisk Me Away (by Michelle Wright), which also has quotes from The Sheriffs of Savage Wells book.

We ate Crustless Quiche, Biscuits with Raspberry Honey Butter, and to drink we had White Lightning Moonshine (Sweet Tea). Read the "Sheriffs" book or watch the movie (or both) to learn the origin of that drink.

As we ate, we watched The Sheriffs of Savage Wells movie. I laughed so much and got so giddy seeing the quirky characters from the book on screen. 

Jr. Jr.'s Oregon Trip

Jr. Jr. had a great trip to Oregon with my parents last year. They took him places, they put him to work, they had a great time.  

Don't take my word for it. Here's what Jr. Jr. had to say about his trip:

We did a bunch of stuff.   

Grandma gave me a vest. It was the vest. 

 

The lighthouse was cool. So was I. It was freezing out there.

 

 

I don't know where that is.

 

 

This is where I found out I'm not as afraid of heights as I thought I was, though the wall was less than waist high, which I hate.

 

 

Look, Mom. Grandma gave me sharp objects. 

 

 

I made up a card game with Todd. Grandma and Grandpa bought me a set of mushroom playing cards, which was really cool. One of the days, I got bored, so I decided to make a bunch of random patterns with them.

 

 

Yeah, the falls were really cool. That's another place I thought I would be scared but I wasn't really, and thankfully the wall was more than waist height. 

 

 

Flowers. Flowers are cool. 

 

 

 

We went to the High Desert Museum.

 

 

I had to get Grandma to take a picture of this because it's so good. 

 

 

 

This was at the Umpqua Discovery Center. There were birds. Lots of birds.

 

 

I made a windmill. I could not get it to stay together.

 

 

Kristin here. We were thrilled, of course, to have him come back. I just love that kid so much. I am so glad he had a good time. 

When he got back he was also excited to teach us the game he created which my brother helped flush out the rules. Those two have very creative minds that work well together.

I like the game.

Valentine Dance

O.K. I didn't have access to all the Valentine pictures I wanted because after putting some on our portable hard drive, it started having issues. To make a long story short, we have access to our pictures again. So... I can now share pictures from Jet's Valentine dance (see blog post from March 13, 2026).

I really do think Jet had similar moves to Lucky at that age (see blog post from February 14, 2020).

 

And some before and after Valentine celebrations at school. 

You Never Know With People

One day, my husband went out to do some Easter fun shopping dressed like this...

and no one gave him a second glance.

You never know with people. 

Easter and General Conference Weekend

Easter fell on the Sunday of General Conference this year.

The Saturday of Conference, April 4, was Vitamin C Day so our Conference Nachos had green bell peppers and salsa and we drank juice with Vitamin C.

A sister from our ward stopped by between sessions and gave us some rice crispy treats as an Easter treat.

That Sunday, April 5, was Caramel Day so some family members had hot cocoa with caramel syrup in it.

There was plenty about Easter during General Conference. Wonderful talks.

I don't know how many times during Conference this time that a speaker would mention a piece of music in their talk (hymn or children's song) or read lyrics and immediately someone in our home would start humming it. Sometimes it was even me. I love that.

We love to emphasize the Savior on Easter Sunday then it's okay to have a little Easter Bunny fun the next day. We usually do an Easter egg hunt for FHE.

For our lesson, Jr. Jr. led us in one more scripture and thought for Holy Week. For our treat and activity, the kids hunted Easter eggs and we ate candy.

Earlier in the day, the boys cleaned and vacuumed the living room without being asked. Thank you, boys. By the time the Easter Bunny came, there were things all over. Eh, more places for the Easter Bunny to hide eggs. We didn't even bother to pick up a blanket that was on the floor. Eggs were just hidden there. Ha Ha. Nobody complained.

Since Monday, April 6, was Carbonara Day, that's what we had for dinner that night before the egg hunt.

A Couple of April Celebrations

April 2 was National Burrito Day. We had burritos for dinner and took some to Jr.

It was also Hans Christian Andersen's Birthday, aka International Children's Book Day. We got another Discovery Kit from the library so for a couple of days we read children's books and did alphabet puzzles and activities, since this one was Alphabet themed.

April 3 was Fish Fingers and Custard Day so we had fish sticks and vanilla pudding.

We also continued on with our Holy Week family scripture study discussing Good Friday.