Jarom and I have really loved working as substitute teachers.
It's a different experience every day,
and not gonna lie, its helping me to not forget all the basics I learned in school.
The only downfall is that when the kids have time off we don't have work.
I mean don't get me wrong, its nice to have a 3 week Christmas vacation.
But, unfortunately, we still have bills to pay, and we have to eat.
[Weird]
The week before Easter was spring break for most of the school districts in our area.
And we couldn't really find work,
so Wednesday morning at about 8 a.m. we decided to go to Utah for a couple of days.
And at 9 a.m. we were on the road.
Jarom wanted to go play basketball with some friends in Provo when we got there.
[Of course :)]
My parents didn't know we were coming, we wanted to surprise them.
So I just texted my mom to see what she was doing,
and surprise surprise she just happened to be in Provo with my uncle at dinner.
So I asked where they were and we showed up at the restaurant to surprise her.
It was such a fun surprise.
My mom was shocked and I think, very happy to see us.
Jarom went to go play basketball while I hung out with my mom, brother, uncle, and cousin.
This little lady is Cairo, my almost 2 year old cousin.
She is adorable.
We kept ourselves very busy while we were in Utah for 4 days.
On Thursday, we went up to Logan and visited with Jarom's brother, Wade, and his family.
We love them and our niece, Lou.
It would be a perfect world if our family could all live close by each other.
That night, we went to dinner for my uncles birthday.
And Jarom got to try Oysters for the first time.
His face was priceless.
He really didn't like them all too much.
On Friday we went down to Provo to meet Jarom's friend, Tiny, for lunch at Tucanos.
Unfortunately, Tiny got stuck in his final an extra two hours so Jare and I had a nice date and enjoyed some yummy food.
That night we went mini golfing with my family at Cherry Hills.
We had so much fun!
We laughed and played and enjoyed ourselves.
It was a very memorable experience.
Meg and mom showing some love.
I love these guys.
On Saturday we went dress shopping for Meg, ate food, and played games.
That night we colored eggs.
Yes, we are all pretty much grown up and we still dye eggs.
I love it.
I have learned since getting married, how much I love traditions, parties, and spending time with family.
Don't let these two fool you, they love each other.
Zach and Jarom were both very studious about their egg designs.
And mom just loves pink and red, so every one one of her eggs were one of those colors.
Oh Zach, I can't wait to meet the girl you are going to marry. :)
Love this sister of mine!
Jare and Zach, being weird.
Dad slept on the couch instead of joining our easter egg dying party.
So Jarom, being the good son-in-law that he is, dyed one for dad.
And wrote "I'm Bryan" on it.
So thoughtful.
We had a great time.
On Sunday after church we got to open our Easter basket's.
Yes, my mom still makes them for us.
I don't know that I'll ever grow up.
Jarom sometimes thinks he married a teenager. :)
Oopsies.
Later, my uncle and aunt, Kim and Katie, and my cousin Cairo came for dinner.
They brought mom, Meg, and I some genie pants from Morocco.
Well, my husband, being the opinionated man that he is, quickly voiced his dislike [hatred, whatever] of the pants.
He left the room and a couple of minutes later comes back in wearing one of Jake's shirts upside down and says the pants are no different than this shirt.
Haha oh my heck.
We were laughing so hard.
I married a funny man.
Jarom with Kenya, the great dane.
And then we had a little Easter egg hunt for Cairo.
She is so cute and I loved getting to spend more time with her.
And she was so good to share her candy with Jare.
Dad and his "I'm Bryan" egg.
We had such a great time in Utah.
It was fun to make a surprise visit out there and create a lot of wonderful memories.
I think that as long as I have my family in my life,
I will always be happy.
