Our Spring Break plans were originally to head to Yellowstone with a few little stops along the way. However, that just wasn't in the cards for us but we did have a great time anyway.
Our first stop was Rexburg, ID. We got in late at night and the next morning Rich took us to the St. Anthony sand dunes. It was cold and snowy but so much fun!
After eating some lunch and getting the sand off us we headed over to Heise Hot Springs.
For dinner we stopped at Big Jud's (which the kids now call Jubjub's Fun House) and then we got pie at the cutest little country store.
After church on Sunday we drove to Burley to visit Great-Grandpa Crane. We had a nice visit and the kids liked looking around the house. Lydia got to pick out a special tea pot that belonged to Great Grandma Crane.
When we returned to Rexburg Rich took us on a tour of the BYU-Idaho campus. It is a beautiful place! The kids especially loved playing hide-and-seek in the dark, empty classrooms.
In the evening we had a fun, family game night.
Monday morning we woke up early with the plan to head out to Yellowstone National Park. It was getting snowy as we drove but we thought we'd still be able to make it. However, when the snow really started coming down and we saw signs suggesting tire chains and warning that there would be no snow plows going up the mountain we decided it would be best to turn around.
As we headed toward Provo we passed through Grand Targhee National Forest. We decided to stop on the side of the road and play in the snow.
Once in Provo we took a short tour of BYU (and the kids insisted on playing hide-and-seek in the dark again. And, of course, we stopped by the Creamery for a treat.
In the evening the Seversons came down and we played at Nickel City (aka the Nickelcade).
On our way out of town on Tuesday we had to stop by Southridge.
Tuesday was just a travel day, but as we got closer to Southern Utah Rich and I decided to take advantage of Henry's National Parks pass and stop by Zion National Park. Some of the kids had a bad attitude but we enjoyed the very small park of Zion that we were able to see. We will have to plan another trip up there!
