Spring Break Blues

Spring Break has come to a close and we are saddened that it went so quickly. We did however have a GREAT two week Spring Break! It was very productive and eventful. It started off with a nice day trip to Old Tucson Studios with our friends, the Haskins, and ended with a whole week spent in Grand Junction, Colorado with our families there. Sundy and the girls were also able to go to the Phoenix Zoo and spent time with lots of other friends. Of course we took lots of pictures of everything so we could share them with you but we went to download the pictures and the SD disk had issues and corrupted the picture files. We were unable to save them and boy were we sad that we could not share them with you all. Luckily we had blogged the Tucson pictures before we left.
While in Colorado, Sundy's mom taught her how to can. They canned 7 quarts of pork, 28 quarts of steak and 14 quarts of chicken. Sundy also learned how to make pear jam, which is Kiara and Katia's favorite! :-) Sundy made un-leavened bread (on accident) and worked in the shop with her mother. Meanwhile, Kiara and Katia played hard with cousins (Zane's kids and G.J.'s kids). Kiara especially loved Zane's new additions (two puppies: an Irish Setter and an Italian Greyhound.)
Scott spent his time between the McCallisters home and the DeGooyers home. He enjoyed attending church with his parents in Naturita where his father spoke. He also enjoyed going to work with his dad. Mom McCallister had a to-do list for Scott in exhange for all the meat mentioned above! :-) He sanded, stained and fixed a lot of the wood fixtures in their home. He also had time to hang out with Zane watching some basketball games, and attending a job fair at Mesa State.
During the trip, Sundy read "The Work and the Glory" outloud to her family. Both girls LOVED the book. It made for great discussions about church history during the long drive (10 hours).