Remembering Easter Weekend 2018

On March 30th I was off for Good Friday! I dropped Chris off at work, ran some errands, and did some shopping.

Me and the doggies picked Chris up from work and headed back up to Payson.

When got back to the house, we colored Easter eggs. We got a kit with emoji faces. Our eggs were hilarious looking. Susie made an amazing rock star egg, Chris made funny, fancy egg, and I made an unimpressed egg.  

On the 31st, we took Susie, Veronica and Chanel on a trail ride with Offroad Passport. Before we got far, we had to stop back at the house and caught Chloe enjoying Easter candy. She tried to act innocent, but there was just something about her that made her look guilty.

So trail was so fun! We stopped for lunch at Ash Creek- Chris made us his famous peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, and Susie brought graham cracker and cream cheese for dessert. I had never tried that before, but it's so yummy!

There were other doggies there- one was a golden lab, and it was her birthday! She was just turning 1. She was a spunky little lady who LOVED the water. There was a ginormous pit pull there named Gibson. He had to stay in the truck because he didn't like other dogs, but he loved people! I got to pet him, which was lovely.

We met a couple, Jason and Nikki from Gilbert who were driving a sandy colored XJ, but told us that they had just bought a 4Runner like ours, but an SR5 Premium. They said they bought it from a PGA golfer. We got a kick out of them telling us that the prior owner hadn't paid his registration in years. It turns out that they were about to hit the road with their two German Shepherds and a teardrop trailer for a whole year. How amazing to just leave home and your job and travel for a full year!

Chris introduced me to a couple Sarah and Chris. Chris met them on a different Offroad Passport trip. They also have two dogs. We enjoyed the name similarities- Sarah Beth/Beth and Chris/Chris.

When we got to the river crossing, we were shocked to see how low the water was. Chanel and I walked across the river, and I didn't even get my rolled up jeans wet.

When we got back to the house we ordered a FEAST from Native New Yorker. Veronica went and picked up Nana, and we all ate together. Pizza, tons of wings, and salad. After dinner, we played Yahtzee. Wonderful day!

On April 1st, we headed back down to Phoenix. We had Easter at my brother Matthew's house. There were so many of us, and all of us brought food- so it was basically just FEASTer. Matthew and Dustin hid Easter eggs for the kids in the front yard, and eggs in the back yard for the adults. We ended up leaving with like, a mountain of tiny alcohol bottles, beer bottle openers, and lottery tickets.

Gotta love weekends with all of your favorite people!