Hello Las Vegas

It's been a while since we've taken a good long trip to Vegas. And with the twins getting older we had good reason to spend some time enjoying all the sights.

We took some time to walk around Boulder City. It's a really neat little city. Highly recommend spending some time there.



We took the boys up to Hoover Dam. They loved it! They kept asking us to lift them up so they could look over the edge.





We walked across the new bridge out at the Dam, which is just incredible I have to say. These two engineering marvels suit each other well.




On the way home from the Dam we stopped at Lake Mead to feed the fish. The boys loved this as well!



We spent some time on the strip.



We showed Big H the lions at MGM-- he loves cats!



And we took the boys to M&M's world



We stopped at a local park so the boys could get some wiggles out.



We finished with a late night trip to Freemont Street-- the baby really enjoyed The Freemont Experience. Craig had never been, and now that he has hopefully we never have to go again. At least we weren't the only one's wheeling our kids around downtown at 11:00 at night.



This is why you have kids, so all those things that have lost a certain luster become like new. It's been a long time since I've enjoyed seeing the sights, in Vegas, like this. I really loved sharing something, that I've always loved, with my boys-- and actually getting response :).

Thanks to Aunt Pat and Donnie and Travis and Alisa for making this trip possible. We really enjoyed ourselves and appreciate you putting up with us while we enjoyed a good old family vacation!

Visitors From the South!

We had a fun visit from Craig's mom, Grandma and his Aunts. And from the sounds of it they all had a fun time too!

We went out to dinner at a Mexican Restaurant in Orem that I had never been to before- even though it's just right around the corner from our old apartment. I'm always up for Mexican though. No matter what restaurant it's at.





After dinners we stopped by Craig's cousin and her husbands cute home. That's where everyone was staying. We tried to get the boys to show off their cute little talking voices, but they were too entranced by the big screen TV. Of course, on the way home they filled our ears with bye bye's and Ruby's.


Before they headed out of town they stopped by the house for a quick visit.




Hope you guys enjoyed your trip. It was fun to see everyone.

December 31, 2009-January 1, 2010: . . .And a Happy New Year

I never know what to do on New Years. Going to a first night event has never peaked my interest, especially now that we have kids. But I do like to commemorate the New Year somehow, so this year we decided to invite some people over for a little food, conversation and games. My mom bought some noise makers to set off at the big moment, and we brought our TV out into the living room so we could all watch the ball drop. It ended up being a very fun New Years Eve.












We had a sundae bar and a Hot Cocoa Bar. This is Craig showing everyone how to do a Tim Tam Slam- except he's using Keebler Grasshopper Cookies for this one since the store didn't have Tim Tams.



Hope everyone had Fun! Thanks for coming and Happy New Year!!!

October 9, 2009: A Fun Little Visit

On Friday night we got a fun visit from Craig's mom, Aunt and Grandma. The boys were so excited to see everyone. But the one who was really excited was my nephew. He spun around and around on the floor trying to get everyone's attention. I finally told him he should tell them about school or sing some songs. So he read them a book and sang his phone number and address song. Mean while Big H showed off his jumping skills, and little H showed off his standing skills. It was a fun night for everyone!

I'm glad you guys could stop by! We sure enjoyed the visit.

September 18, 2009: Boating with Aunt Lisa, Jimmy and Johnny

Last week my Aunt Lisa came up from Vegas with her husband Jimmy and her step son Johnny. On Friday my Dad decided to take all of us out on the boat. It was so much fun! And the water was perfect- strange since it was Utah Lake- it was just a little cold. I only jumped in for a minute. But everyone else had fun wake boarding, water skiing and riding the red dog.







It was so good to spend time with Lisa and her family. I was so excited for her to meet the boys. I was glad we could all get together while she was here.

July 31 through August 3, 2009: Colorful Colorado

Taking a trip isn't as easy as it used to be. It's not even as easy as it was when the boys were newborns. Little did Craig and I know just exactly what we had gotten into. But we managed to have some fun and visit with some family, so everything turned out alright.

We pulled into town a little after 11:00 on Friday night. We stayed at my aunt's friend's house since my Aunt's house was already full of visiting family. This house was so well kept. I really don't think I've ever seen anything like it. You couldn't find a spec of dust anywhere.






The next morning we headed to my Aunt M's house. Craig really enjoyed it. He walked around and took pictures for his Dad. We didn't get around to taking pictures with the boys as requested though. Our energy slowly ran out as the trip went on.









After some visiting we headed to the Sweet Corn Festival. It was HOT but fun!



At the entrance they had camel rides.




You could eat all the free corn you want! And let me tell you, it really is sweet corn. I didn't even put butter on the first piece I ate, and it was delicious!



We walked around and looked at all the booths. They had some fun stuff there.








Later we all met up and had some lunch








We came back that night for a concert and fireworks. My poor Nephew had been waiting for the fireworks all day and then he slept through the whole show. Of course, he woke up just in time to find out he had missed everything. Luckily we were able to cheer him up with a plastic light-up sword.






On Sunday we spent the day at Aunt M's. She was cooking a big meal for everyone. Craig and I helped by taking the boys and my nephew to the school next door. My cousin's and I spent so much time at this school when we were little and visiting for spring break.















This carving of raccoons in this tree trunk was always a favorite picture spot when I was little. It's just right next to the playground in the schoolyard.




We kept my nephew entertained for as long as we possibly could, and then we headed back to Aunt M's for some lunch/dinner. Aunt M is so good to her visitors. She always cooks us nice big meals.







After lunch/dinner half our group left to head home. My mom stayed with us and we went down to Main Street.








Main street was kind of dead since it was a Sunday, so we drove up to my Aunt M's old ranch. It was beautiful up there. I can hardly remember what is was like to spend time at this ranch. All I can tell is that I have no memories of being bored or unhappy.












On the way back from the ranch the boys got hungry, so we stopped at a gas station/convenience store/campground to feed them. There we had some close encounters with some humming birds.




When we got back we found out that the rest of the group, that left earlier, was having car troubles. Their transmission was out, and they would be getting a hotel in Grand Junction for the night. The next morning my mom took them a car that she borrowed from her cousin. Craig and I were left alone with the boys. We decided to take the traditional trip to The Russel Stovers Factory. Aunt M even joined us.



After that it was time for some goodbyes



And then. . .the long drive home




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