A Star in the Making

I think Isaac is on the road to stardom, already eating lunch with big sunglasses, he wouldn't want anyone to recognize him!!  What a stud!!

Where's Emma?

When we got home from our trip to Lake Las Vegas we knew Emma was a bit tired from all the fun and she went upstairs to play or just be in her room.  I went up to check on her because it was a bit quiet and found her not in her room but somewhere else!  See if you can find her!!

Lake Las Vegas

We took a much needed family vacation this weekend and headed off to Lake Las Vegas.  It's a resort town on the North side of Henderson right by Lake Mead.  We stayed at this great resort that is the MOST kid friendly place I have ever been.  When we checked in they had toys for the kids as a welcome and when you went to dinner they brought out a toy for your kids to keep them occupied, my kind of place!!  As an added bonus we ran into some friends that live in Vegas and were just staying there on Friday night.  They have 3 kids and 2 of them are very close in age to Emma and Isaac so on Saturday there were plenty of playmates for the kids and the parents were able to catch up and have a great time.  We basically stayed at the pool and the kids soaked it in.  They had a little pool just for the kids that was a foot or so deep that we lived at!  Isaac also lived on the waterslide with his dad.  He could not get enough of the waterslide and neither could Emma.  Mom just watched from the bridge and took some photos!  On our last night there we finished dinner and then ran out to get the last hour of the pool but to Isaac's dismay the waterslide closed early that night because something broke.  He was not happy about that or the fact that they turned off the fountains that poured into the other kid pool that was 3 feet deep that both of our kids could touch in, added bonus for tall kids!!

Apparently this resort is also a celebrity destination!  We saw Kyle Whittingham, coach for the UofU football team, and Steve and Isaac went up and talked to him and I snuck a picture of him from across the pool.  Kyle even commented that we have a linebacker on our hands!  Maybe one day Isaac could play for him!  But the one celebrity that Steve saw twice and I never saw was Flavor Flav!  Steve saw him once not all "dressed up" and then he and Emma saw him with all the fixings - clock and pick included!!  Fun times!

And being that it is Lake Las Vegas there is a lake, man made, and the resort we were at had made their own little beach on the lake where you could play in the sad and in the water.  Again, another attraction that it was hard to tear the kids away from.  This morning when we left, very early to beat all the traffic from Vegas, Emma cried and cried because she didn't want to leave.  She wanted to live there!  Of course we will be going back as often as possible but next time mom is not going to be pregnant - it's too HOT!!

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(If you're looking for any photos of mom you not find any, for obvious reasons!!)

Mother's Day Off

Yesterday I had a wonderful Mother's Day.  I didn't change any diapers or cook any meals, now that's better than Christmas!!  When we got home from church and changed our clothes it was time for lunch.  Emma was the waitress and came and took my order and dad made my lunch and Emma brought it out for me, drink and all!  Then it was time to open all the presents that Emma and her dad wrapped up for me.  Emma gave me a new hairbrush, much needed, and some really nice foot lotion for "stressed out" feet because she thought I needed it - how thoughtful!  I also got the best handmade card by Emma that included pictures and a story.  She  had taken some of the wrapping paper and dictated a story to her dad that wrote it down word for word from Emma, it is the cutest story of a swan and lots of walking, but the best part is how proud of it she was and how many times she sat on my lap to have me read it to her.  She is my little creative one!!  Isaac gave me a new pair of Rainbow flip-flops, a girl can never have too many, because it seemed my other black ones were not so "nice" anymore.  I already had my new camera for Mother's Day but dad wrapped up a new set of our silverware and I am so glad because we were down to 6 forks and a lot of washing the forks to get through the day!  Thanks for all the gifts and an entire day off!  I love being a mom to all 3 1/2 kids!!  Love you honey!

Mother's Day Brunch

Today was the Mother's Day Brunch at Emma's preschool.  This morning when she woke up the first thing she said was, "It's a special day.  I need to look pretty."  She then got all dressed up in her dress up clothes and was ready to go!  I had to scale back a few things because I don't think Ms. Dianne meant for the girls to wear Snow White shoes, a hat, or bring a feather purse!  I did talk her down to just the dress!  The Mother's Day Brunch is such a big deal that I had to get a babysitter for Isaac!  We were met at the front door by Ms. Dianne and then each girl was called up to give her mom a flower and say, "I love you mom!" and then Emma took me by the hand and led me to the backyard and showed me where to sit at the table.

The girls then took our glasses and Ms. Dianne filled them with water and they took our plates for the food.  They all stood in a line by Ms. Dianne and waited for her to serve the food and then brought the plate out to us and Emma said, "Enjoy!"  Once we all had our food the girls got their food and went to a table in the classroom and left the mom's to enjoy a meal and adult conversation.

Then it was time for the show!  I only got about 2 minutes of the show because the tape ran out, the one thing I didn't check, but at least I had battery!  Then I got the cutest card from Emma that said she loved that I played "Fancy Nancy" with her and made cookies.  It also said, "Thank you for teaching me to vacuum.  Thank you for teaching me about being baptized."  So precious.  Emma was so excited about the whole thing and how fancy it was and made sure I was having a

 good time.  What a sweetheart!

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I love my Emma!!

Dad Trying Out the Camera

Steve took some time today to familiarize himself with the new fancy camera and was taking some pictures with one of our favorite models and she was in fine form!!  Here are a couple of cute ones!!

Friday Night at Disneyland

We spent Friday night at Disneyland, season passes are the way to go, we only spent 2 hours there and that was long enough and we don't feel bad about it!!  Isaac is really starting to get the idea about the rides and all the action, he doesn't like to wait in line and wants to get on the ride immediately and of course never wants to get off!  Steve had to take both of them on the bumper cars because in my current condition I am not allowed to ride them.  It was all I could do to keep Isaac from jumping over the fence while Steve and Emma were on the ride, he wanted on and he wanted on now!!  Emma was a very big girl and rode a big girl ride with her dad, Isaac will be tall enough to ride it next year, they went on the Mullholand Drive roller coaster ride in California Adventure and she absolutely LOVED it!!  She will even tell you what she did the whole time...screamed!!