Vegas!
First off was our trip to Vegas! Let me just say that it was a very much needed trip and I, myself felt so much better after wards. Of course if you asked Sam he might feel a little differently about the trip, but that is only because every where you went people were trying to sell you something and so he got a little irritated at times, but all in all we both had a good time. While we were there we hung out by the pool, slept in, caught a show and ate some really good food:) Even the weather I thought was perfect. It wasn't too hot and at night you could walk the strip and not get all sweaty and yucky! I think out of the whole trip the only complaint that I had was our hotel. We stayed at the Imperial Palace which was right on the strip. We thought we were getting a really good deal and come to find out we were staying in a parking garage! Well not really, but that was what our view was. So we stayed the first night and then we had to change rooms. So for $20 more a night we stayed in the main building with a room that over looked the strip. Bonus feature was that the band downstairs would play until 3 am!! FYI NEVER STAY AT THE IMPERIAL PALACE!!! It was a whole especially after you would go through like Cesars and the Bellagio. On a positive note we heard they will be blowing up the Imperial next year and building a newer nicer hotel!!! So other than the hotel we had a good time and if you are in need to get away I would recommend Vegas, but don't bring your kids (just my opinion).
at Cesars
New York New York
The Botanicle Gardens at the Bellagio
this is what you get when you have a stranger take your picture lol
outside at the Flamingo after a late breakfast
Mommy and Daddy Day!
After we got back from Vegas we thought it would be good to take the kids out for a Saturday and have some fun since we were gone for a whole week so we took them to Taughus Park, the zoo and let Payton ride some rides!
Payton and Parker on the swings
she looks scared right here but she was loving it
Payton on the carousel
and Parker waiting patiently
riding the train
Randomness!
I decided that it was time to change my hair...well at least a little bit. So I had Crystal cut my bangs. What do you think? They have actually been cut for a while now! I am really enjoying the change. My hair still isn't as long as I'd like it but it's getting there.
Here Sam and Payton finished this puzzle together in just a few hours on and off. It was a great activity for the both of them and Payton actually did a lot on his own. I was very proud of him. He sure does love to do puzzles, I just wish they made more for kids his age. They are either really easy and they have them done in like five minutes or they are really hard with like 500 pieces.
He is probably going to one day hate me for this but I just thought it was so cute!! This to me is just such a boy way to fall asleep.
Payton riding his 1st big boy bike!
I don't know why we waited so long to get Payton a bike, but finally after him going over and taking the neighbors bike I decided enough was enough and so my mom and I took the kids to Wal-Mart and got Payton his first bike with training wheels. And now he LOVES his bike. That is all he wants to do now, which I love because for a while I had to threaten his life to get him to go outside and play. And now its even greater because school is out and he has other boys to ride with. We are still learning boundaries and not to go in the road but other than that he rides like it was second nature. I have a feeling that it's not going to be long before we can take the training wheels off.
Parker!
Parker first took her first steps when we went to Phoenix for Easter. It was so big, bigger than when Payton first walked I think. Is that sad? I say that because for Payton it was like he took his first steps and then he was walking every where. He picked it up so fast that there was really no time for excitement plus he wasn't even one yet and Parker didn't take her first steps til she was 13 1/2 months old at least. So needless to say it was pretty exciting. But then she took her sweet time and would only take a step or two every once in a while when ever she felt like it. Before we left for our trip she was doing a lot better but still crawling. But when we came back from Vegas this is what we saw! (FYI this was taken today, she wasn't walking this great at first but it didn't take long. I just wasn't a good mom and record her at first but you get the idea.)
Also Parker is talking a lot more now. One of the things she says that gets me every time is "stop it"!! She'll go around telling her brother to stop it, it is so funny. For such a little person she has quite the big attitude! I wonder who she got that from lol?! Also she says "no, hot, thank you and of course SHOES". I think I may have created a monster.
