Viva Las Vegas!

Lucas had to go to Las Vegas for work so we all decided to go. I know it isn't the best place to bring two young children, but we thought it would be a cheap family vacation. I didn't do a slide show so you can look at as many pictures as you want.

We spent a lot of time in the car. I was worried that we were going to have multiple melt downs, but it really wasn't that bad. Luckily Lucas' brother let us use his portable DVD player. It was a lifesaver!



We stayed at the Tuscany hotel for part of it and then we stayed at a condo for the last night. They were both really nice. I was really worried about the first hotel because it was so cheap, but I was pleasantly surprised.

A lot of the pictures we took are of Caden and Halle in their strollers. It was too much of a pain to take them out and when we did take them out, they didn't wan to get back in.

This is Caden at M&M World


They slept a lot....


This is us in front of the Paris Hotel. (fyi..The Paris Hotel buffet is very delicious!)


This is me and the kids on the bridge that goes over the strip




Caden is very cute!


And so is Halle!



This is Caden waiting for the show to start at Circus Circus



This is Halle and Lucas waiting for the show. The show was so good that we stayed and watched the next one too!


This is Lucas and the kids by his favorite Paris landmark, The Arc de Triumph (I don't know how to spell it, sorry Lucas)



This is Halle at the aqarium at the Silverton Hotel. We found out everything you can do for free in vegas and that's what we did.

The kids at the aquarium.


Lucas at the Venetian Hotel

We ate at my favorite place... In and Out Burger









We ate at a lot of buffets too (stay away from the Sahara Buffet)







This is Halle by the fish at the Flamingo Hotel



We had a lot of fun and we can't wait until we make it all the way to Disneyland!!!

Our new floor!

I forgot to post pictures of our new floors. We took out the carpet in the great room, hall, and living room and put down wood floors. It turned out really good! We are very grateful to Adam for helping us. There is no way we could have done it by ourselves.

Here is the before picture...


Here is the during picture....

Here is the living room after...



Here is the great room after....

Halle is 10 months old!

Here's Halle with some really cute bed head when she woke up.

Here's Halle with the bear. She turned 10 months old a couple of days ago.



Here's some cute pictures with Caden and Halle. Halle hasn't learned to crawl the conventional way, but she is really good at scooting on her bum everywhere. Her favorite word to say right now is "hi". She says it constantly.

Kids are crazy!

For Labor Day weekend we went with Lucas' family to Wolf Creek. We had one good day of boating until the weather turned horrible and very cold. It was still fun hanging out inside and playing games. Of course we brought the camera, but we forgot to take pictures. I've been wanting to post some other crazy pictures of Caden and Halle so I will do that instead.

The other day I heard screaming and laughing in my bedroom so I went in there to check it out and this is what I found...



Who knew it was so much fun to lay underneath the bed?! They find joy in the weirdest things!

Caden was playing in his sandbox (dirt box) the other day and I heard him start crying. I went to see what was wrong and he had some how dumped a pile of dirt on his head.


Don't ask me how he did that, but he was very upset.

Caden's 1st Trip to Lagoon

We decided to take Caden to Lagoon because Lucas got some discount passes from his work. I was hesitant at first, but we thought we would give it a try. He loved it! I was very surprised. I told Lucas this meant he was ready for Disneyland next year. He wasn't so sure, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

This is Caden's first ride experience. Bulgy the Whale. His face was so funny. He didn't really know what to think. Sorry the pictures are blurry. The ride was going a little fast.


Next up he tried the flying space ship things. He didn't really like this ride. He started screaming in the middle of it. The girl in front of him tried to comfort him.



He loved the car ride. He likes to pretend to drive my car so he was very excited when he got to drive a car and it actually moved.

Halle was too little to ride the rides, but she was very content in her stroller.

Caden also liked driving the boat and ringing the bell. I think he liked the rides that stayed on the ground the most.



Here's Emily riding the Merry Go Round. We were very glad that she could come and hang out with us.


Here's Lucas and Caden on the Merry Go Round

Here's Me and Halle riding the train. She got to ride the train and the Merry Go Round

Caden got brave and rode Puff the Magic Dragon. I tried to get a picture, but they were going too fast. You can see Lucas' head.

Off to Lagoon A Beach... Halle took the oportunity to take a nap.


Caden had a lot of fun in the kiddie pool.



Caden got extra brave and rode the log ride. My little boy is growing up!


I couldn't believe how wet they got!




It was a very fun day!