Thursday, February 12, 2009

Warm February day at the zoo.

Everything has been great with us here. The kids are finally nice and healthy after a bad case of the flu with Addison last week. She is enjoying school, gymnastics class and just having fun playing dress up as a princess and running around as much as she can. She is doing really well with counting objects (she can point in a book and count up to about 10 objects) and she is finally interested in learning to write some letters but we have a long way to go with that of course. Lucas is doing so well with talking. He is getting much better at saying 2-3 word phrases and probably knows at least 150 words. He amazes us everyday with what he is remembering and what he can say. We can’t believe that he is going to be 2 in just 2 short months!


I had to share this picture of Lucas in the hat we got him from Las Vegas at Cesears Palace.


It was a really nice warm day here on Tuesday. I took advantage of the weather and took the kids to the zoo. They LOVE going to zoo and we always have a great time (and it is free). Now that Lucas is a little older (and crazier) it made the trip a little more challenging. By the end of our trip I had to strap him in the stroller because the boy wanted to see how far he could run away from me. We got through it and managed to still have a good time. Here are a few pictures from our day.









Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Las Vegas!!!

We did it.....Bob and I went on a vacation together. We have not been on a real vacation since our honeymoon over 5 1/2 years ago. We went to Vegas this past Sunday along with Bill and Linda and Bob's parents for Bill's 30th birthday (no kids). We stayed at Cesears Palace for free too. Linda's-friend's-Dad goes to Vegas a lot and had vouchers for 2 free night stays for Bill and Linda and me and Bob to use. He also hooked us up with an amazing Super Bowl party at one of the ballrooms at Cesears (free food and drinks). We walked a ton in vegas and went to many of the hotels/casinos, we ate a lot, drank some and didn't sleep enough. We gambled too much too since at one point we were up $340 but left only up $50. Addison got the flu while we were gone, but my Mom took great care of her. The weather was amazing (upper 60s) and it was just nice to get away!




Downtown Vegas



Bob and his dad with their tall boys.


Bob's mom and Linda...us girls did a little shopping.




A picture of the Super Bowl party we were at.


Bob and Bill really enjoyed the amazing food and drinks that we did not have to pay for.


Everyone (minus me).



Me and Bob and our 3 drinks.