Viva Las Vegas

Vegas kid style.

Actually... we would've done the same things if they weren't with us.

Our Las Vegas is very different from the worlds Las Vegas.

We loved the Bellagio water fountain shows. We sat here one night for 1 1/2. The kids LOVED it. They also loved the Mirages volcano water show with fire. So awesome.
Swimming in the Cancun resort pool. It had 4 tube water slides and of course was super fun. Unfortunately... our camera was acting up so ... not a lot of pictures.

Cute Sydney with her noodle swimming chair.

Kaitlyn is in LOVE with this albino lion from the Mirage hotels Secret Garden. They had 8 month old white tiger cubs, Leopards, and HUGE Siberian white tigers. We also loved the dolphins. Sydney especially loved the dolphins.

Is this Heaven or Las Vegas?...asks Kaitlyn.

Beautiful gardens at the Bellagio Conservatory.

I had to add this picture because Addison never holds still long enough for a picture. Such a toddler. There she goes.

Finally Toothless Tanner

Finally...

my cute Tanner lost his first tooth.

He's been waiting a very long time for this moment.

You can't really tell.. but it's the bottom tooth.

Dallin can't look at a mouth directly anymore :).

I guess he's used to looking at everyone upside down and backwards.

Tanner using Dallin's tooth fairy pillow from when he was a kid. Kaitlyn has used it everytime.. and now the tradition is passed to Tanner.

What a proud, cute little 7 year old boy.

The dreaded question...

Tonight... my precious son asked me why...

get this... why sex is a bad word.

Did you all catch that?

It's absolutely true.

After collecting my thoughts and

quieting my internal screaming,

I asked my precious offspring where he had heard that word.

He told me... and this is the saddest part of it all ... that it is from one of the songs from my ipod. Seriously?!?!?!?!?

It's an early 90's song from the Vipers called Turning Japenese.

In the song is says, "No sex, no drugs, no wine, no women"... and continues on to sing some more with it's oh-so-super catchy tune.

Thankfully we had a super cute babysitter that told my children that sex is a bad word. Thank you Jessie Groesbeck and her family for raising such a great girl. The sad part of it all... is that I felt if I never said anything... to my children it would just be another word. They don't know what the Vipers are really singing about anyway... right? We just like the tune. Right? Isn't that what I said when I was a teenager. Right? So here I am, stuck cleaning up a mess... that I made.

I told my son all the age appropriate things (he is 6 1/2), and definitely a very G-rated version. Then he says to me, "If it's so sacred, why do you and daddy kiss in front of us kids?" Again, I am dying. I just said, "we just don't say the word sex, so please never say it to your friends or your teachers at school". Then, my son, who is going to be my ticket to heaven says, "Well mom... if that song says a bad word, then we shouldn't listen to it anymore, right?"

Yes Tanner. You are right.

I just might get to heaven after all. I love you son.

Random Addison

Addison matches my house.

She looks like a throw pillow... but much cuter.

This is a daily occurance at our house. Addison loves to see EVERYONE go to the bathroom. Most of us cover the whole toilet seat... with Sydney she gets more of a view. It's hilarious...AND sanitary.

I love that Addison loves to dress herself. Even if it is in a plastic lei and squeezing her legs into one leg of the underpants. She is sooo cute.

Let the clothing battles begin...

I HATE my sons new "light up sketchers".

I could truly die. I hate these kind of shoes. So please... do not pass judgement on me when you see him "lighting" up. I gave in and told him that 7 year olds don't get to wear those shoes (he's 6 now)... so he should enjoy it while he can. I am so embarrassed. They are that hideous. Wouldn't you agree?

What is not hideous... is watching my son watch his feet as he walks. The joy is fantastic for him. Like I said earlier... enjoy it while you can Tanner boy... because mommy gets to pick out the next pair. And here they are...

So stylish yet comfortable. With convenient velcro straps because I have yet to teach the boy to tie his shoes. The style, the attractiveness... the fulfillment of mommy's pride. My pride will be patient. In the meantime... I might not get my son to look me in the eyes for a while. He'll be too busy looking down, playing in a dark room enjoying his super awesome light up shoes.

Yeah.. that's right.... THEY'RE SUPER AWESOME!