Viva Las Vegas!

This past weekend my Mom, Sister, and I went to Las Vegas for a girls' weekend. What a fun filled weekend we had. We went up for the Las Vegas beauty convention that they have every year. Our plane left at 7 a.m and my sis and I only got 3 hours of sleep. We were so loud on the plane, I swear everybody probably thought we were drunk because we were laughing so much but we were just high off of caffeine to try to keep us awake. We got to do a lot of great things. We went to a lot of great classes, went shopping, got dressed up to go to dinner, and mostly we just got to live it up in Vegas. And if anyone knows my mom, my sister, and me together, you know we will probaly have more fun than what we should. We had a blast and we can't wait to do it all over again next year. This is in the airport because we kept teasing the guys that we were going to the show!

This was a picture we took of the Las Vegas strip as we were stting on the plane waiting to come back to AZ. This was also the scariest flight I have ever been on. I guess it's not a good sign when your on the runway and the plane goes black inside and they have to jump start the plane. And then they tell us this like it was supposed to make us feel better. Then I swear it was the pilot's first time flying. I have never been in a plane where it would make so many sharp turns to the right then to the left then go up and down. I was freaking out. I finally felt safe when the plane landed, oh wait the alarm goes off in the plane and we are stuck on it for like 20 minutes with a loud ringing in our ears. It was a horrilble flight and I don't know when I will be flying again.

Random News

So here's just a couple of things that have happened in my life lately.

1. I'm so happy to say that Jason passed his board exam. He is now a licensed Occupational Therapist. Yea, I'm so excited! It's been really weird because he doesn't have to study anymore and it hasn't been like that for awhile. But I better live it up while I can because those of you who don't know, Jason is planning on going to medical school so I better take advantage now of all his free time.

2. There's going to be another little baby coming soon to our family. And no way am I saying that it's going to be me having it. But I am proud to say that my older brother and his wife are expecting there first baby together. My brother already has 2 children from his first marriage so now it's time to add a 3rd to the group. We are all so excited but I think my other sister-in-law and I are more happy than the rest because we don't have to be the ones to give birth to it and we can just enjoy watching her. Love you Allison and Damon, you will be great!

3. This is just kind of funny to me and maybe not Jason so much. I have never been a reader. I've just never been able to sit still long enough to take time to read a long book. Well that changed maybe because I like my quiet time to myself more now rather than before due to the fact that I have 2 children and that I never get any alone time. So a couple of my sisters-in-law, my sister, and mom all talk books on Sundays and they were talking about Twilight and about the movie a couple of Sunday's ago. So I decided I should give it a chance because I want to see the movie with all of them when it comes out in December and I don't want to be left in dark on what's going to happen when they all know. Needless to say, I read the whole book in 3 days and I've started on the 2nd. I sound like a total dork but I have to know what happens to Bella and Edward. So Jason was annoyed because he spent all day studying so we could have the night together and that's the night i decided to start reading my first book and I couldn't put it down. If your like me and have never read a book, I would suggest reading this set.

Happy 1 Birthday Brady!

Brady was flying high on his birthday, due to Uncle Damon, pizza, his own birthday cake, and his presents. He was having the time of his life. His birthday was a blast and it was so much fun to watch him dig into his cake. Hope you had fun buddy because I know we all did. We love you so much!For Brady's actual birthday, my family and I took him to Pei Wei for dinner where he and Maddix had a blast with chop sticks. Maddix is actually quite good.

So my little Brady boy turned 1! Wow where did that year go too? I honestly can't believe that he is one and that just a year ago I gave birth to him. You decided to come into this world with a bang so after being in labor for 12 hours and pushing for 4 you just wouldn't budge and so we had to get a c -section to get your little butt out. But ever since that day you have never slowed down. Brady, you are such great addition to our family. You make us laugh so much. And you are seriusly the strongest baby I have ever met. You started crawling at 4 and a 1/2 months, standing up around 5 months, crawling up the stairs by 6 months, and walking full on by 10 months. You sure are a busy body and you have kept us on our toes. You will climb anything in sight and that includes climbing on top of the table, the kitchen island, and anything else that might look interesting to you. You are a dare devil and that scares me but I'm learning to get use to it. You love to play with Maddix and want to do anything she is doing. We love you so much buddy and we can't wait to watch you grow. It's exciting everyday to watch your sweet smiling little perfect face light up when you get excited about something or when you figure something out. You are one of the biggest blessings in our lives and we love you with all our heart.

Fathers day!

Father's Day was such a great day. We took Jason and my Dad out for breakfast. Then at breakfast we surprised Jason with a new mountain bike. He has been wanting one for a while and that's all I heard about for weeks. So being the great wife that I am I had to surprise him with one. He was so excited about it and I must say he gets a lot of use out of it. After breakfast we came home and had a huge B-B-Q with all my family and we went swimming. By the end of the night we were exhausted. This is the picture I gave to Jason at breakfast. I wrote on it and it said, "Look Daddy at your new bike!"
We got bored at breakfast which made us put Maddix's sun glasses on Brady which he did not like.
Jason you are such a great Daddy and I knew you would be. You have been hands on since the day Maddix was born. The kids look up to you and love you so much. You work so hard at school and work so you can provide such a better life for us and we are very greatful for that. We all love you so much and we want you to know how grateful we are for such a wonderful husband and father that you are to us!

Splash Park

My good friend Tiari and I took our kids out for lunch then headed to San Tan Mall to let the kids play in the splash park. We thought it would be bigger but the kids didn't know any different so they had a blast. And what is a better way to end the day then by having Dairy Queen? Thanks for the fun play date, we will have to do it again soon.

The drive in movies

So Jason and I wanted to go to a movie since it's very rare that we get to go, so we decided on the drive ins. I was so excited since it was Jason's first drive in. We were just hoping the kids would fall asleep since thay didn't get naps but of course that didn't happen. So we spent on hour trying to entertain a 3 and 1 year old. After the horn honking, the kids yelling, and a bag of popcorn dropping in between the seats of our truck, we had to leave. But wouldn't you know as soon as we got on the road the kids fell asleep. We will just have to try it again later when the kids are older. But we did have a lot of fun before the movie started.

Memorial Day

This past weekend for Memorial Day, my Mom and I took the kids to our house in the mountains. We thought there would be beautiful weather and that we would be able sit with the kids on the yard and let them play and have picnics. But we were sure wrong. We left Thursday morning and by the time we got to our house it was a winter wonderland. It must have snowed at least 5 inches by sun down. And then all night it kept snowing and all the next day it was so foggy you couldn't even see the mountains. All you could see was pure white everywhere you looked. These pictures don't do it justice because I forgot my camera and Jason had to bring it when he came up Friday, so these pictures aren't even close to what it was like but you can get a good idea. But who has ever heard of it snowing this late in May? But we still ended up having a great weekend. We went to all the boutiques and ate some great food. Jason came up Friday then on Saturday we went back down to Payson to finish the weekend off there with the Ernsts'. We had a lot of fun just relaxing and going out to dinner. And then on Monday we came home and had a huge BBQ and swim party with my family. The weekend was a lot of fun and it was just really great to get away.

The family in Vernon!

Brady asleep at Pizza Hut in Payson!

The kids climbing all over the beds in Payson. Brady climbs everything, it's kind of scary for other people but i guess we have just gotten use to it. This is one of the easiest things he has climbed.