Vegas Fun - Family Style

The CircusCircus has it's own theme park. It's not HUGE, but it has many fun rides! Even a roller coaster! The Adventure Dome was calling Isabella
the second she saw it ;)

Yup....Isabella and I are on this. Can you believe I did this? And it was the first ride we went on...hehehe...wish hubby had taken a picture of my face after the ride!

My lovely daughter, Isabella. This is on the hot air balloon ferris wheel.

My dear son Jaxson. He is fascinated by all the lights, sounds and people.

Isabella and I are on the boat at the very top...we are waving to hubby and a concerned Jaxson below!

Father gives daughter first driving lesson. I wish I could get videos to work when I upload them. I took a video of him driving all around the outside. It is hilarious, they may have been bumped once. Everyone else gets in jams and bumps...my hubby is careful and cautious...hahaha...it was sweet :)

Jaxson on the carousel

Hubby and jaxson waiting to get back on the carousel!

My kids after the day!
Jaxson fell asleep in his stroller on the looonnggg walk back to the room. We didn't want to risk waking him. Don't worry! We put on the brakes and stayed close by to make sure he didn't fall over.


Our view from the room. You can see the Trump Tower and many cranes. They worked all the time building things! It was amazing!

Give Me Five Monday

It's that time again! I thought this was a great meme for today :)

Give Me Five current projects you are working on: crafts, around-the-house, church, work, etc.

1. Organizing closets - especially the kids, it's amazing how much they seem to grow in just a few short months! It's fun to go shopping for school clothes, though! So, far I have donated 4 boxes of clothes. And I have one closet left to do...next shoes...

2. Homework - mine and Isabella's i am taking a Humanities course this semester. I will have to do 2 book reports and an oral report is due in December (yikes!) I have already checked out a few of the books the professor suggested.
Isabella has homework about every other night now. I can't believe it! I am not sure we had that much homework when I was in 2nd grade.

3. Volunteer - I decided not to take a position on the PTA board this year, but I am will be volunteering in different areas. I like being involved but not having the stress of board meetings.

4. Scrapbooking

5. cross stitching - this is something my step-mother taught me years ago. I have recently picked it back up....it is soothing

Hope you have a great Monday!!

Vegas Baby!

Vegas in August is HOT....in case you wondered what the desert was like in the summer.

We went to marry off my brother-in-law. It was a wonderful trip despite the fact we had very little (make that zero) time to sight see. But I did manage to catch a few photos of the Las Vegas Strip our first drive in.

Isabella was the flower girl, Jaxson was supposed to be the ring bearer but he decided to be his full 2 and half year old self instead. He spent the wedding strapped in his stroller eating fruit snacks. But he looked snazzy and had a good time later :)



My biggest worry was how the kids would do on the two and half hour plane ride. We had to drive 4 four hours to the airport first (to ensure we wouldn't have plane changes) But they did outstanding!!!! I have to say it was waaaayyyy easier than I has imagined. I wish I could have those hours (days) back that I worried and fretted!
Props to the airlines for letting families board first. That way you have time to get them settled and comfy.

Hubby and i are now discussing a return trip. We now know the following insider tips...do not stay at a hotel with a casino, if you have to, use valet parking. Take the back roads off the strip...going down the strip takes FOREVER. And we have a list of places we know we want to see next time. Some of them being erased after the one glance as we glided slowly by the first time....

Here are a few pics....



This is where we stayed...sigh...grandparents picked it out. It was fun for the kids. Circus, Adventure dome and magic shows...but we had to go through 2 main casinos and ride 2 elevators to get to our room.

Room with a view :)


I will post more on the trip another day. Hope you all had a great weekend and it is good to be back in blogland!!

Back on track....

Kids are back in school and the routine is setting up nicely. I like routine. Sure, I get bored and have to switch things up a bit, but overall I enjoy a routine.

My daughter started 2nd grade. I can't believe how big she is getting. The time really does fly by. Can you believe how fast this year has gone by?

I hope you all had a wonderful summer. It's good to be back in blogland!