Friday, January 22, 2010

the rest of our trip

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MGM GRAND

 

 

we went to see the lion habitat at mgm.  we got to walk right under the lion.  pretty cool.

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NEW YORK, NEW YORK

 

 

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it was raining the whole time we were there.  we had to get a HOT caramel apple cider to warm us up.

 

 

 

other random pictures from our trip…

**there’s a lot, sorry**

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this water fountain in the mall had ice sculptures in the middle of it.

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we left for home on wednesday. before we left, aaron went to go hang out with his cousin for a few hours. so, jeff, the kids & i went to the mall and walked around for a bit.  luke pointed to where he wanted to go.

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just like yogurtland…

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when we met back up, we grabbed lunch and headed home.  but first, we had aaron take a family picture of us.

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Thursday, January 21, 2010

m&m store

well, we were kinda beat monday night after driving to vegas, so we did not do very much.

tuesday morning we went out for breakfast at a brasilian restaurant.  matt & brett came to meet us for a few minutes.

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after breakfast,we went back to the hotel for a little bit. then we went and walked around the strip for a couple hours.

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the m&m store was awesome.  it was 4 stories.

there were all the colors of m&m’s you could imagine. 

there was a little factory tour to walk through and at the end we watched a 3-d m&m movie.

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

desert paradise

that is the name of the timeshare we stayed at in vegas.  it was a two bedroom and 2 bathroom.  it looked more like an apartment.  there was a kitchen and even a laundry room.

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the couch also pulled out into a bed.

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and there were flatscreen tv’s in the bedrooms and the living room

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the hotel also gave us some postcards, a bank, and a little deck of cards.

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THANKS AGAIN, MATT.

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

if i don’t get around to posting tonight, this counts for today.  we are having a great time in vegas.  we went out to breakfast at pampas.  matt & brett came for a few minutes before matt had to head home and brett had to go speak.

not sure exactly what we will get done today, but i DO know that luke will MAKE SURE we take him to the mlnnmmm (m&m) store.

 

will post pics later. tonight if i can.  i only have internet until 9 tonight, so if we don’t get back before then, pics will come in the next day or two.

Monday, January 18, 2010

vegas

today, jeff, me, luke, sars, & aaron drove up to vegas for a couple days.  matt was kind enough to let us use a timeshare.  we are all pretty tired from the drive and all =, so i will update tomorrow.

 

also,

HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMY!!  hope you had a GREAT day.

Sunday, January 17, 2010

not ready

i was in the kitchen the other day making lunch.  luke called me over saying “mom, look sara.”  sara had pulled herself up on her toy basket.

she is only 8 months SLOW DOWN!  i am not ready to have two kids running around.

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luke was trying to imitate her..

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Saturday, January 16, 2010

2+2

yesterday, i got a text message froom chad asking if i could babysit mason and alexis this weekend because both he and hilary were working. 

turned out alexis went to spend the weekend with her grandma.  so i only had mason, and tanner came too.

so, i had Four kids today.  tanner and mason came at 6 and left at 3.  mason is 15 months. sara is 8 months.  a handful.  mason is a real easygoing baby.

Luke was excited to see tanner this morning. 

tanner brought his football with him, so the boys played football for a while.

they played with magnetics

had a pillow  fight

mason woke up, so out came the football again

mason and luke had cheerios

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when sara woke up, we went and had a picnic at the park.. 

of course there was more football.

on the walk home, luke did EVERYTHING tanner did