What Happens In Vegas Stays In Vegas

Chris and I decided to get away to celebrate the 7 years we have been married, so we headed to Vegas. I had always wanted to see the Blue Man Group and timing was right for this one, so we left the boys behind, hopped on a plane and we were off.

Now it had been a long time since I had actually toured Vegas, most of the time I was driving through to Utah, so the last time I stayed in Vegas was at least 5 years ago when Chris's cousin got married there and some of us Roberts thought we would stay in the same place. Well, I booked a place that was within everyones budget and it was off the strip. I think once Chris's family all got there, they were ready to kick me out of the family. Well, not that bad, but close. They just know never to let me make the booking.

We stayed at the Bellagio and this time I made sure we did Vegas right. Karan and Garry love Bobby Flay and have cooked his food for us, but we decided to try his actual cooking so we stop by the Mesa Grill and I loved it. Now I am going to salivate more when I watch Iron Chef on TV.

Someone needs to ban the buffets from Vegas, the Paris breakfast buffet was the best and I think Chris had to roll me out of that place, because I devoured the food, especially the sweets, it was pathetic.

Great show!! We had awesome seats and I loved the show. We were in the poncho seating-- so they actually had ponchos for you to put on so that during the show the paint wouldn't get on your clothes, nothing got on us.

Did we miss the boys? A lot

Did we have fun? A lot

Vegas was fun and relaxing

Preparing for Easter

As Chris and I were still in Vegas, Grandma Nowlin was sure to make sure the boys were getting ready for Easter and keeping the tradition going, by dying the eggs.

Keaton is focused in on the egg.

Grandparents Fun House

My parents were kind enough to watch the boys for almost a week so Chris and I could celebrate our 7 years of marriage in Vegas. The boys had no problem saying "goodbye" to us.

They were ready to play with their uncles, Pat and Jacob and have some fun with Grandma and Grandpa and fun is what they did.

Xander's favorite thing to do at grandma Nowlins house is:

ride the scooter, he still ask to go to her house so he can ride it

I knew I should've gotten him one for Christmas.

Keaton' s favorite thing to do at Grandma Nowlin's house is:

Playing the Wii

Grandpa Nowlin took the boys out looking for tadpoles, so he could put them in his pond in the back yard. Xander stuck by his side the whole time, no matter how deep he went, for Grandpa to his knees isn't deep, but for Xander it is kind of pushing it. But as long as Xander is looking for animal life he is happy.

Xander checking out the tadpoles in the bucket.

Keaton trying to catch a tadpole.

Bike Party

Ever since Keaton has been able to ride his bike without training wheels, he has been talking of a bike party he is going to have. He was telling everyone in his class almost everyday that they should come to our house and then he would say a time.

Well, I finally put together some invitations after about a month of Keaton bugging me, so he can finally say he had a bike party. It was quite a hit with his class.

Since we live so close to the school everyone rode the bikes over after school and we decorated them, ate pizza and decorated cookies.

Keaton is the person where the more the merrier, so he loved having everyone ride their bikes on our cul-de-sac.

Biker gang! I always forget the camera until the last minute so some already went home.

Finally,Snow

We had so much fun sledding in Utah, that we bought 2 slides before we headed back to CA and couldn't wait to use them.

Well, we had to wait and wait and wait and didn't think we were going to use them this year. Finally a storm came and the boys couldn't wait to be out in the snow again.

There wasn't a lot of snow, but just enough for the basics:

-sledding

-snowman

Keaton and Kate were preparing for a snow ball fight.

Xander and Sara enjoying themselves on the sled.

A snow trip is never complete without a snowman and Keaton made sure to remind me to bring a carrot for the snowman he was going to make.