Cousins

It was a lot of fun having Heather in town and Keaton and Xander loved hanging out with Travis and Lana.

Keaton kept saying,"Travis is my best bud."

My boys are crazy and they have been riding the skateboards for months, especially Xander, by the time he was 2 he was riding the skateboard down the driveway. No Fear!

Xander loved playing with Lana, a cousin that was close enough to his age. Otherwise Keaton normally has Xander playing the monster and chasing him around with his cousins or his friends and actually Xander doesn't mind that either.

Easter

Chris and I were back in time for Easter, celebrating it at Grandma Nowlin's and Travis and Lana Nord were also visiting.

The Easter bunny (me) loaded up on candy a few weeks before Easter thinking I was prepared, bad idea. I ate all the starburst jelly beans and the cadbury eggs before Easter, so I had to restock. So much for trying to stay healthy.

Xander had no problem finding the eggs.

In our family we look for eggs before church, so everyone can be on a sugar high at church.

Here's the best part, if you live with Mom and Dad then the Easter bunny still delivers goodies, that means:

Uncle Patrick

Uncle Jacob

soon to be Auntie Christina (pat's fiancee)

all got to join Keaton, Xander, Travis and Lana on the Easter egg hunt.

I do believe some of the parents had to help the "older children" find some of the Easter eggs.

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.