Vegas

This year our annual family reunion was in California. We decided to leave a couple days early and stay a night in Vegas. Not really a place for kids. We thought the kids would like seeing the tigers at the Mirage and the pirate show outside Treasure Island. But you have to pay $20 a person to see the tigers and Treasure Island was too far from our hotel. And it was HOT! Our hotel had a really neat pool with 3 slides that the kids (and parents) had fun on. We ended up having enough time to swim on Saturday afternoon but were planning to do most of our swimming Sunday morning. We woke up, got everybody ready with sunscreen and swimsuits and floaties and towels and waited for the pool to open. Well just our luck. The filter went out and the pool was closed all day. So I didn't get any swimming pictures because I procrastinated and waited until Sunday and then we didn't get to swim.
We did see the fountain show at the Belagio and Braden thought the 'fireworks with water' was pretty neat. This is Braden and Will looking at the strip from the safety of our hotel room. Will loved all the lights.


As we walked down the strip Braden asked how come everybody littered, and I just hoped he didn't see what was on the litter. He also loudly pointed out all the cigarette butts. I don't think we will be going back soon.



This was on the road and so excited for a week of fun. Vegas was the first stop and there's more to come of the rest of the trip.

We have 3 snoobies now!

Braden has been hearing things a little different and then repeating them in his own way. I love to hear how he interperets things and I can't bring myself to correct him! I know it's not cute when he's an adult saying the wrong thing, but for now I think I'll let it slide.

Braden and Will got a little Snoopy stuffed animal from the MetLife guy and Braden was so happy when he came home and saw that we already had another Snoopy (I think it's from a happy meal). When Cory got home from work he had to tell him, "Dad, we have 3 Snoobies now."

The other day we were driving in the car and Braden said, "I have a cank in my mouth."

Braden came home one day and asked if we have wobbles by our house. I was confused and said I have never heard of that with Weeble Wobbles being the only thing I could think of. He said his friend told his that there are wobbles. I asked him what wobbles do and he said they come in your house and take your stuff. I finally figured out that he meant robbers but his friend can't say his r's very well. I still laugh when I say wobbles but think robbers.

Will's 1st Haircut

Will got his first official haircut last week. It's crazy how fast they grow up. I think I was delaying the haircut to try to keep him a little baby. As you can tell from the picture, it was overdue.

Bear Lake Weekend

Last weekend we went with Cory's family to Bear Lake for the weekend. The first night we ate at Cafe Sabor and then the kids went swimming at the pool. We went back to the cabin and played some games and called it a night. At least most of did. Will decided he didn't want to sleep even though it was 11:30! So Cory took him on a little drive and he fell right asleep. It's always hard to share a cabin with a lot of people especially with an 11 month old baby.





On Saturday Chad, Amy and Kasey biked around the lake while Cory, Kent, Donna, Eric, Todd, Lance, and Tara went golfing. When they got back we packed a lunch and headed to the lake. We spent the day relaxing on the beach, had a bean bag toss tournament (that Braden & Cory won!) rented a couple waverunners, and did and an egg toss!





Braden loved the beach especially the waverunner. Will did not care one bit about the sand and I'm sure he ate quite a bit.

On Sunday we woke up and headed to Bloomington Lake. It was about an hour from the cabin then a 1/2 mile hike. It is so pretty up there, but the water is COLD!



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There is a rope swing that Braden was adamant about doing. It made me so nervous! I didn't know if he could hold on and if he didn't he would hit the rocks below. If he did hold on and not dare drop in the water he'd come swinging back and hit the rocks. I guess you have to just let him go.



He did great and held on and when we yelled drop he did. I think the water was colder than he expected and he did not like all the attention from everybody on the edge, but other than that it was a success. He is ready to go back but he thinks next time he DOES NOT need a life jacket on. Ummm..think again. He can swim pretty good, but rope swinging into an ice cold lake that is who knows how deep when you are 5 years old, requires a lifejacket-mom says.

We had a great time with everyone and look forward to going again soon.

Lookin' Good

The other day I saw Braden out riding his bike with his new sunglasses. Turns out they were the 3-D glasses from Up. Whatever works.

I made it myself

Before this story is told, please note: I was at work, Cory was in charge.

The other day Braden went downstairs to tell Cory he made himself lunch. Cory asked him what he made and it turns out, it was quite the lunch. After A LOT of questions we have come to the conclusion that he got into our fridge and found some fried rice I made for dinner about a week ago. So he put it in the microwave and pushed "4".

Well the "4" means 4 minutes, so I asked him if he let it go the whole way to which he replied, "No, just til the lid popped off!" Apparently he couldn't get the lid off before so why not cook it with the lid on.

But of course he said it was too hot to eat, so he decided to pour water in the rice to cool it off. Now that's thinking!

Turns out he ate the whole thing. Rice, water and all. Which makes me think, he will eat crunchy, old, over cooked, watered down rice, but not half the dinners I cook. I guess I just need to wait a week and let him prepare it. Apparently that works!!

Go Boomers!

Well soccer season is over and I think it turned out successful. After the first game of tears, Braden rebounded and did really good and had a great time. I told him it was his last game and he said, "No, I get to play again when I'm six." So I guess it's just begun! He had a fun team and a great coach and I look forward to his games when he is six. Most of our games were played in the rain or even snow, but they were still fun and the kids didn't care.

This is Braden's biggest fan. Will loved to go watch the games, even in the rain.