Catch-Up Time (Vegas Style)

We have done a lot of stuff trying to get to know this new town that we are living in. Julie has been on break so she gives us the motivation to get out of the house a little more. We started by taking the little boys to Hoover Dam. They are building this HUGE bridge so that was really cool to see. It's amazing that they can build stuff that big. 

Then we went to Lake Mead. The water was a little mirky, but it felt so good. It was warm like bath water. The babies LOVED it. They splashed and splashed... once we actually let them in the water!

Here is the group minus Julie who was taking the picture. Jessica and Justin were here celebrating with us. It was great to see some of the "little guys" although they really aren't too little anymore. My kids loved having them to play with and quickly made them a mii character for the wii.

Here's Julie with the three of my kids that look like they could actually be hers. They all love her so much!

Even mommy got her turn with the babies in the water. Such cute little stinks. They are growing up so fast.

Then we went to Tournament of Kings. It was SO much fun. I totally loved it and so did the big boys. The babies were pretty sleepy so they didn't appreciate it as much as the rest of us.

You will notice that in most of the pictures little Taylor is being held. That's because he is so NAUGHTY!!!

We went down to the arcade and blew through about $20 playing carnival games. What I learned through this experience is that I'm not very good at anything that you have to throw something, but I'm a pretty dang good fisher!

Before they served the food!

After- The food was actually decent. It came with a roasted hen, tomato soup, broccoli, french fries, a roll, and a pastry for dessert. It was good... and tons of fun with the entertainment.

Ryker thought he needed a little bite of Jenny's chicken! I think this was after he had already eaten all her french fries. Poor girl... she chose the wrong partner. ;)

Outside the Excalibur. Thanks family for a great time!

Home in Vegas

Here are a bunch of pictures of the house we are living in. We LOVE it! It has so much more space. The babies love it because they can pretty much crawl all over the house now! The LOVE the stairs, unfortunately the stairs are a little cruel to the babies. The have fallen down several times and when one falls down he rolls and knocks the other baby down the stairs too. Don't worry though! Julie brought over a baby gate and it's working great!

This is the living room. Rhett spends more time in here then I do. Him and Carter love playing the wii together. Carter is actually quite good at the sports and brags that he can beat me every time. He thinks it's funny that it doesn't even matter which game he picks. 

 

Here is the dining room. I love being able to sit with the family and have a great dinner together. Now if I just learned how to cook! ;)

The downstairs bathroom.

Rhett's dirty office! He has been at COT, officer's training, and hasn't got a chance to get it all finished up yet.

We have very few pictures hanging up, but here is one that I bought for Rhett to put up in his office. It reminded me SO much of him I had to have it!

The garage is a great storage place since it doesn't even come close to fitting the tank. We did put the treadmill out there and it's nice to be able to run without kids bugging you, although I have only used it once so far. When it cools off a little I plan to get my body back into shape! 

I LOVE the pantry. It holds all our food storage and has a FULL size washer and dryer. That alone has saved my hours already!

Here is the kitchen. It is so nice. I really want to learn how to use it. New Goal--- Learn how to cook!

The play room is where I spend most of my time. The big boys love it and evan like to help keep it clean. It helps that we made it easy to clean up by putting little toy organizers. All the toys are down here so I love that the bedrooms are only used for sleeping now so they stay clean as well!

The back yard is also a hit with the kids. If I am ever looking for Taylor I know I can find him outside, butt naked, playing in the dirt and pool!

He also loves the little playhouse now that we washed all the "piders" out of it!

The babies room turned out SO cute. It's a little african safari room. I love that they have their own room because they are on such a great schedule now and don't have big boys waking them up every time they go down for a nap!

The kids fish bathroom!

Carter and Taylor's X-men/monkey room. Taylor's loves the monkeys and will tell you the the two little white one's are the babies and the red one is him because they have the same hair. Carter is the yellow hair one. He loves that they sleep with him. Carter wants them out of his X-men room.

Wolverine Rocks! At least in this bedroom he does!

The master bedroom is huge!

I love the big soaker tub!

The great big patio off the master bedroom. It has the best view. Me and Rhett love to go out on the swing and see the strip and all the city lights! It is so relaxing!

The backyard that isn't covered.

The "dreaded" stairs. I think if you look closely you can see all the babies blood from all the spills they've had! j/k.

Anyway, this is our house for the next year. Rhett and I both love it and our only regret is that we aren't buying it. 

July 4th, 2009

This year for the 4th of July we went over to Nellis Air Force Base and played the day away. They had all sorts of fun activities for the kids. They had a free BBQ, bouncers, snow cones, train, face painting, and all sorts of other fun things for the kids to do. My big boys had a blast. 

After we played at the AFB we headed back to the house to put the babies to bed and let off our fireworks here. After we did most of ours we went out on the back patio and watched the big fireworks. It was really cool. We had such a great view and it was neat to see fireworks going off clear across Vegas. 

Overall we had a great day. The kids missed daddy and right when we got to the AFB we had explained to them that this was where their daddy was going to be working. They jumped out of the car SO excited. Carter looked up at me with a huge smile and said, "Well, where's daddy." It was really sweet. They all love their daddy so much. He has been at Officer's training in Alabama for the last several weeks and still has 2 1/2 to go, but we have family close by to help me entertain so that has made it a little easier on them.

 

Here is Carter taking Taylor across the trees to show him a spider. They have become really close friends and Taylor absolutely adores Carter. He has become a little shadow to him. Everything Carter does or says Taylor quickly follows.

Aunt Julie taking the boys over to see the airplanes. They love living close to Julie and Jenny. They wake up every morning and ask if they can go to "Jenny's House." 

We paired these to up together because they act the same age. j/k. Jenny. Taylor really loves Jenny and they had a good day together until Taylor spilled his snow cone down Jenny's shirt. lol.

Wild Rapids bouncer. Although they had several bouncers this was their favorite because you got to get all wet.

I was actually standing under the stealth. By far the coolest plane ever made!

Family picture minus Rhett. I realize this isn't a very good picture, but we took 12 and this was the one that turned out the best. Making four little kids look at the camera and smile is near impossible! The babies were a little ticked in this one.

Happy 4th of July. The babies thought the flags aunt Julie brought over were delicious!

Future pyromaniac. He was so amazed by the fire part of everything.

 
Taylor thought I was "magic" whenever I lit off a firework.

Julie and Taylor watching a fountain.

The group watching fireworks.