Naked in Vegas

Austin and I each discovered a fun attraction in Vegas...naked statues. He is at an age where it is funny to see "boobs". I had fun teasing him about it the whole time. We took time stand outside for an hour to see a pirate show at 10:00pm and of course at the last minute it was cancelled because of wind. The kids were NOT happy. Justin about had a cow. He is not one to hide his disappointment. Such a joy. We had a great time though. I am sure we will go back soon.

Cows, Lepards and Talent

I drove the kids to downtown Las Vegas to visit a dairy farm. There arent actually cows there but we toured the processing plant and saw them making milk, ice cream and cottage cheese. They had a robotic cow that explained how things are done and then we walked around. It was actually pretty cool. We even got free ice cream at the end. Yummm!!

In the mean time Justin and Austin discovered a new talent. They could suck air out of Gatorade bottles and stick them to their faces. Nice!! It makes a Mother so proud.

We went to the Lion and Dolphin habitat in the Mirage Hotel. That was really fun. The kids got to pet a dolphin and watch them do tricks. We also saw Jaguars, Lions, Tigers and Llamas. We really enjoyed that adventure.

Viva Las Vegas

We heading to Vegas as soon as school got out. John had a convention for work there so we tagged along to enjoy the free stay at the Paris Hotel. I can promise we did not come home with an extra "gift" as we did a few years ago. We never even slept in the same bed the whole time!! Fitting 6 people in one hotel room is a little challenging but we managed. We went to everything there that is free. While John worked the kids and I walked all around and saw all kinds of cool things. We enjoyed the M&M Store and loved the Flamingo Hotel walkways. It was a great family get-a-way and we were thankful for the semi-free trip.

School is out!

The kids are thrilled. As of May 22 school is officially over. The kids were all on honor roll this year and were great students. They are looking forward to swinging in the backyard, riding on pool toys and hiding out from me in the fort. I am looking forward to sleeping in, no homework and school starting in August!!

Kinder Zoo Trip

I am going to back up a month to catch up. Christian's kindergarten class went to a local zoo the last week of school. I was in charge of 3 rambunctious boys and Jilliann. His teacher, Ms. Loffman, said I could handle the challenging children....I think that was because mine was in the group. We had a lot of fun and walked until exhaustion (10 minutes for the kids!).

We saw all kinds of fabulous animals but our favorite was the naked mole rat. How funny looking are they??