What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hey everyone! Brett back at work after a long and boring weekend in Vegas! Yeah right! David, Paul, Dan, Tristen, Brett and I met in Vegas for the weekend. Brett had a Dental conference that he was supposed to go to. The slot machines were calling our names. You win some and you lose some! We all officially know how to play blackjack. We laid by the pool but not too long because it was upper 80's. We were kind of like vampires and came out at night. Like 1,2,3,even 5 in the morning. We even had fun playing in the kiddie arcades and winning giant stuffed animals. Though a five year old girl finally beat us all. We were slacking in are game a little bit. We all stayed at the Venetian, which we highly recommend! The foods great and the rooms are huge! And were sad to say there were no chickens around. It was a great getaway! We definitely all want to do it again. Whoever can join us next year should! The kids are great, the weather is definitely warmer than Idaho. We're supposed to reach 85 by Thursday. Micah's loving baseball and scouts. Taylor and Alexa are practicing for their dance recitals. Peyton keeps me busy. He's definitely a little firecracker "mine!", "let go!", and "don't!" are his new choice of words! See everyone on the fourth of July! I would post pictures but like I said, what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas!

Happy Mother's Day, Mom

I was looking through some old photos and found this one of Mom and Conner playing in the snow and thought it was cute. Mom, thanks for being such a great grandma! I know you have a lot to keep track of, what are you at now 19 and 1 on the way. Wow! I hope you have a wonderful Mother's day. You deserve it! Raising eight kids and keeping everything together, was not easy to do, but you did it. And I think we all turned out fairly well(to say the least), thanks to you! I know we all got the value of hard work(free child labor-ha,ha) from your example. The 6am raspberry pickings will linger in our minds forever and don't let me forget the endless weeding. Thanks for being such a great example. We look up to you so much! We love you, MOM!

Hola from Tucson

For all of you who haven't heard the news yet, Cassie and I are expecting in October!!! And no Dad, not a Ferengi. :) We're going to find out in June if it's a boy or girl and are still working on the name (if it's a girl). Cassie has been feeling pretty good and hasn't thrown up on me, which is great. No weird cravings yet. Maddy is excited...we'll she how she does though with competition for toys. She's a lot of fun and her favorite word is yummylicious...we don't know where she learned it and Tristen isn't around so we can't blame her. She's also a good helper around the house. We don't have a dishwasher in our apartment and so I have to do them by hand...I'm counting down the days until Maddy's old enough to start doing them. I passed my comprehensive oral exam this week, which is a relief to have out of the way, and finished my masters...hopefully, I'll be done in a year and a half or two. I liked the pictures of the snow you posted, Lici...I think we hit 90 degrees yesterday.

Hawaii Menace

This rooster kept us awake most of the night. A 22 with a snipper scope would have been a blessing during our stay.

Cruising Kauai

Hawaii

We had a great time on the island of Kawaui this past week. We went on a boat trip around the island, snorkled, and had lunch. We say dolphins, whales, flying fish and lots of birds. Thank goodness there were no chickens on board to keep us awake. At the condo those chickens were all over the place and liked to start crowing about 3 AM. They do not allow visitors to bring in guns--too bad. There would have been fewer chickens.

I'm sick of snow!

This is what I found on the ground this morning. YUCK! It is May 1 and we are still getting lovely snow showers. Got to love the Idaho weather. Hayden was suppose to go on a fieldtrip to the zoo this morning, not happening today. Hopefully next week, it will be nice weather and we'll try it again. Cross your fingers! Mexico is calling my name right about now. Sunshine, a swimming pool, and nachos sound pretty good. Brian and Cassie or LeeAnn and Allen, I hope your enjoying the nice weather where you live. I'm coming to visit! Well, there's my ranting and raving on the snow issue. Hope you all are doing good.