Dance

This fall Kaylie has been taking ballet and tap. She loves them both and now her and Josh go around the house doing the "boogie woogie" move! Every time we go to leave, and have a hard time getting her out of the house, I say "should we just stop doing dance, and not worry about it?" That's all it takes to get her out the door...she just forgets how much she loves it til she almost loses it...funny how that is so universal!

Vegas in October...

So, the hotel we stayed at, the Silverton, has a huge aquarium, and it even has mermaids that do little shows. My kiddos LOVED it! I think one of the mermaids had a little crush on Josh, she kept coming back over to him and making him touch the glass. Don't worry little mermaid, the feeling was mutual!
Cruisin the boulevard! They are supposed to be pointing at the Statue of Liberty. Oh well.

The whole gang, minus my mom, who is taking the pic...M & M factory has a 3D movie for the kiddos. But I think they could use some new 3D glasses, all of ours didn't even work unless you squinted one eye...
The lion habitat at MGM, they are like big kitties, and Josh likes kitties!

And...the highlight of the whole trip: POOL TIME!
The hotel Tree and Curt were at, Tahiti Village, is soooo rockin awesome! It doesn't have a casino, so it smells so yummy all the time, and the pool has sand on one end going into the pool, so it's like the beach, without salt water! It was soooo nice to just lay out while the kids played in the sand, and when they did venture in the water, it was shallow, so a momma could chill and not worry! And when I got too hot from laying out, the water was perfect...needless to say, this is for sure where we'll be staying if we go to Vegas again!

Uncle Curt was so fun and let us bury him in the sand!!!Kaylie and Rylie were brave and wanted to get buried too!

If we couldn't see Kaylie and Rylie, this is where they always were hiding, in the hot tub!
You can barely tell, but they have foam beards...Ok...this was the funniest thing. This little chica was infatuated with James. It started in the sand, she came over and started playing with Josh and James. James was nice to her, and apparently too nice...she kept following him, he would inch further and further away, so she would inch closer and closer! HA! So James was feelin a little funny, and didn't want her parents to get the wrong idea, so he took Josh out in the pool in the deeper water to get away from her. What does she do?? Oh, have no fear, she goes and gets her little floatie, so she can follow right after him!!!!! I WAS LAUGHING HYSTERICALLY! Maybe you had to be there...But it seriously went on for close to an hour, and I even videotaped him moving away from her, and her kicking her little legs to get her and her floatie right next to him! (And so I had proof, in case there were any accusations later!) Anyway, it made my day, and I really think James should be flattered! He he he!The last day, we trekked down to Circus Circus for the Adventure Dome. It was actually really fun! But I will not go back in October again, because at night it is the "Fright Dome," and they didn't take all the props down, and actually started letting the scary made-up workers in before we even left...I was pretty disturbed, and angry that Kaylie was upset about seeing the "scary clowns" with psycho fangs and blood on their faces. Yeah, I recommend going, but NEVER in October. On a lighter note, before the end, the kids had a blast...James too... :)
Super fun trip to Vegas. The highlights according to Kaylie: "Swimming, playing in the sand, Grandma sleeping in our room." So basically, all the effort put in to seeing all the "fun things for kids" wasn't really worth it. Next trip, we're heading somewhere warm, and camping out at the pool!

The littlest pumpkin

Our family of pumpkins:And if you didn't catch the punch line from the above pic, here's a more direct route for ya:

Yeppers, baby #3 due 5-6-11 :) We all couldn't be more excited, especially Kaylie!!!

Soccer

Outdoor Soccer!

Kaylie had a blast this season with soccer. She was on her friend John's team, and his dad Pete was the coach! Yay! Couldn't ask for a better setup!
Oh my heck, these two have so much fun together on the field...it's like they're in their own little world. Oh, are they supposed to be paying attention to the game?

They even have matching scars on the top of their noses!

Yay Kaylie! She really only hit the ball during practice... :)

I'm not ready to be a soccer mom! It has been so busy, especially b/c one of Kaylie's games each week just happened to be the day I worked, and the game was at 5:30, sometimes I don't even leave work til then, and James has class the same night, so our nights were a little hecktic to say the least, and we spent most nights eating dinner during breaks from the game!

Killer trophy! It is seriously the coolest trophy I've ever seen...the soccer ball spins, and lights up~! Can you believe it, a spinning, lighted trophy...who knew there was such a thing, we love it!

Another day at the cabin.

Wow, we are lucky, and we know it! We loved going to the cabin in August just as much as July! This time was actually really fun because most of the kids were back in school, which equaled a very quiet cabin night! We just went up for a night and half the next day is all, but there's always plenty of fun no matter how long we're there! Here are some pics of the fun:Smoretacular!

Who needs marshmallows or grahams?

Cute cowgirl chica

I've said it before, this girl is a thrill-seeker! She was the happiest when I was the most worried, watching from a distance as she galloped with daddy!

Galloping girls...Okay, trotting. I'm not near as strong of a horse rider as James!

Playing by the waterfall, our fave hike!