Vegas Vacation

We went to Las Vegas a few weekends ago with Blake's Family and it was so FUN! We stayed at the Excalibur and the boys thought that it was the coolest thing to get to sleep in a castle! I don't know what it is about hotels, but kids just love to sleep there! We of course had to eat at the buffet which was nice and my kids ate so much! I've never seen them eat so well. We went to the M&M Factory and saw a 3D movie, and then of course we had to go swimming! The weather was nice, thank goodness cuz all they had was an outdoor pool! The highlight of the trip was going to the Adventuredome at Circus Circus! We all rode rides, watched 3D and 4D movies and just had a blast! MaKelle and Daxton even got to ride on the ferris wheel - their first amuzement ride! Blake took Brock on the roller coaster even though he wasn't tall enough, poor Brock had no idea what he was into, this coaster had 2 loops and then a corkscrew twisty thing. Brock was so brave (even though I'm sure he was scared to death), but he now brags about it! And of course we did some shopping and dinning. We had to stop at Bass Pro Shop and the kids loved this huge aquarium there! We even got to see SANTA!! Then on our way home we stopped at our cousins the VanOrdens and got to visit for a minute while the kids played! All in all it was great and a good little (quick) getaway!

6 Months and Milestones

YES the twins are 6 months old! Where does the time go? And not only are they getting big , but they are reaching so many new milestones. First off they are SITTING! AHHH, it still makes me want to cry how fast things happen! But, they love it! It is so fun for them to sit up and play with toys. Makelle is a bit more sturdy than Dax so far, but he is not far behind. Not only are they sitting but they are teething. Daxton is so fussy and grumpy about it you would think that he had more than just one tooth coming in. In fact I have yet to feel any teeth cutting through his gums. And then there is MaKelle who never fusses or acts like she is teething and I feel a tooth cutting through her gums on the top. What an angel she is (most of the time). Finally we started feeding them vegetables, and fruits will be soon to come. I fed them squash the other day and Dax loved it, MaKelle spit it out. So it was when we first fed them cereal and MaKelle soon came to love it so I have high hopes for her. I took them in for their six month doctor appt. and Dax weighed 17 lbs. 11 oz. and was 26 3/4 inches long. Makelle came in at 15 lbs. and was 26 inches long. They are so fun and I love having two, I just wish they wouldn't grow so fast :)



For those of you who know Corbin, you also know that he has a dear attachment to a bear blankie. Well whenever he has this bear blankie he sucks his thumb. This is a habit we have been trying to break. So we told Corbin that it was time to give up the bear blankie to the blankie fairy so she could give it to another baby that needed the blankie more than him. We told him that he was a big boy and didn't need a baby blanket any more. So after much discussion he decided he would give it to the blanket fairy. Thus in return the blanket fairy left him a new toy! We had a few hard nights going to bed without the bear blankie, but he is doing much better and the thumb sucking is is getting less and less every day! As cute as it was that he sucked his thumb and cuddled that blankie, I'm glad that he had a fairly easy transition in getting rid of it.

Sleep like a BABY

So I don't know why people want to sleep like a baby cuz mine wake up all through the night. Personnally I would just love to sleep through the night. Since my twins were born I have had nothing but sleepless nights. However, last night has been the best night so far! YAHOO! My babies slept till 5:15 am and then they both woke up, ate, and went right back to bed and slept till 8:30 am! How awesome is that! I hope this becomes a trend and they continue to have such good nights! I woke up this morning so thrilled that I had to share! Yeah Twins!

Halloween and such

So yes, I am finally getting around to posting about Halloween (now that it is a week later), and other things we've been up too. We had a fun Halloween Trick-or-Treating and then going to Grandma and Grandpa's for some pizza and FUN!

Traveling in style!

Making the rounds.

"Yes more Candy!"

We carved pumpkins 2 days before Halloween and by Halloween day they were already all shrivelled looking and it was so windy that we couldn't keep the candles lit inside. But we sure enjoyed carving them.

Mom helping Corb.

Brock gutting the pumpkin.

Dad helping Corb.

We carved them on Blake's B-day. Happy Birthday Sweetheart!! He thinks he's getting old but we still have a lot of livin' to do! The only thing he wanted to do for his Birthday was go hunting, so I let him go and he had a lot of fun with his Dad and brothers!


The Finished product!

For Halloween Brock was Spiderman even though he would have rather been an astronaut, but there was no way I was going to throw together a costume like that at the last minute.



Corbin was of course Superman, MaKelle was a kitty and Dax was a monster!



They all had fun and so did Blake and I!

This was the end to a perfect Halloween - OOOH! Pretty lights!

All the Babies at Garandma and Grandpas minus their costumes. (They were happier with them off)


Brock had Red Ribbon Week at school the entire week of Halloween and got to do some fun stuff. They wore red one day, camouflage the next, their pajamas another, and then there was crazy hair day where Brock chose to color his hair BLUE!

The next week of school he asked what weird thing he had to wear to school next. It sure would be fun to dress up silly everyday I'm sure!

Eventful Saturday!!

Last Saturday we did so much and had so much fun that the kids are bored now to just be home playing with their toys.

We started the day off by attending the Sheep Parade. Yes there were sheep camps and actual sheep parading down main street in Cedar City. For those of you who don't know, Cedar is the "Festival City" so we have festivals for everything. This festival just happened to be the Livestock and Heritage Festival (or something like that). Needless to say the kids thought it was pretty fun and instead of throwing candy they threw wool (SICK)! But right by where we were on the parade route was some beautiful leaves so we had to get a photo. It was landscaped by Blake's Dad, and yes Brock is a vampire!


Then we were off to the Pumkin Patch to pick a GREAT PUMPKIN!! The boys were so anxious and it was fun! There is a small pumkin patch in Paragonah where you can go pick them and pay by the lb. I think we got some decent ones, but the pickins were slim. Next year we will have to get out there a little bit earlier.





Once we got home we had to dress up and head off to Grandma and Grandpa's for a Halloween Party! We ate and visited while the kids played games! I am still hearing at least 5 times a day about how much fun it was! Blake's Mom had so many FUN games for the kids. They did a cake walk, a fish pond, a pinata, shot cans with a rubberband gun, and even did some crafts! Needless to say they had a blast!! Everyone's costumes were so cute! Isn't Halloween F U N! Thanks Dana and Lorie!

Dax the Monster and MaKelle the Kitty Cat!


Brian and Meg the Zookeepers and a crying Gavin as a baby monkey!


Travis, Nicole and Braxton as the 3 bears!


Blake a War Hero and our pretty Kitty!


Lorie as Little Red Riding Hood, Aunty Anne as the Grandma, and Lamont as the Wolf!


Superman Corbin whacking at the mummy pinata Brianna made!


Spider Man Brock taking his turn. He was old enough to wear the blindfold but didn't think it was as fun. Brianna is the beautiful Prom Queen!
I was a California Raisin but it was not a picture worthy costume! I wish I had gotten more pictures of everyone else cuz all the costumes were so creative!

Lastly we loaded up once more and headed to St. George for my niece Kali's Birthday Party! She had a fairy party (Brock and Corbin didn't seem to mind after all it was a Birthday Party and there were games and cupcakes)! They had a treasure hunt and played outside and ate pizza and opened presents, oh it was a good time! She was a cute fairy and so was my sis Emily! She's the hot fairy in the pics! Love ya Em!




Even blogging about that day makes me tired, but I'm smiling:)