Carnival

On Thursday we took the kids to the carnival. They loved it. Blair wanted to go on EVERY ride! She is so crazy so I am not surprised. We only let her ride a few though. She can climb out of the shopping carts at the store so I am sure if she wasn't liking the ride she would have found a way to get out. I wasn't risking it. She got to go on the fun house and the merry go round. We let Lukas go on whatever rides he chose. We tried to talk him into the kiddie roller coasters. He wasn't having it though, he said they were too fast.


This had to be the longest carasouel ride ever. Seriously, Lukas even asked when it was going to be over. HA HA. Blair thought her horse was a rocking horse and kept trying to rock back and forth. She didn't think the ride was to long because she was mad when we took her off.
I love this picture. Its like he is just chillin riding his motorcycle! He thinks he is a one bad dude!
Waiting for Blair to come down the fun house with daddy.
Blair thought this was so much fun. So did Lukas. Lukas went on it twice. I couldn't get a picture of him cause there was always some other little kid in the way.

Las Vegas

Just a warning LOTS of pictures a head.

We wanted to take a family vacation this year. After finding a great deal on a Las Vegas hotel we decided Vegas was where it was going to happen. I was a little nervous for the drive cause my kids don't love the car. However, they surprised me and did wonderfully. Blair didn't cry going there or going back. Lukas had a hard time the last hour on the way home but still did suburb. Even though it was super hot ( The first day we were there it was 117!) we had a great time. Lukas loved our hotel and thought it was our new house. He kept saying, "I like our new house." I don't blame him it was super nice. We upgraded to a two room two bathroom suite. There were even t.v.'s in the mirrors. We stayed at the Trump Tower and there isn't a casino and it is completely non smoking. It was a great place to stay with kids. We went to the Shark Reef at Mandalay Bay. Both the kids had a blast there. Blairs favorite word the whole trip was "Wow." She was in awe of everything. We went to the mirage and saw the dolphins and white tigers and lions. We saw the water show and Bellagio gardens. We had frozen hot chocolate not one but twice at Serendipity. We swam a lot and just had a great time.

Blair enjoying breakfast in bed.
We went swimming a LOT! It was so nice to cool down in the pool. Plus my kids love swimming. Lukas put his new swimming skills from swim lessons to the test and did great.
Lukas and Dan at the Mandalay Bay.

Our whole family at the Shark Reef.

Its so fun that you get to touch Sting Rays at the Shark Reef.
Ready to walk the strip for the night! I bought this adorable dress at H&M. I LOVE that store and was so excited to shop there now that they have one in Vegas.
My kids loved watching the dolphins at the Mirage.
Blair looks sunburned but she wasn't. It was just so hot that her face got really red. After the mirage we got frozen yogurt to cool down and hung out inside till it was a little cooler.

Lukas fell a sleep a few times walking around outside.
Lukas's sweet cousin Maddie let him borrow her ds for the trip. It saved our lives in the drive and was great for quiet time at the hotel in between excursions.
Blair liked watching Sesamee street on the portable dvd player. She even started saying elmo on this trip.

The Bellagio gardens. I wanted to get better pics but it was SO crowded. I didn't dare let my kids out of the stroller because I didn't want to loose them.

All in all it was a great trip and great memories.

Some photos

My friend and neighbor is a great photographer http://www.frecklesphotography.blogspot.com/. Not too long ago she taught a class at the Spanish Fork Youth Arts Festival. She needed some children models for her kids to take pictures of. I volunteered my energetic little ones for her students to take pictures of. She was so sweet and took these awesome pics of my kids. Lukas insisted on wearing his funny orange striped sun glasses and super cape. I thought it would look funny but it only captured his true self and personality. Blair was just her sweet self.

3 and 1/2

Lukas turned 3 and a half on the 9th. Since I haven't done an only Lukas post for a while I thought this would be a perfect time to do so! Lukas is getting so tall and so big. I can't believe that he, my little miracle baby has gotten so big! He says the funniest things and makes me laugh on a daily basis. He is a huge story teller and goes on and on and on. Sometimes I admit I tune out a bit and just nod my head and say uh huh. He starts preschool in a month and a half. He is SO excited. I am so excited for him but a little nervous to drop my little guy off two days a week for two hours. I know he will love it though. He knows all his letters and we have been practicing writing. He can almost write his name. He knows how to spell it, but struggles with the K and the A. He loves playing with his "kids" which is his friends. He always wants to go outside and play with them. I am glad he is so social and plays so well with others. He started swim lessons a week ago and he LOVES them. He was nervous to get in the big pool but he did it. I was so proud of him. We love this little guy even if sometimes the terrible 3's get the best of us!

4th of July continued

Lucky for us we got to celebrate the 4th of July two days in a row. On Monday we spent it celebrating with Dans family. It was a beautiful day. My kids had a blast playing with their cousins. Dan and I enjoyed the great company and the yummy food.

Blair eating Grandmas salsa. No chips necessary. She seriously just wanted to eat it by the spoon full. I don't blame her it is pretty good stuff.

This is Blairs favorite spot. She LOVES the tramp. She wants to be on it all the time. However, she isn't allowed on it when the bigger kids are on it. So she just stands here watching. She pretty much is pleading for me to allow her on. When she does get to be on she is a great jumper. She can get off on both feet.
Lukas having fun on the tramp. This is where the boy cousins spent most of their time.
Blair and daddy.
I know there isn't many pictures of Lukas. In my defense he was hardly ever by me. He was off enjoying the company of his cousins. I have to watch Blair like a hawk so she doesn't hurt herself so there are more pics of her. We came home and were going to do fire works. Lukas fell a sleep on the way home though. We woke him up and gave him the option of still watching them and he said he was too tired. He must have really been because he REALLY wanted to do fire works.

4th of July

We had a great 4th of July. We went and celebrated at a park with my side of the family. It was super fun and the best part was seeing family we don't get to see very often. The kids had a blast together and were SO good. The weather was perfect and the food was yummy.

Lukas in his 4th of July outfit giving the peace sign.
Blair in her 4th of July outfit. Funny story. My mom made her this cute dress. She cut out the 3 T size and she figured it would be way to long so she cut it. It actually made it to short. So we decided to make it a top instead. I think it looked super cute with her denim capris. I LOVE it!
The two cutest kids EVER!
Isn't it sort of creepy how well he crosses his eyes Seriously, it gives me the creeps. I had to tell him to please stop.
This rocking chair was mine when I was little and Blair has inherited it. I am trying to decide if I am going to keep it this way or refinish it and paint it a different color.
Blair adores her daddy, can't you tell?

This little girl LOVES ice. She kept playing in the cooler of ice. She even started an ice fight. However, I am not sure if it is considered an ice fight when your 3 year old warned everyone before putting it down their shirts. He would go up to them and say "ice" and hold it out and then try. HA HA. It was pretty funny.
Best friends and I hope it is always like that!
I wish I would have gotten more pictures at the park. I guess I was having such a good time I forgot to take some.

Bike

Lukas graduated from this to..............................
To this today.
He is so excited and so proud that he is now moving on from his trike to a bike! We figured he was getting to big for the trike. Plus Blair loves it and is sort of taken it over. She can't quite ride it yet but soon. She is starting to pedal but not really getting anywhere. We figure she will be taking off soon and Lukas needed something bigger. We took him over to Wal mart and this is the one he chose. We tried to get a little bit of a bigger one but he wouldn't ride them and said they were to big. He loves this one and it is his perfect size. He rode it all over, we even went for a walk.

Bigger

Blair speaking (well at least I am pretty sure she would say this.) "When I grow bigger I want to be JUST like my big brother. " Seriously this little girl loves her big brother so much. She does EVERYTHING he does. He does a sumer sault she does. He jumps of the bed she does it ( no matter how high.) he goes down the slide back wards she does it. When he is sad she ALWAYS gives him a hug and pats his back. It is the cutest thing and is one of my proudest mommy moments.


Example of I want to do everything my brother does. We go to the library once a week. We usually go to story time and pick out books. They have back packs you can check out with activities and such. Lukas HAS to have one. As soon as that back pack is on him Blair is pointing and saying ahhh ahhh until I put one on her to. They walk around the house in them all the time.

They are super cute I have to admit.