Spring Break in Vegas!

Back in April we had the opportunity to go to Las Vegas for Spring Break.  It was a lot of fun!  The weather was sooo nice there, mostly 80's with a little breeze here and there.  We left chilly Utah weather to shorts and flip flops. It was great!

Isaac all ready to go, goggles and all :)  

Malea getting cozy in her bed at the hotel

Couldn't miss the chance to have Jack in the Box while we were there!

We took a late night dip when we got there.....this was like 7 o'clock at night at the weather was still amazing!

Me kicked back watching them swim....this is the life!

Watching a movie in the hide-a-bed.  This was the first time they had shared a bed, it was....interesting, lol.  Isaac is a wild sleeper and Malea didn't like that too much.

The kids all ready to go swimming again the next day!

Me and the kids in the lazy river, my favorite :)

The place we stayed had the most amazing pool!  There was a little sandy beach that went in to the water, the kids loved it!

That evening we took the kids in to the strip....here's a few pics I got as we were driving in

We parked at the MGM Grand since it was somewhat close to what we wanted to see.  It still felt like we had to walk forever though.  I hate how the sidewalks force you to walk through the casinos....I know they do it to get people to gamble, but its really annoying!

We stopped at the Rainforest Cafe at the MGM Grand....the kids loved it!  They loved the huge aquarium in the middle and we got each of them a little toy at the gift shop.

"M" for Malea! :)

Watching the little show at the M&M Store

Minions!

All of us watching the Bellagio fountain show....the kids loved it!  Although this was about when the crazies started to come out, lol.

The next day we took the kids to the Town Square mall.  It was right down the street from our hotel and it has this awesome children's park with a splash pad.  And it was free, which was even better!  The kids had so much fun!  We brought them there when we were in Vegas a couple of years ago, Isaac was just a baby then.

Malea wanted me to take a picture of her with a little white tiger she got the night before at the Rainforest Cafe :)

Heading home!  Malea's tiger in front of the Arizona sign :)

We had a great trip!

Bathroom Remodel

I am SO happy to announce that we finally remodeled our bathroom!  It was one of the only rooms in the house that we weren't able to fix up before we moved in and we've kind of just been putting up with it until we could get around to (and afford to) remodel it.  Well my amazing in-laws were in town and told us they were going to help us do it!  We got a new toilet, new sink/vanity, new cabinet for storage, new light fixture, new flooring, and finished painting.  The tub/shower was still in good shape so we left it alone. I L-O-V-E how it turned out!

Before pics

During

Isaac being a "helper" :)

AFTER!!!

(Don't mind Isaac's little potty seat there, lol....we were potty training him during all this)

I looks SO much better!  Sometimes I just walk in there and stare at it because I love it so much :)

Isaac is potty trained!

We are so proud of Isaac!  Back in March he finally decided it was time to be potty trained (notice I said "he" finally decided....lol). We had bought him underwear back when he turned 3 and tried to warm him up to the idea but for the loooongest time he has zero interest in it.  I thought it would never happen! (not really, but seriously though, lol).  He can be a very stubborn child so the trick was to try and get him to think it was his idea.  

Isaac picking out a prize from the treasure chest....I went to the dollar store and picked out a bunch of different things for him to get each time he went on the potty.  Worked like a charm! 

{Is there anything cuter than a child wearing underwear for the first time??  

His bum just looks so cute and little!}

Caught a rare moment of these two hugging, she told me she was "so proud of Isaac" for getting potty trained :)  So cute!

Just a little light bathroom reading ;)

For months any time we were at Walmart he would play with this little castle and we would say "if you start going on the potty we will get it for you!"  For a few days we were struggling to get him to go #2, so we told him that if he went poop on the potty that we would go get it for him.  He would go all day holding his poop in, then once I put a pull-up on him for bedtime he would poop in it.  It was a struggle for a little while but once he finally went in the potty once it was smooth sailing after that.  He was so happy to finally get his castle!

Isaac finished filling up his chart and is officially potty trained!  Yay!

Great job buddy!

{Can you tell he didn't want his picture taken? Lol}

Get ready for lots of new blog posts....

I am SO behind on blogging!  The last few months have been crazy but things have finally settled down a little bit so I am hoping to get caught up on the last three months' worth of activities.  A LOT has happened!!!  We've had Easter, Isaac getting potty trained, a bathroom remodel, a trip to Las Vegas, finishing up my internship/grad school, my graduation/trip to Colorado, LOTS of work in the yard, end of the school year for the kids, etc etc.  So, stay tuned! :) :)