Easter

We had a great Easter this year!  We did our traditional Easter activities, like decorating Easter cookies and dyeing eggs.  It was a lot of fun!

(Malea went to a birthday party that day with a kitty theme so she was dressed as a kitty for our activities :))

I was lazy and did pre-made sugar cookie dough instead of making my own, and I think in this case they looked better than they tasted, lol.  I think next time I'll take the time to make my own dough.

All ready for Easter morning!

The kids were so excited about their Easter gifts!  Each of them got a little golf set, jump rope, stationary kit, and candy, of course. :)

The kids all ready for their Easter egg hunt!  This year we were able to have it in our OWN backyard with grass and everything!  It was awesome!

The kids showing me their loot!

Easter explosion, lol

The kids trying out their new toys

That afternoon we went to two different Easter dinners, one at my Dad's and then one at my Mom's.  I was SO FULL because all of the food was so good!  Unfortunately I forgot my camera at my Dad's so here's some pics from my mom's.

Malea wanted her face painted like a bunny so I pulled out my craft paint, googled "bunny face paint" and went for it!  I thought it turned out pretty cute.  Grandma Vicki gave each of the grand kids an Easter basket with candy and a stuffed animal.  Both my kids loved their bunnies, even Isaac who isn't nearly as in to stuffed animals as Malea is!

So happy to see family!  We were just missing Sam and his family and Shannon and her family.  The kids had so much fun playing with their cousins and it was a gorgeous day!

And of course, it wouldn't be Easter without my mom's traditional Easter cake.  YUM!

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!