Las Vegas

Last week we took a kid free trip to Las Vegas!

We have never been that far away or away that long from either one of the girls.

We did really miss them. We kept saying.." oh they would love this" or " they would be doing this or that" It was nice to get away though and I was reminded when I saw other people with children how nervous I would be to have the girls with me there. I could just imagine the questions that Ellie would have had :)

 

We were out there for a recycling convention for Matt's work but we took a day to go see the Hoover Dam and it was a great trip. We have flown over it before but never seen it up close and it was very impressive.

 

here are some a ton of pictures from our trip...

 

 

the girls would have gone CRAZY if they had seen the m&m store!!

inside the power plants at the hoover dam...

 

this was a chocolate factory that we stopped at on the the way back of the dam...

the chocolate there was delicious and they had lots of samples which makes me happy :)



 

cactus botanical gardens...need I say more

Eifel tower!

I am afraid this may be the closest I am going to get to the real thing...

 

Bellagio...I had forgotton how much I liked the fountains there.

 

My new favorite restaurant.

It is called MESA Grill. It is Bobby Flays restaurant.

We ate there in the Bahamas and then saw that he had one here and we HAD to try it. It was great!!

the only one I have left to eat at in the one in NYC :)

chocolate fountain in Bellagio...

Yum!! I would love to stand under one of those and open my mouth!!!

 

we had a fun time but we were super happy and ready to be home and see our girls!

Ellie is 4!!!

 

Last week my sweet baby turned 4.

Yes that is right, I said 4.

She has been so excited about her birthday and talked about it daily for the past few months.

she ended up deciding on Ariel. Not all the princesses but Ariel :)

 

It was a great party. We celebrated with her cousins and grandparents. It was small...which was actually great! It was one of the most laid back parties we have had.

 

here are some of the pictures from our ariel party...

 

She had a great time helping me decorate...

And we decided it turned out pretty cute.

 

She picked out the flowers...

 

Her cake was from Target and I thought it turned out pretty cute!

The greatest hamburger cook ever :)

 

 She got a Frozen Castle and luckily we had some great aunts and uncles that were willing to help put all those pieces together...and fast!!

 

Happy Birthday to our sweet Elllie Resse.

You are such a blessing to mommy and daddy and we love watching God through you every single day.

18 months

Sweet little missy turned 18 months on the 6th of March.

It is so hard for me to believe that she is growing so fast.

I just love her little attitude lately.

She just makes me smile and crazy all at the same time.

She wants to do all the things that the big kids do but if you ask her if she is a big girl or a silly goose she says " I baby"

I think she knows that she will get away with more if she stays the baby.

She loves loves loves her baby doll.

She also loves her blanket.

Both have to be near her at all times or things are not good in Annie's world.

Eating is another thing that is very dear to this little girls heart :)

If it is 515 and there is no food on the table yet she is hanging off her highchair smacking her lips.

I tell Ellie that one day Annie is going to be bigger than she is because Annie is such a good eater.

Here are some things we want to remember about you at 18 months

- your sweet smile. It lights up your whole face.

- your sweet soft curls. I think since your hair is getting longer you can feel your curls bouncing when you walk because every now and then you will reach back and feel them every now and then. 

- you way of telling somebody to move " beep, beep" it makes me laugh every time. 

- the way you run. My heart stops everytime because you are so bouncy I just know you are going to crash. Your daddy says that your feet go as high as they do far out when you run :)

- how you love to be outside. I think you would live out there if I let you. As soon as I get you out of the car you take off running across the yard and to the playset and play house.

- how you lead me into the lving room and pat the couch and say " sit momma" you love having your momma close by and I love being right beside you sweet girl.

You are growing and changing so much and we love watching you every single day. 

You have our heart sweet Annie Morgan

March Catch - Up

We are still here!

We have been busy around here lately.

Spring break was last week and we had lots of fun things going on each day.

We have been working in the yard getting ready for spring and picking lots of pretty flowers.

We have also finished our tile in the kitchen!

This week we are getting ready to celebrate a special little girl turning 4 and a trip to Vegas!

Here are some pictures of our last few weeks