Taylor Swift Concert!!

Okay, I think everyone knows how much I love Taylor Swift!!!! The concert finally got here! Yea!! Becky, Jayne and I drove up to Dallas (with a quick detour to my parent's to drop off the kids) and met up with Samantha, Danni, and Tabitha. After a bite to eat, we headed to the concert. And no, we were not the oldest ones there. Hahaha! It was a great show. I really enjoyed it! I bought Zachary a t-shirt and got him a poster. He asked, "Taylor Swift gave this to me?" :) He is so cute. He wore the shirt the next day. And the whole way home, he kept saying, "I love you poster!" If I'm not a big fan, then I think we know who is. Lol.
A big thank you to my sister, Becky for being able to buy the tickets early. Otherwise, I probably wouldn't even be writing this post. And also to Jayne for the pictures. Thanks girls, I had a great time!!!!!

Sophie The Secretary

My Future Architect

Zachary LOVES to play with his Legos. He will stay busy with Legos for an hour or more at a time!! The other day he was quiet upstairs and when I asked him what he was doing, he replied, "I'm building New York." What? And this is what he presented me with. It is a tall building in New York!! And he said he made it just for me because he remembered that I went there. How smart is he? And sweet? I love that boy!!
Oh, I almost forgot... notice the fences on the top. He said that those were there so people would not fall off the top (naturally). :)

All Caught UP!

I know, I know. I have been a slacker on the blogging! Sorry to all of my peeps/followers. And the sad part, is that I don't really have an excuse!

But I am pretty much all caught up now. And I had to change the background appropriately. Fall is officially here! I couldn't have summertime flip-flops as my background anymore. :)

I don't want to jinx it by saying so, but isn't this weather awesome right now? The low humidity, north wind blowing, cooler temp weather awesome????? I think so!

Happy Fall y'all!!

Why Settle For Finger Painting?

Sophie found some of the painting supplies and went to work!! Monkey see, monkey do. :)

Should I Be Concerned?

My kids had disappeared in the house for a little while. When I went to check on them, this is what I found... naked Sophie- not even a diaper, trying on my shoes. Almost naked Zach, with some of my heels on. It was a funny sight, let me tell you! Then Little Miss Thing got an attitude and didn't want me snapping any pictures of her. Well, I guess not... I wouldn't want naked pictures of me either. But that's what she gets... I couldn't pass it up! Zach tried to escape too- I only caught the backside of him. Too funny.

Precious

Isn't he precious?? He fell asleep watching cartoons. I went to go get him for bedtime, and he was out! Poor baby must have had a rough day.

It's Vegas Baby!!!

Me & my Honey outside PF Changs

Crazy Eyes & Crazy Eyes II

We're cool! :)

Dallas & Paul

Dallas & Jayne at dinner.

The monster omelette!

Do you see the size of that donut?? :)

And the famous "Chicken & Waffles!" The chef even came over to check it out.

Todd and his breakfast (just kidding). :)

The girls.

Me & Sister.

Kevin & Jayne

The Group!

Pirate meets Cowgirl! Yee-haw!!

Paige!!! Haven't seen Paige in forever & we got to meet up in Vegas!!

Bride & Groom.

My Groom. xo

Good times @ Ghost Bar.

That's right... Gabe and I actually had a little vacation this past weekend... we went to Vegas baby!!!!! We went with a group of friends to celebrate Todd and Leigh Ann's bachelor/bachelorette parties. We had so much fun.

We arrived Friday morning, checked into our hotel (we stayed at Bally's), and then we were off to the strip to find something to eat! Since we had such a big party, PF Changs gave us the "Champagne Room." We had our own little private room with a huge table. It was great.

Then we were on our way again, down the strip, stopping into different casinos/hotels. We spent most of the afternoon in The Mirage. Let's just say that the drinks were really good there. :)

Since the drinks were so tasty in the early part of the day, after dinner, I was ready to crash! I could barely hold my eyes open! Crazy!

The next morning we ate at a really cool restaurant called Serendipity. They are well known for their BIG portions and frozen hot chocolate. Gabe ordered the waffles & chicken. I just assumed that the chicken would be tenders...um, no. It was a whole chicken!! It was hilarious. I ordered a ham & cheese omelet which was served with these awesome fried potatoes. MMM, so good. Kevin & Jayne got a donut. Just a donut, you say? No. This donut was as big as Sophie's head! No joke. :)

We then explored the strip some more. We spent some time in Ceasar's Palace (I think this is mine and Gabe's favorite hotel), shopped in The Forum, and hung out with our awesome friends. For dinner, we all ate at Samba, a Brazilian restaurant in The Mirage. Then the girls threw Leigh Ann a lingerie shower. After the shower, we all met back up at The Palms hotel. This is where all the cool nightclubs are. We were kind of "VIP" (long story), so we went to the Ghostbar (for those of you that watched Real World Las Vegas, this is where they went) and Rain. Ghostbar was a low-key, let's sit around and enjoy some drinks place. It is located on the 55th floor of the hotel, so the view from the balcony was awesome!! Part of the balcony was plexi-glass. It was a little frightening to stand on that part, but very cool to look down on. Rain is a nightclub with very loud music. And it was packed!!!! There were dancers/gymnasts (don't know what else to call them) hanging from the ceiling doing tricks. Very cool. It was good to just experience that.

On Sunday, Gabe and I were on our own. Everybody took different flights home, and ours wasn't until 2:30. We walked down to the Harley Davidson Cafe and grabbed some lunch. And then got some souvenirs for the kids. We explored a little on our own and then it was time to get a taxi for the airport.

The flight home was good, but I was anxious to get home to the little munchkins. My mom gave them late naps, so they were still up when we made it home. We heard screams of excitement as we walked in the door. I love taking a vacation with my husband, but I will always miss those smiling faces.

A big thanks to my mom & dad (and Danni too) for keeping the kids. Thank you, thank you, thank you! And to Todd & Leigh Ann... thanks for inviting us to Vegas. We are looking forward to the wedding!!! :)

p.s. sorry the pictures aren't so good. i had to scan them (hence why some of them are also crooked- it's very hard to keep those suckers straight!) :)

Awww!

A little special time spent together. I wish they were always this sweet together. :)

Happy Birthday Zachary

HAPPY 4th BIRTHDAY ZACHARY!! WE LOVE YOU VERY MUCH!! xo

Enjoy the slide show of pictures from his birth to present.

Labor Day Weekend

Sophie sneaking Papa's breakfast...

Sophie with Cousin Danni...


We went to visit my parents at the lake for Labor Day Weekend. We just relaxed (or tried to- Sophie didn't sleep good), because the lake was low. We had a pretty uneventful weekend. No water activities for us this time. But we always enjoy getting away, and visiting Grandma & Papa!

19 Months!

My Baby Girl turned 19 months on Sunday! She is a little ball of energy that loves to read/look at books, sing, dance, and she has turned into my little parrot. She is copying, or at least trying to copy everything I say!
She now says: let's go!, ____, where are you?, there it is!, and she sings/hums along to Taylor Swift songs (hilarious)!
Happy Birthday Sophie! xo

Zach's Birthday Party!

We celebrated Zach's 4th Birthday this past weekend. We had to have it a little earlier this year due to Labor Day Weekend. He chose SpongeBob again when I asked him what kind of party he would like. Silly boy! He enjoyed every minute of it! He got a Nintendo DS, Legos, Cars, Race tracks, Clothes, Movies, and a DJ Keyboard. Thank you to everyone that made his day so special!