vegas...

Although I am usually considered a little white trash for my love for vegas with all the smoke, sluts, drunks, and scary billboards...I do love it. Especially the fact that that means a weekend away from being a Mom, and a few full days of sun, shopping and food.

The first night we started our eating with cafe rio. Could there be any better food? Its worth every ounce of stomach ache I get later on.

Then a little stroll through the shops at Caesars Palace. I honestly think the boys enjoyed themselves more than we did with all the jewelry/watch stores.

Then we waited like fourty five mintues,

and enjoyed sweet Serendipity.

One day the boys joined us at the pool for an afternoon which was nice

and then back to Serendipity for our new favorite dessert...Fried Oreo Sundae. I have never tasted anything better in my life, and I don't even really like oreos.

thanks again to my Mom and Dad who are always so willing to take Sawyer for us, even when he is experiencing a little bit of the terrible two's right now.

Tomorrow

Tyson and I are going here...
to do this
and some of this

and eat a lot of this

thanks to these two lovely parents who are keeping this cute little boy!

Memorial Weekend..or should I say Laker Weekend

Now that it is the Laker playoff time I don't think there is really anything else that is on Tyson's mind. Although I feel like I lose the attention of my husband for a few months, Sawyer loves to watch the games too, and I have found a new love for my bedroom with the door closed and no one bothering me. I get to watch my own shows with no comments, and read my books in total peace and quiet, except for the occasional yelling and chanting through out the house. Taylor and Melanie were in town this weekend and so Saturday night we had a family Laker party at out house.

Monday the boys closed the store early and we headed to Gary's for a BBQ, some pool ball for the boys/ laying out for the girls, and of course...another Laker game. I always love it when the family gets together!

Sawyer and Jeffrey have become great friends. They have really similar "homec" personalities and just run around playing and laughing together for hours. Jeffrey really is Sawyers favorite uncle!

LA...our favorite place to be

So Tyson had a few work things that he needed to do downtown, I thought why not join him instead of sitting at home wishing it was a normal temperature outside. I'd rather sit in the car for half the day and have the other half to enjoy shopping, food, and nice weather. We started in downtown so Tyson could get work over with. Sawyer and I just walked around and snacked a bit while we waited. Then it was off to the airport to fulfill Sawyers everyday dream of going back to see the airplanes in LA. He probably asks us at least a few times a week if we could go to the airport in LA, he even says he'd rather go their than Disneyland. Don't ask me who my child is. We got In n Out and had a little picnic on the grass while Sawyer danced, played, and watched the planes come in. Then back in the car again for my favorite place...the Grove. I got to do a little Nordstrom sale shopping while the boys got treats, played in the fountains, and rode the trolley. Seriously, if I could live anywhere LA would be the place. We absolutely love it there.

Sometimes the planes are a little too loud.

Our favorite treats!

family

One of the things that I am most grateful that I learned from my parents would probably be the importance of family. I have been lucky enough to not only have a great family of my own, but a great extended family as well. I have grown up spending a lot of time with all of them, and loving each of them individually for different reasons. This weekend one of my cousins got married and it was a great weekend to all be together. We had the wedding, birthdays, and mothers day. There is no place I would have rather been.

Friday night we all got together at some Mexican restaurant in Pasadena before Johanna's reception

me with grandma and roy

Craig and family, its my favorite to have Sarah at every family function on both sides

the Temple, or castle as Sawyer would call it

Grandma with Sawyer and Papa

my family minus Tyson, I think he is missing more than he is actually there

the boys relaxing after a mothers day lunch

Happy Birthday to Tyler!

my mom

There is seriously no one that can compare to my mom. She is the most amazing woman that I know.. she can do almost anything, and knows almost everything. I love you Mom!

our most recent happenings

I feel like lately I don't have time for any of my extra, but regular obsessions... like my numerous tv shows that I LOVE, the baking in search of my new favorite recipes, cleaning my house(an obsession for the results that follows the cleaning), and my blogging which makes me feel like I am just keeping up with my life. The real question is what exactly am I doing, I have no idea...there is just no time. But of course there is always time for Sawyer. Tantrums, funny comments, bossing me around, singing, airplane flying, newly wanting to swim and go potty on the little potty. He only likes the little portable potty, and constantly reminds me the big potty is scary because he says he might fall in. I love the way 2 year olds think, especially mine.

Playing at the park, we came in clothes and left in a wet diaper

Bribing my child to go on the potty with diet coke, it worked like a charm

Sawyer wanting to copy Tyson in everything that he does, including his hat for the pool

Sawyers favorite thing about Thursdays is SCOUTS! Tyson is the cub master and all the boys include Sawyer every week and Sawyer absolutely loves them. Last week they did a hike to an oasis behind our house.

Hoppy Easter

Some shots before church, Sawyer barely cooperating

the egg hunt

Kim looking pretty cute and pregnant

Sawyer and Papa playing in the water feature at the spectrum

Easter weekend we were all(minus collins and ali) at my parents house where all of the usual took place. Lots of baking new recipes, eating at Las Golindrinas, Pei Wei, wings for the boys, and some shopping for the girls. I went blonder again after much encouragement from Tyson, and feel like a whole new person with some fresh color that was long overdo.
I thought that maybe we would dye eggs with Sawyer, but never had time so instead I filled the plastic ones with jelly beans for our easter egg hunt. I should add that of course I waited until Saturday night to go get some candy from Target and there was none left. I had to buy regular jelly beans and couldn't get the cadbury eggs that I love.
Sawyer had a lot of anxiety for the easter bunny to come to nana's house which was a great bribery all weekend. He was very excited with his Mr. Potato Head, because of his Toy Story obsession, and some little finger puppets, along with candy and the more candy which he of course ate for breakfast.
I love when my family is together, I wish we had long summer breaks like in college where we could all just migrate to my parents and hang out for months. Sometimes I hate being an adult.

Street Fair take TWO

After sounding convincing enough about my new love for the palm springs street fair my parents decided to drive out and experience it with us. It worked out perfectly for Tyler and Kim to stop here for a night on their way to orange county for Easter so we all spent the day here in the desert. We started with nachos for lunch, which were amazing and maybe a little heavy for the middle of the day. Then onto the store so that everyone could see some of the new stuff we've gotten in recently. After naps we headed down to the fair, fitting all of the spring break/white party crowds. We thought that we would for sure be getting our falafels and gyros again, but after waiting in line for over ten minutes and feeling no closer to the front we opted for Sonic instead...fine by me! Although a little cold and windy I am always up for a cream slush or some sort of sweet treat.

watching a street performer

embarrassed to admit

I am absolutely devastated that the Real World Brooklyn is over. I am obsessed with Chet and Ryan and all the funny pranks that take place weekly. Of course the transgender made me nervous, but other than her/him I felt like it was a pretty normal season with somewhat normal people. I was seriously so excited every week to watch it, and would laugh hysterically out loud each week. I loved the rat prank, and then the cereal and milk one this week. They really knew how to have a good time without sex and partying being the main event.