Vegas 2017
Ya know…this blog is has a number of difference facets to it…on one hand it’s a place where I can open up and share thoughts, it’s a place where I can tell stories, it’s a space where I can serve others and come alongside people who have questions, it’s a corner where I can talk about Jesus and just be real about what life looks like following Him, and it’s a spot where I can simply share the things I love, products, places or whatever is on my mind…but it’s also a space for sharing life. Just normal everyday life. This past month on our family Vegas vacation we had the best time together. We had lazy mornings eating huge homemade breakfasts, played duck duck goose around the hotel coffee table, visited the Mandalay aquarium (which I’d highly recommend), ate way too much at Steak N Shake, played in the pools for hours on end, went out to eat…and spent a ton of time going up and down escalators and swinging our kids in circles in the extremely large hotel lobbies!!! (which is SO FUN and FREE by the way!!!)
A few more of my favorite memories are man cub #4 eating too many M&M’s and throwing up…which is now the second time he has puked in a hotel room in Vegas (we are NOT off to a good start with that one….), aaaaalmost beating my brother in poker (he won it all on the last hand…but up until then I was killin’ it), late night couples date nights with my brother/sister and their spouses…with NO kids, swimming in circles for hours in the lazy river, snagging cushioned seats with umbrellas after some sweet people left and offered them to us (they paid a high dollar for those seats and then just left them for us!), learning how much my family all hates eating chicken off the bone as much as I do (except for one kid who started grunting like a caveman as he ripped the meat from the drumstick….ewwww….no utensils are given at the Excalibur show dinner/meal), Matt’s amazing facial expressions as he threw the kids in the pool, the kids facial expressions being throw into the pool, endless hours playing round after round of mini-golf, the kids drawing pictures and leaving notes for all of the extended family there with us, repeatedly running the stairs right next to the kids going up/down the escalators because I know how poorly I ate and I made working out into a game of trying to beat them up to the top, kiddo #5’s sweet snuggles when he dreamed he was being chased by a bumble bee, the princess asking me every morning to braid her hair, watching late night TV eating Oreos with all of us in one foldout hide-a-bed…
I do hope you enjoy the photos and can smile along with us at the fun memories made this summer! I’d love to hear what everyone else did! School starts for us next week and I cannot WAIT to tell the kids about their incredible first day of school surprise…….I’ll be posting about it here too….so stay tuned!!!!! #gonnabeagoodyear
