Bounce Back to Lego Land

When we went to Lego Land in November they gave us free bounce back tickets so of course we had to use them.  The expired at the end of March I think we went the 3rd weekend but at least we made it back!  It was a really quick trip we drove down on Friday and then back on Sunday so we did not have a lot of time but it was a lot of fun.  

 We stopped to check out the ocean but it was kinda cold so we did not get to play in it to long.  Dylan was kinda scared of it and did not want to be put down so we just hung out for a while and watched the brothers run in the waves.

 Saturday we went to Lego Land and it was great because it was not to busy and we got to do everything we did not do the first time.  The boys only wanted to go on their favorite rides and not make us wait in line for lines they just kinda liked.  We explored a lot of the other activities they have there instead of rides and the boys loved it!

 We had the boys play at the lego  playground for a while so Dylan would get a chance to do something too and he loved it! 

 They had the exact set from the basement scene on the Lego Movie there and the boys loved it.  It is amazing how much detail goes into these things.  The things they are able to build out of Lego's is amazing.

 Of course we had to walk through the mini Lego Las Vegas I can't believe someone builds all this stuff its crazy!!  We had a great time and the kids loved it.

My Birthday!

For my Birthday this year I really wanted to go country dancing.  I don't get to go dancing very much so I was really excited to go!  We celebrated a bit with these wild little guys and had a yummy ice cream cake.  Then we got a sitter for them and we went out with some friends dancing.  

 We were not very good and they have a lot of new country dances that we did not know at all but we still had a good time and luckily they have free lessons if you go early.  We went to Stoney's and the crowd overall was not to wild which was nice but when we were leaving around 10:00  it started to get a little more wild.  So if you ever want to go its ok just go early.  Luckily I have a great husband who will put up with me wanting to go out dancing every now and again.

Utah Trip over Christmas

We love being able to go out to Utah for Christmas and see all the family!  This year was no different the boys loved playing in the snow.  Dylan kinda looks like the kid off a Christmas story when he can't put his arms down.  But he had a lot of fun being pulled behind the 4 wheeler.  Corbin loved it the most I think he grandpa pull him all over!  I have say this year I was really slacking on using the camera! Oops!

 We did not fail in keeping up with family traditions though. We rode Trax down to temple square with Josh his kids, My parents and some of Josh's friends.  The kids loved the train but I think they loved playing with their cousins the most.  

 I have to admit the lights were bit of a let down this year.   There were not nearly as many as there were in years past.  But the temple is always beautiful and the were were in good company so it was worth it.  We stopped and got hot chocolate.  That's always yummy on a cold night!

 Dylan loved playing with these necklaces when we were at grandma I think he found them a multiple times and kept putting them on.  The funny things is Kevin has picture very similar to this at about the same age covered in necklaces. 

 The boys love when we go to the fish farm because it is so easy to catch fish.  We also went out to the McFarlands pumpkin farm the boys loved picking any pumpkins and gourds they wanted.   

I think one of the favorite things the boys did was go to Smith and Edwards with Grandpa and Dad.  The boys thought it was so neat to hold the bazooka and the grenades.  Look how cute the boys are in those hats. 

 Also while we were out there Kevin and I got away for night so we could celebrated the big 10 year anniversary!!  I always told Kevin I wanted to go to Europe on our 10 year but we were trying to save money for a house so I guess that is more important.  Kevin don't think you get out of taking me to Europe.   We still had a really good time it is great to just be able to go hang out with the hubby with no kids around.  We did a repeat of our first Anniversary.  We went to the Anniversary Inn and had plans to go to the melting pot unfortunately I was recovering from Christmas.  Christmas Eve I got really sick and was puking  not a fun Christmas.  That is way there are a lack of Christmas pictures I did not take them so we don't really have any I think Lindy has some I will have to look into getting them from her!  Anyway I did not want to go spend $100 on dinner when I did not really fell like eating.    But we went shopping saw a movie and we did go eat somewhere else that I don't really remember now.  He even booked a couples massage for us. We had a good time the best part was that we got a break from the kiddos.   Kevin also bought me a really pretty ring for our 10 year I am spoiled girl!  It has been a great 10 years with an amazing man and I am looking forward to many more!   I love you Kevin!

Christmas Time

We had a Christmas party for Kevin and his staff.  It was a lot of fun to get together with them for dinner we had it cater in and Kathy was kind enough to host us all.  It makes it nice to get to know the people that work with Kevin.  We also had some drawings and prizes and it made it fun. We are grateful that he has such a nice and helpful staff.

 We also had an early Christmas for the boys before we went to Utah.  There big obsession right now is Lego the boys love them.  That was all they wanted for Christmas their other big Christmas present was a trampoline.   We really wanted to get the boys something that will get them outside to play. 

 Corbin and his Lego's!!  You can tell he does not like the Legos at all!  They are so excited about all the fun things that Santa brought them for Christmas! 

 Dylan was pretty cute opening his presents he is still just getting into it but he had a lot of fun!  He is such a happy little guy we love him so much!  He was pretty excited about his presents. We are grateful that we had such a great year and that we were able to provide a fun Christmas for the boys!!

Look who is ONE!!

Look who turned one!   I can't believe this little guy has grown up so fast! Dylan is such a cutie and so fun we love him so much!  At One year old the is walking says Mama, Dada, and ball.  He has a lot of his teeth already on top he has 4 and his molars and on the bottom 3 teeth and his bottom molars.  He loves his brother and loves to follow them all over the house.  

 Dylan has really started to slim down he is loosing his chub and loved his chubby rolls but now they are starting to go away!  He only weighs 21 lbs.  

We go him this fun rocking giraffe for his birthday he was pretty excited about it. 

 Dylan loved his cake we made him his own that he could eat up.  It was really cute watching him eat it he was very timid at first but then he dove in the cake and loved it!  My parents were also able to be out for his birthday it is so nice to have them close enough they could come down for short visits.

 We love this little man so much and we are grateful that he is in our family!  He is so sweet and fun and such a happy guy!  We are blessed to have him!!

Cleaning out some of my Cell Phone pictures!

Braxton has done very well in school this year and he received 4 different awards at their first ceremony.  He also did a Fun run for the school to earn money and he did 28 laps.  He did really well and was very proud of himself!  Braxton is getting so much older and is such a smart kid!  We are lucky to have such a great kid in our family!  

 Dylan has been such a fun little guy!  We were at the park one day and he got a hold Corbin sandwich he really enjoyed it!  This little guys teeth have come in so much earlier then the my other boys so he has enjoyed real food much earlier.  He is super cute and we love him so much!

 Corbin is such a great big brother!  He is so sweet with Dylan, I am so glad they get along so well.  Corbin is such a character he is always making me laugh  he loves to dress up and act things out!   He has the cutesiest smile how can you resist that cute little cowboy! 

 We went and checked out the M&M factory and the Botanical Cactus Garden.  The boys really enjoyed it and loved seeing the Cactus's.  I think they like the candy the most.  It has been fun seeing  the different things Las Vegas has to offer! 

 We have also been to the Springs preserve multiple times and they have a lot of different activities  for the kids to do.  They love going, they got to crack open their own Geodes and they thought that was awesome!  They also have a simulation of what it would be like to have a flash flood.  The boys thought it was really neat they wanted to do it multiple times. 

 The boys had a day off of school so Alexis and I took the boys to the M & M factory and we went and checked out the Bellagio's Gardens.  The boys really liked it but people were looking at us like we were freaks and kinda crazy!  I have never had anyone stare at us so much people were amazed that we had so many kids between Alexis and me there were 7 kiddos.  They all did really well and behaved well.  

 My boys are so cute I love their cute smiling faces.  I don't know what I would do with out my precious little boys!  Sometimes they drive me crazy but they are all really good boys!  We love them all so much! 

Red Rock

We have really enjoyed living in Las Vegas and one of our favorite things has been to go hiking at Red Rock.  It is a national park and it is just up the road from us.  There are multiple hikes you can go on and the boys favorite part is hiking on the boulders.  The love it!  I have to admit I love it too! 

 The weather has been so great out here we love it! It is nice to go hiking in short sleeve shirts in February!  The boys are getting to be great climbers.  I have to say though going hiking with Kevin and Kirk was interesting.  They both are very paranoid any time the boys got even 3 ft away from the edge they started freaking out get back!   Corbin came up to me and said mom I want to hold your hand! I just had to to laugh!   We still had a great time! 

California Trip

We decided we wanted to go to Lego land over Thanksgiving so we started planning a trip.  Then we thought hey we should ask the Childs if they want to go to and they said they would be interested.  Then I did not really think there was much chance of the Hoggards coming but we asked them if they wanted to meet us in California to go to Lego Land.  I was shocked they were willing to make the long drive to come hang out with us but I was so excited.  The Hoggards and the Childs are childhood friends so they already knew each other.  When we moved to Las Vegas they told us they had some friends here but I did not think there was any chance we would meet them.  Well the first Sunday we were here I started to talk to Alexis and we found out that they were the Hoggards friends.  It is such a small world sometimes!  We have become really good friends with the Childs and  I am so grateful for them! 

 We went to Old Town San Diego and while we were there we checked out the Sheriff's Museum and it was pretty fun!  They locked us in jail, let the boys ride on motorcycles and get in their helicopter.   It was really fun and the best part it was free.

 After Old Town we went down to the beach just to check it out.  The weather was not that great and we did not plan on getting in but that did not slow down the kiddos!  They all ended up soaked and running in the water in their jeans!  They had a blast with it though!

 Look at all these cute hunky boys!

 We went to Lego Land the next day because it was raining the day we originally planned to go.  The kids loved it!  They had so much fun playing with their friends going on the roller coasters and checking out all the amazing things made out of Legos.

Marc Hoggard, Ben Childs, Jacob Childs, Sam Hoggard, Corbin and Braxton.  It was so fun to see all these boys play together they had a blast together. 

We rented a house and we all stayed there together.  It was so much fun to just be able to hang out together.  We also did Thanksgiving dinner the Day we got there it turned out pretty good there was not enough seating for everyone so we used the ping pong table as a dinning room table it worked great.   The best part of the trip was hanging out with old and new friends and just being able to sit and talk and relax.  The kids had a great time and so did we!  Thanks everyone for coming I am so glad you could make it we all had a blast.

Thanksgiving Dinner

Family Pictures

I love to keep the family pictures updated so when my dad came to visit for some dental work I took advantage of him and made him take some family pictures.  We had a lot of fun and went to Red Rock for the pictures and then hiking after.  The boys love hiking there and climbing on the rocks luckily it is really close to us only about 15 mins away.  I love my cute boys and how fun they are!  They even put up with me making them pose for pictures well kind of. 

 Braxton is 7 & 1/2

Corbin is 4 yrs old

Dylan is 1 yr old.

 It has been really nice living a lot closer to family.  We have loved living in Las Vegas so far.  The nice thing is it is a place people like to visit so we have already had a lot of visitors and have loved it. My parents came down just so Kevin could work on my dad's teeth.  Now that we are closer he can do that.  

 A little about Corbin at 4 years old.

He loves Lego's!  Mostly the guys he likes to take them apart and put them back together in interesting combinations.  I have to admit this drives me crazy because I will find a lost had and arm in random places.  He loves to play with Braxton and is always asking when he is going to be home.  

Corbin enjoys drawing, playing on the I pad and dancing he has some pretty sweet moves.  He is character he can be very happy but also stubborn he likes to try and test my patients.   I think this is a hard age for me when Braxton was this age he kind of drove me crazy too.  So with Corbin he can make me mad but he is also so sweet, cuddly and hilarious.  Sometimes when I am mad he will do something funny just to get out of trouble smart kid!  This year we have been doing home preschool so we have been focusing on ABC and 123's.  We are also doing some reading with phonics I found a great program online that he seems to like. 

 A little about Braxton at 7 1/2 yrs old.

Braxton is a very smart kid.  He is doing a great job in school and is learning things fast.  He is great in math he loves numbers and is often asking us math questions.  He is reading really well now and love Geronimo Stilton books.  He loves being the oldest because he thinks that means he can boss everyone else around.  He is definitely a leader, he follows the rules most of the time and is a great help.  He personality is so much like Kevin it is hilarious I think we have a little mini Kev in the house. 

A little about Dylan at 1 yr old!  

Dylan is so sweet and cute!  He is a very smiley little guy and so fun to be around.  He loves his brothers and want to follow them around and play with them all the time.  He thinks he is one of the big kids.  He even loves to wrestle his older brothers.  Corbin is very good to play and wrestle with Dylan.  Dylan think everything Corbin does is so funny no one gets Dylan laughing like Corbin well maybe Dad.  Dylan is taking about 10-15 steps when he turned 1 and by two weeks later he is walking all over.  He can go up the stairs and love to do it and get us to chase him.  Luckily over Christmas at Grandmas house he learned to come down the stairs pretty good.  He is a pretty good sleeper as long as he is in his own room.  He has 12 teeth already and loves to eat pretty much anything.  He is starting to make a lot of noise but now real clear words yet except Dada he has that one down and sometimes mama.  It sounds like he says all done but you cant really tell because he yells it we are not quite sure yet.  He was a big mamas boy but now he is starting to like dad a lot more.   We are so grateful he is in our family we all love him so much!  Braxton always tells him you are the cutest baby in the whole world!  

Soccer Fun

Braxton wanted to do soccer this year.  So we signed him up for AYSO and they did a great job.  He did not know anyone on his team at first but he made friends fast and he loved playing.  Braxton can be a bit timid with the ball when he is playing a game but when plays at home he is very aggressive and does a great job we just need to get him to do that on the field.  As the season went on he continued to improve.  His team name was the Sharks.  He liked playing enough he wanted to do it again in the spring and Corbin will be playing in the spring too.