Blue Man Group!

Wow! So much fun! We went to the Blue Man Group show last night! We were in the front row in the poncho section. I'm sure you can guess why we wear ponchos. Paint was splattered on us as well as mashed bananas. It was better then I thought it would be. I think it was my favorite Las Vegas show so far. The kids loved it and and were so grateful for the chance to see them. It made for a late night, but it was worth it.

Here we are showing off our fashionable ponchos.

Here is some of the damage after the show. Austin got splattered on pretty good!

It ended with a large TP party which ended up all on us thanks to the Blue Man!

More splatterings spotted!

A Picture with one of the Blue Man! They scare me when they just stare. It is really creepy!

4th of July

We spent our 4Th of July in Las Vegas this year. It was a blast! We missed Breanna who was up in Layton, Utah selling fireworks for the week with our friends. The rest of us swam all day as usual playing diving games. We also planned a huge barbecue and right as we were about to start we all looked at each other and said" Let's go to Chilis". So off we went to Chilis where an amazing balloon artist made us some fun things. We also enjoyed fireworks right outside our door. In Vegas each neighborhood does their own big fireworks show. It is incredible to see. Our neighborhood did theirs and then we could see the neighborhood next to us. If you are driving down the freeway it looks like kayos with firework shows going off everywhere. Here are a few pics of the day!

Creech Air Force Base!

We were invited to go to lunch at Creech Air Force Base for family appreciation day! It was really cool to see this base out in no where with all these awesome planes like the Predator and the Reaper. Of course I couldn't take any pictures other wise they would have tackled me and broken my camera. But I did manage to take pictures of us enjoying lunch and I found some pictures of the predator on the Internet. The predator is the plane that Grant works with. It's really hard to hear in the news things going on in the war and I try to talk to Grant about them, but he can't say anything about it. I know he was involved in all of those missions they talk about but he won't let me know a thing. I guess that is what you get for having a husband with Top Secret Clearance.

We bought these cool shirts for the 4th of July!

Youth Conference

All 3 kids went to youth conference at the end of June. They had a blast at Camp Early! Its going to be hard for them to say goodbye to our ward when we move. Their favorite things were the shooting range and the volleyball.

Baptisms for th dead!

I Have a great son! We went to the Las Vegas Temple for family night this last Monday and all Austin could do was talk about how much he wanted to do baptisms for the dead. He kept begging me the whole next day. I finally called and got us an appointment. Out of our three kids he had a current recommend which meant a mother son date to the temple. It was really special! We both did 48 baptisms each and over 40 confirmations. The temple workers were very grateful for our help. It was really the other way around. We were grateful for the experience and the feelings we had in the temple.

KA

Our good friends Alan and Kim Parker came into to town last night and joined us for a night on the town. We had an amazing dinner at the best Mexican restaurant I have ever been too. It was located in the MGM Casino. The food was to die for. We then went to a spectacular Las Vegas show called KA by Cirque Du Soleil. It was incredible. I can't believe the talent of the people down here. Thanks for the memories Alan and Kim!

A night on the strip!

We had a great weekend! Not only was the sun shining, but there are so many things to do and it is even better doing them with my family. On Saturday we had a barbecue with some of Grant's military class. He is the class leader while they are being trained to run the predator (unmanned aircraft in Iraq). These poor guys have been without their families for many months. It was fun to have them in our home. After eating and swimming we headed to New York New York where our family loves to ride the roller coaster. We also stopped at the M&M factory. You are never too old to go there!



Grant's buddies Glen and Robert!



Right before our ride on the roller coaster.



Austin and Breanna waiting to go on the roller coaster! They are always posing.



We found Elvis in Las Vegas!



Seriously...I don't think my kids can take a picture without making a crazy face!

Feeling a Little Guilty!

Ok...anyone who knows me knows I am always going and doing something so you can imagine the conflict I have doing nothing. I feel lazy some days, but I have to admit I am getting over it. Of course by the time I get use to this I will be back in Utah running weddings and going full bore as usual. But I am enjoying it while I can. Here are some of the fun pics. The one above is me doing what I love to do....READ!

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Even the dogs love to swim!

And when we really have nothing to do... we dress up! Check out Bre's self titled Las Vegas Outfit!

Las Vegas

So.. our lives get crazier and crazier. Grant is now active duty in Las Vegas before he goes to Afghanistan. We felt like we needed to spend as much time as possible together as a family and the only way to do that was to move to Las Vegas. We don't have a house to live in while we are building our new one so this worked out perfectly for the summer. The kids are out and I will come up a week each month to run my weddings. The house Grant got is beautiful. It is all paid for by the military and it is furnished. Needless to say it is a nice little get away for us. Check out the house....

We had a blast hanging out in the backyard enjoying a the cool breeze. Austin entertained us with his dancing...if you want to call it that. Bre says he is a girl with a twitch!