Mixed Emotions...Going Home

Well, as you can see we had some mixed feeling about going home! Our vacation was fabulous, but it's true that "There's no place like home!!" Tayvi was funny...I was putting her in her seat and she was pulling her sad face about having to leave. I said "let's take a picture to remember how sad you were to leave." So I got out the camera, held it up, and immediately Tayvi put on her best smile! I took the picture and of course she wanted to see it. When I showed her, she said, "Ugh, Mom I'm sad. Take another one." So hence the "sad face" picture! Logan was ready to come home and play with friends, and Conley is always smiling!! We are truely so blessed to have such sweet kids! There are days when I really have to talk myslf into feeling that way, LOL, but we really are so blessed!!

The Beach...

Well, of course the day that we choose to go to the beach was nice and windy! But...we still had a great time! Especially Doug! He helped Logan build a sand castle, find oodles of (live) sand dollars, which are now dead and in my kitchen! :o) Tayvi and Logan both got the experience the joy of being burried in the sand, and I got to sit back, relax, and watch it all! **Notice my HOTTIE HUBBIE in the first pic!! Oh yeah! :o) I didn't get as many pictures as I'd have liked. I was nervous about the sand blowing into the camera and ruining it! I ruined a really great camera that way before. A few highlights...Doug got to see a stingray swim right past him in the water, Logan and Tayvi got to experience boogie boarding for the first time, and even Conley got to dip his toes in the ocean! Isn't it amazing how blessed we are to have such a beautiful place to live. Our Heavenly Father truely does love us! You can see it even in the simplest of things! We are so grateful for the simple joys in life!

This is just a fun little thing we did one day after Lego Land...Strawberry Fields Forever!! Literally! You could not see past the fields! We filled our buckets to the brim, and after a few days of packing them around, we dumped the strawberry jam out in Mesquite on our way back home! But it was definitely a fun, and new experience!

Lego Land!! We LOVED It!!

On Saturday and Monday of our vacation we went to Lego Land! It was absolutely awesome! You could not believe how detailed everything was! The animals were life size, and moved! They had an enormous dragon that was probably 10 feet tall! The fish in the ponds were made of legos! We saw Mount Rushmore, the New York sky line, the Las Vegas Strip, the White House, and so many other fun exhibits! Not to mention Indiana Jones! While we were there, Logan got to be a part of one of their shows, where he was able to demonstrate his artistic skills by drawing some hyrogliphics! He was nervous, but did an outstanding job!! One of our favorite things at Lego Land was the musical instruments that plaed and made water dance when you "jumped" on the circles in front of them! We spent quite a bit of time doing this! We just had a really great time!

Tayvi and Logan both loved driving the cars! They both got their Lego Land Driver's Liscense! Conley was just content to look at everything! He was just so great! Doug and I just enjoyed watching the kids experience everything! They are just so fun to watch!