Funny story

The other day the boys and I were playing in Brody's room. I had just thought to myself that I should go get my phone to check for messages, or in case someone calls. Then I just kind of blew it off and kept playing with Zach. I looked up to see what Brody was doing and he was messing with his door handle and then he closed the door. It took me a second to realize what had happened. Brody had pushed his lock from the outside and locked us in his room. I couldn't believe it. We have the kind of locks that you can put a nail or paperclip in the handle and push the lock open, but do you think I could find any such tool in a room where sharp objects aren't supposed to be!! I was looking at all the toys to see what parts might come off that I could use. I had just washed the shorts I had on so all my pockets were empty. . . well besides lint and that wasn't very helpful. By this time I was wishing I had just gotten my phone when I thought about it. Then I could have called James to see when he would be home. My only other option was the window. It's a good thing we have a one story house, and that I have lots of experience climbing through windows from my college years. I'm grateful to James that he wanted to put a chair in Brody's room, or I wouldn't have been able to reach the top latch of the window. Gotta love short arms and legs!! : ) Anyway, I got the screen out and was way excited to touch the super hot window sill that had been baking in the sun all day to land in the hard packed uneven dirt below. . . with bare feet. Being the great mom that I am I jumped and saved my boys from having to be stuck in a room filled with toys!! : ) Lesson learned, I always grab my phone when I'm headed to play in Brody's room!!

Vegas Trip

We had such a great time in Vegas and want to thank Krystal and Brian for letting us hang with them. We were able to see parts of the strip and walk through a beautiful garden with insects made out of flowers. It was amazing. Brody had the time of his life going from game to game in Circus Circus. We were able to watch a couple of free shows there like a trapeze act, contortionist, magician, all of which were very good. We had a lot of fun and hope to do it again soon.

Zach loungin!

Our fam. . . a few hrs before the trip home.

Beautiful lady bug made out of flowers.

Brody in his Semi at Circus Circus.

Vegas Trip

Our first day in Vegas we decided to check out the M&M factory. It was full of lots of fun things to look at and the kids had a good time. Brody loved the New York New York roller coaster he was mesmerized by it. I think it reminded him of a train because it was on tracks. We also went to a chocolate factory to see how they make chocolates. There wasn't much to see because they were just filling molds while we were there, but the free chocolates were delicious!!

Poor guy so tired!!

My boys happy as can be.

New York New York!!

Yummy!!

Brody loved the car!

M&M Factory. . .

Vegas Trip

In Vegas we decided it would be fun to take the kids to the zoo. I was thinking it would be something nice like Phoenix has, but boy was I wrong. We followed the signs for parking and ended up in some guys back yard. It was very geto and I had my doubts. However, they had some very interesting animals and everything was incredibly close so you could actually see the animal. I had a Raven say "Hello" to me when I walked up to its cage. I said hello back not really believing that is what it said, but sure enough it talked back. I thought that was pretty cool. They had alligators, snakes, devil cats, and a couple other unique animals. After all was said and done it was a pretty interesting place.

We were so close to the turtles you could reach down and touch them.

Feeding the Goats. . . yep they had goats.