Wednesday, July 25, 2007

VIVA LAS VEGAS

Las Vegas Rocked!

  • We stayed up till 4am!
  • Went to the M&M store, it is huge!
  • Saw everything we could!
  • The coca cola store was awesome too! They have everything coca cola you can think of!
  • Walked 10 miles on the first day - then we discovered the Deuce - a.k.a tourist transportation.
  • The temp. was 110-112! I love HOT!!!

Our first day we saw the dolphins at the Mirage hotel, they were so cute & so close to us!

Us at one of many hotels! This bench is made of pad locks and bottle tops! Weird! Ate at the Buffets, ate at the Buffets, then ate at some more Buffets!!! Yummmo! Treasure Island had the best buffet, we thought. We had to try all of the desserts. Here we have mini pecan pie, pink cherry cupcake, lemon meringue pie, chocolate gellato, triple choc. cupcake, mini cherry pie, carrot cupcake & angel food cake with fresh berries. We were so full from dinner that we just had a few bites of each, which was really hard because they were SO good!!!
We had thought of getting married again- by Elvis this time, but we decided to just have our picture taken under the little white wedding chapel arch. It was fun to just be the two of us for a while. In all the time John & I have been ' John & Torrie' {close to 10 years} we have been alone for 8 days in Hawaii in 2001, 8 days in the Bahamas in 2005, and now 3 days in Vegas. I was so thrilled to have this time with my hubby to reconnect, talk to each other {without kids interrupting} and just catch up on life. I was glad to see that we still have the same dreams, goals and aspirations for our life together. We really needed this time together to catch our breath and enjoy a new experience.

  • Saw the treasure island pirate show
  • Watched the Bilagio fountain, music and lights show! It was very romantic.
  • Went to the Fremont light show, we just saw the tail end of it though.
  • John won big at black jack! Congrats to him!



My sweet sweet husband surprised me with a spontaneous trip to Sin city with less than 48 hours of notice!



And he wasn't going to even give me that much!



I was booking a scrap class for Jordan when he said " you have to stop signing the kids up for things!"



I asked why, which Idon't think I'll do next time, any way, he says "you'll be in Vegas! we leave on Tuesday! I took care of everything."



Well he did! All my nanny families were taken care of, our kids were taken care of, I was taken care of!



What a great Husband!



Sunday, July 8, 2007

SPONTANEOUS WEEKEND

Friday Night Comes Around.




5:30 wife started to think up a plan




"Why don't we get out of town tonight?" wife says to husband over the phone




' What has she got cooked up?' he must think...{ yet knows better than to argue with wife}




"I know! Silverwood in Idaho!"




"I'll call and get a hotel, pack the stuff and we'll keep it a secret!" wife says with enthusiasm




"It's a plan! I'll head home now and we can leave when you get off work at 6:30" husband rushes home




Wife sends kids to grandma and grandpas house across the street, to secretly put bags in the car.




PLAN WORKS!




Kids have no idea, they think mom wants to go for a drive and are overjoyed at the fact that they get to watch a movie for the ride.




12:30 comes around, family pulls into hotel in Spokane , two kids are asleep in the back




8:30am Saturday morning rolls around- kids want to swim at hotel, mom wants to keep driving, kids pout




10:30 family passes by small water slide park, kids want to stop and play- mom says no, she wants to keep driving, kids cry, they think they are in Chelan




Kids get over it and continue to watch the movie




Family drives up to Silverwood parking lot




Mom takes pictures of excited kids!
































Kids have a Great Time!















Parents have a Great time!



Everyone is Happy!

















Everyone is tuckered out...
What a GREAT weekend!

Tuesday, July 3, 2007

happy 12th birthday jordan



I made these cup cake ice cream cones

and brought them into her class on

Monday to celebrate!

We figured this was as close to having her birthday

in school as we were going to get.

I made mint flavored cake to bake in the cones,

then frosted them with dark chocolate frosting,

and topped them with green mint chips!

YummO!

She was the star of the show passing these babies out!

All of her classmates thought we brought in ice cream cones,

till she handed them a cone full of cake!

What fun we had!

I'm glad that she invited me to make this special

treat for her class and share in her day!

Thanks Bug!

I love You!

~Mudda~