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Restaurant fairies

Today we had a fantastic lunch with Sas and Grady. The boys were so well behaved I am pretty sure the restaurant fairies were floating around while Sas and I were catching up. In the past we've had some pretty exciting lunches with these two. I don't remember if I ever wrote about that one lunch but let's just say we didn't (thankfully) have any blowouts today. Smile.

These two had so much fun running up and down the hill after lunch I didn't have much of an opportunity to get a posed picture. It was like trying to herd cattle. I haven't actually done that I guess, but I imagine it is something like it on a much smaller scale.

Superman Graham

Graham is one of Jacob's dear friends and he is a trooper. About three weeks ago he had his third (and he's just 2 years old) and final (hooray!) heart surgery. They were hoping to have him home by now but they are still regulating some medication and watching his sodium levels. They are hopeful that he will get to go home Friday. I know his Dad and sister Mary are anxiously awaiting him to come home and my dear friend (and super mom) Kara is patiently waiting for things to fall into place so she can bring her little boy home. Keep him and the family in your prayers that he will get to come home very soon and that his nutrient levels do what they should and he heals quickly! See you soon Graham!

Stupid parent trick #52

Give your two-year old an entire bucket of rice, a couple of spoons, and a small pan.

As as interesting side note, while I still like to have a clean house, my house is only clean after Jacob goes to bed. We can learn a lot from a two-year old.

Baseball and tools

Although I love our new camera, I still haven't figured out how to get the video downloads compatible with our computer so that is why you haven't seen much video since getting our new camera. I took our old camera on our trip to Vegas so it was out yesterday and I was able to capture Jacob playing ball (notice the follow through ;) and fixing my car with his new tools.

Viva Las Vegas

Hand blown glass exhibit at the Bellagio.

World's largest chocolate fountain.

Dinner at one of my favorite restaurants Dos Caminos (they also have locations in NYC).

Ready for my mom's BD dinner!

While I spent some time with my mom, sister, aunts, and cousins in Las Vegas last week Scott took a couple of days off of work to be a stay-at-home dad. I'm sure that deserves a blog post all its own but I obviously won't be the author of that one. It was my first trip out to Las Vegas and we had AMAZING weather. I was really looking forward to relaxing in the sun and there was plenty at the Trump. Smart or not so smart I'm not sure but Donald himself decided to have his hotel wrapped in 24K gold foil. It increases the temperature by the pool by about 10 degrees and increases the reflective quality of the sun's rays to oh, I don't know, 150%. I spent most of the day on Friday in the sun. Whilst reapplying sunscreen every 30 minutes I definitely didn't get burned, but I for sure got dehydrated and didn't feel all that great for the first couple of days. The sunscreen toxins probably got in my blood as well. Bummer! But hey, after some H2O and rest (sort of) I managed to feel better. Although I don't really enjoy casinos, second hand smoke, or partying until the break of dawn there were a few things about Vegas I could appreciate. It was much cleaner than I had expected and definitely not as trashy. The architecture (I use that term loosely because I am no expert) and decor of many of the places was quite amazing. I also had a fantastic facial at the Trump Spa. The other highlight of the trip was catching up with my dear friend Wade and meeting his friends Jackie and Brian.

Stopping for a picture outside of the Mirage.

Thank you Donald for the 24 K foil.

The Trump is directly across the street from the Nordstrom's entrance of the mall. Right into the shoe section. How convenient.

Wade and me after dinner. Are my eyes open? It wasn't even 10 o'clock. After being up at 4:30 that morning, laying in the sun all day, and a 2 hour time change, I fell asleep while walking to his car I think.

The Eiffel tower - for pretend.

This was a fantastic exhibit in the Bellagio.

The water here is much cleaner than in the real Venice!

One of the water falls of the Wynn.

So many fresh flowers at the Wynn.

Relaxing with Sarah, Heather, Melanie, and Chris at the beautiful Trump pool. Can you guess who uses SPF 30 and who uses oil? :)