Las Vegas/Easter

Here we are on the flight out to Las Vegas - it was super early ( 4am wake up call ) so kiddos stayed in their jammies for the flight out. It didn't surprise me that Anna was such a good sport - after all, this made her 14th flight in 4 years but Charlie absolutely adored flying. He sat by the window and looked out the entire flight - making comments teh whole time about what he saw. For a mama with severe aversion to heights, this made me rather quesy but I tried to be strong for the little guy. On the flight home, it was so bumpy that I was practically in tears, but Charlie was tough, his were the only words you could hear on the flight and they were somethign like this ' wee - FUN, up, down - weeeeeeee'... It did sort of seem like a roller coaster and his comments were the only thing that kept me sane. The pilot liked it too, b/c when we landed we got a tour of the cockpit for being such fantastic passengers.

This is Maggie's first dip in the pool... she wasn't too sure about it but did enjoy sunning herself afterwards with Charlie. Anna and Charlie proved themselves to be quite the fish, we didn't do much other than swim while we were in Las Vegas, which was ok as the Strip really isn't all that kid friendly ;)


Uncle Eric and Aunt Jen got married about two hours outside of Las Vegas at the Grand Canyon West Ranch.. we got there early on the wedding day to partake in ranch activities. Turned out to be a fantastic time.. here we are trying on hats and saddles... playing with cattle and streams... the scenery wasn't too bad either!

And, here we are patiently waiting for the wedding to commence.. after all the playing in the dirt, the cousins lined up to see Eric and Jen get married. What a beautiful ceremony! We loved being able to be here for this moment.

Where we left off......

It was winter - and then I blinked and now it seems like it is nearly summer. Let's see. Charlie turned 2, Anna turned 4 and Maggie started crawling at the ripe ol' age of 6 months! I don't even think Anna and Charlie were rolling over by this point! ( they were much fatter than little Mags is.... let's just say she's a teeny thing! ) Anna's first year of preschool is coming to a close and she's such a big kid now. Playing soccer and signed up for the swim team ( yes, the real swim team, not swim lessons! ). Charlie is your typical 2 - learning at light speeds about everything around him but still a baby in my heart, I love to cuddle on him and he still allows me to be close. Maggie - as previously mentioned is crawling like a pro, trying to catch up with her big brother and sister, whom she delights in...and 'talking' a blue streak. I know it's hard to say that Maggie might be louder than Anna but she has a serious voice already and a real funny bone. I think she's going to be very funny in a year or two! We spent Easter in Las Vegas with the Alt family for Eric and Jen's wedding and the kids were amazing travelers - far better than mommy! Pics to come of our spring.....