Our Vegas Trip.

Raimee had a dance competition in Las Vegas a few weeks ago and since Ricky couldn't go, Braden and I drove Mi-A and the kids down. We had so much fun, and it was fun just to go without the kids.

Here is Braden and I in the hot tub with Renee, Connor and Carson

Us in front of the MGM

The crocodile in the MGM tried to eat me!

Starting into the M&M Factory

At the end of the M&M Factory we ran into Red! I was not afraid of him!

But I was afraid of the Coco-Cola Bear. I almost cried. No lie.

In front of the Bellagio

There was a Momma duck with her babies there

When we walked past this statue of Siegfried and Roy. Raimee asked us if they were Adam and Eve. It does kind of look like Adam and Eve.

Raimee did something to her ankle at the first of the day, so Uncle Braden carried her along the strip.Our last night there Mi-A gave us all face massages. Braden said he wasn't going to get his done, it's too girly. Finally he gave in. He loved it! He didn't want to get up.

Happy Birthday Joye!

Wow! I can't believe it's May 17th again. My Baby Joye is getting too big too fast. Her hair is coming in great now, finally. She usually holds pretty still while I do her hair. She still loves to read, sing and of course Elmo. She loves all books and will even sit still long enough for Jaxon to read her books. Her favorite songs are Popcorn Popping, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, and ABC's. She also loves to play Ring Around the Rosies. Her favorite thing to do is jump on the tramp. We usually have a fight when we leave to go for a ride, she never wants to get in the car. If we can't find her, she is on the tramp. If we can't find her shoes or her jacket, they are usually on the grass by the tramp. Joye still has her temper, I think its getting worse. If she doesn't get her way she freaks. If it's not that big of a deal, she will stomp her feet as fast as she can, and scream. She's a good screamer. She will attack the boys by scratching, biting, or pulling hair. When she gets mad at me or Braden, she flaps her arms like a bird, and hopes that she'll hit us. Lets just say that she gets sent to her room to sit on her bed a lot. Joye is super smart. She can sing her ABC's and has for quiet awhile. She can also count to 13. She is talking up a storm and speaking most of the time in complete sentences. I can't get over how big she is. We love you Baby Joye!

Field Trip To Zundel's Dairy

The boys had their last field trip today. They got to go to Zundel's Dairy. They had so much fun.

They got to pet and feed a calf. The calf was born yesterday morning.

Joye was so brave, she walked right up to the calf. She never wanted me to hold her hand, she was too big.

This is the machine they load the cows into to cut their hooves.

Wow Cows

He took them into the building they have all the different things they put into the cows feed. He let all the kids touch all the different things.

Jaxon holding cotton seeds

They got to eat a piece of corn

Here's Joye picking up the corn

Here is the salt container.

Getting ready to milk

After they had been milked he showed us that they still have a little milk in them so they don't dry up. He squirted us with the milk. Joye didn't know what to think about that. I kept telling Jaxon to open his mouth. He thought that was the most discusting thing ever.

Afterward they got milk and cookies. Yum!

St. George Weekend

Katelyn graduated from Dixie this last weekend, so Monica and I drove down to see her, and go to Graduation. We had 2 graduations. One was a pinning ceremony just for the nursing students, and one was for Dixie. We left on Thursday morning so we could make it there for her first one that night. We drove with Katelyn and her room mate Leigh. It was at Zion's National Park. It was beautiful, I want to go on a family trip down there soon.

Monica and Leigh excited to be going to the Pinning Ceremony

And Me and Katelyn
Beautiful Scenery. It was kind of weird to see blue skies all day long, after it being overcast pretty much everyday up here.

This was the site from the amphitheater where Katelyn got her pin.

Here is one of the Nursing teachers. She was a Doctor and I don't think I'd ever let her touch me, considering when she welcomed everyone she said it was 2002. I said I knew it was a long drive, but it must have been longer than we thought because it took us 8 years backwards.

Here's Katelyn's Pizza Factory Supporters

Chelsea, Nick, Katelyn, and Chris

After Graduation we went to dinner at Texas Roadhouse and then to the mid-night showing of Iron Man 2. It was pretty good. It was fun to be with Katelyn and her friends.

Friday was Dixie's graduation. Here's the Graduate!

Here's the Three Amigos, or Charlies Angels as we are sometimes called.

When the 3 of us get together, you never know what's going to happen.

Katelyn and her family

Then we went to the Olive Garden for dinner. Yum!

Katelyn's Dad took this picture. Me and Monica are in deep conversation, and Katelyn is just excited about graduating I guess. When we saw this picture, we couldn't stop laughing.

The whole group.

After dinner we went Mini golfing with Katelyn's friend Chris, and her soon to be boyfriend, Nick. We had so much fun. If you saw us you would have never guessed I was married with 3 kids, or that we had two college grads in our group. It was like we were all back in High School. It was so much fun.

Nick and Chris. Chris was in charge of keeping score, he won so we were all concerned for his math skills.

Monica shooting some pool. We didn't have the heart to tell her she was playing the wrong sport.

Cute Katelyn

While we were golfing, little baby cockroaches kept crawling out of the holes and running across the greens. Nick kept doing his cockroach impression.

It scared me and Monica

Attack of the killer golf clubs

Oops Travis don't look! At least it's not the other way around :)

Monica got a hole in one, because she screamed and chased her ball in.

Yay!

I lost something fierce. It made me sad.We told Nick if Katelyn made a hole in one on the last hole, he had to do a dance and buy us ice cream. Well here we are at Wal-Mart. Yay Katelyn!!

My flip flops gave me blisters so I took them off. Nick was such a gentleman, that he took his shoes off right away and gave them to me. They were a tad too big, considering they were a size 13.

But so it would be an even trade I let him wear my flip flops.

After we got our ice cream we went back to Katelyn's. And ended up staying up all night playing games and talking. Chris and Monica didn't make it and fell asleep, but rest of us held strong. We had a great time. Thanks Leigh and Chad for letting us stay at your house. And Congrats Katelyn!!