TJ Gets Glasses

Well it was inevitable, with my family history of poor vision our baby now has to wear glasses. I think he looks ADORABLE in them though, and he is so excited that he can finally see again! We are already talking about the year it will come that he is able to wear contacts, but for now we will see how he does with the glasses! Here he is!!!!

My 30th Birthday

Okay, well the day officially came and my Mom did it up big! She brought me 30 roses, a Strawberry Shortcake cake, and lots of presents! When I was a little girl my Mom would make me a Strawberry Shortcake cakes for my birthdays, so that kept me young having another one for my milestone 30th birthday. Toby, who has been working out of town, surprised me and showed up in the driveway as I was coming home from picking up TJ from school....that too was GREAT! I Loved that he was able to be here. Also, My parents took us to dinner at a wonderful Italian restaurant here in town and their (Toby, Dad & Moms)boss, who we all also consider part of our family, joined in our celebration at dinner and then everyone came over afterwards for cake and ice cream! It was a great birthday! The boys helped me blow out my candles and open my presents too, they are such good helpers and they did a great job too!

Our trip to Las Vegas!

As an early birthday surprise, my wonderful husband took me to VEGAS! Oh my goodness, we had so much fun! Knowing our children were in GREAT hands with my Mom, we took off Saturday and headed to Sin City! When we got there we were able to go ahead and check into our room at the Mirage! Awesome hotel/casino! We got our stuff to the room and headed to grab a bite to eat, and then walked the strip, going in every hotel/casino along the way. There was A LOT of walking, but all completely worth it. When we got down to New York New York, I knew I wanted to ride the roller coaster, so I stood in line for the 45 minutes to ride the most amazing roller coaster, when we hit the top you could see some of the strip..and really if I wasn't too busy paying attention to the next loop, I would have probably noticed more of the strip. It was amazing. We left New York and headed back to the Mirage for a night of gambling! We sat at the slots for a total of 7 hours and were able to continue to recover the money we put it! We also got stuck in an elevator with another couple when we were headed to our room, so we were comped a free dinner at one of the restaurants in our hotel, so we went back down and ate and gambled some more! I think we finally went back to our room around 2:30! 8:00 the next morning we woke up, got ready and headed to Sigfried & Roys Secret Garden and Dolphin Habitat! For those of you who know I love Dolphins, and there were 5 of them in their Dolphin Pool. We saw them up close, under water...and wait here is the best part!!!!! Toby bought us the VIP tour which allowed us to get on the platform and Dutchess the Dolphin came up there and we got to pet her and have our picture with her!!! COMPLETELY AMAZING! The entire trip was amazing as you will see in the pictures! We had the best time, and I have to say it was the best birthday present..sure makes turning 30 a bit easier, knowing I can still act like a 21 year old!!!!

Batman

It is truly amazing to me how much our boys are so much like each other. Even though they are 4 years apart, Tyler is certainly following in Bubbas footsteps. This first picture was taken right before Tyler was born. Now, 2 1/2 years later, Tyler walked in with all the stuff (one glove missing) but still wanting to play batman, so I grabbed the camera and dug up this picture of TJ to show everyone how much they are alike!

4 Wheelin Fun

Last weekend my brother, his wife and girls came up and they brought their four 4 wheelers. We also brought our little battery charged one for Tyler. As you can see we all had a good time! TJ even got to drive once with his Dad and once with his Auntie TA!