Visitors!

Last week was a blast! My brother, Isaac, and his family came down to stay with us for Spring Break. I love to talk to Isaac & Liz about...life, marriage, family, the gospel, etc. We always stay up late talking, and I am still recovering from our discussions until 3 and 4am!

Sarah and Josh are getting so big. Lexi and Jackson loved playing with them and especially with Tucker, their dog. They followed him around and played with him the whole time (with the occasional kick, push, or punch). We're still working on being gentle!

Friday we swam and played at my friend's house (thanks again, Nicole!)

Then we went to the Strip at night.

We ate at Cheesecake Factory in Ceasar's Palace

Lexi loves uncle Isaac!

Then we watched the fountain show at the Bellagio

and went to the M&Ms store. We didn't get home until after midnight!

Saturday we swam at the Tew's and visited with Wayne & Patrice.

Lexi and "Flat Cooper" (my cousin's son, Cooper, sent us this as part of his class project on the book Flat Stanley). He's been to Texas, California, Oregon, Washington, and Nevada, and I just sent him to Utah.

Anyway, thanks for coming to visit Isaac, Liz, Josh, Sarah and Tucker!

Clark County Fair

Friday night we went to the Clark County Fair in Logandale with some of our friends.

We had a great time. The kids loved seeing the animals
and especially petting some of them

One of our friends was there performing with her clogging class, so we got to see her. Lana, you did a great job!!

After that we ate yummy, greasy carnival food and then took the kids to go on some rides.

Jackson loved the first one...
but halfway through the second ride he started crying, and it was so sad to see him looking up at me everytime he went around! Lexi saw how sad he was, and she scooted over to him and put her arm around him to calm him down. It seriously was the sweetest thing she has done as a sister. I was almost in tears just watching how cute it was!! :) It almost makes up for all of the time she bullies him!

PS Saturday night we went out with some of Jeff's friends that were visiting. We met them at RA down on the strip for dinner. It was the BEST sushi I've ever had. Can't wait to go back. If you have a chance, go and get the Viva Las Vegas roll. It's to die for!

A little catching up...

I'm getting behind, so here's a little update:

A few weeks ago Lexi got her first haircut! Jeff wanted to make sure we got it done, so he decided to take a chunk out of her hair so we wouldn't put it off any longer!

I wasn't sure how she would do when they cut her hair, but she loved it. She kept smiling and laughing and looking at herself in the mirror!
It's a little shorter than I wanted it (thanks to Jeff's little cut!), but I think it turned out cute.

Last weekend (last weekend in March) was so much fun. Friday night Jeff called on his way home around 5pm and said, "we should go out tonight." I called our babysitter, and she was available, so we dropped the kids off at 6 and headed to Red Rock. We ate a quick meal at Rubios (love their fish tacos!) and Capriottis and then went to see 21. It was so good! I loved it. It was fun to have a last minute date and to go out just the two of us for a change.

Saturday afternoon a group of girls went to get pedicures to celebrate Alyson's upcoming baby (she refused to have a shower). It's so nice to have my toes painted again.

This past week has been pretty mellow. The weather wasn't as warm as last week and the kids have been sick. Tuesday night I hosted book club. We discussed Life of Pi, which was so interesting.

This weekend has been fun. Friday night we went out with the Jenson's to Cheesecake Factory and to a few shops.

Most of the weekend has been spent watching general conference. It was crazy to hear that Elder L. Whitney Clayton is a new member of the Presidency of Seventy. Elder Clayton is Jane's father in law, so that is pretty exciting!

After conference on Saturday we headed to Red Rock to hike. Jeff and Lexi hiked up to this ledge.Today we watched general conference. I think my favorite talk had to be Elder Ballard's talk on mothers. Didn't you love that!!