Boy Stuff
The three boys had a great week together playing!! I think Nana & Poppy had just as much fun watching them!! It is great for the boys to have the time together & it sounds like they played together great (from morning 'til dark!).
Um, it looks like Colbers is having a fun bath time here with Kip!!
A cute shot I got of Kip yesterday before they left...He loved having little friends to play with this week & being outback all week!!Throwing rocks into the pool was a big highlight of the week, it sounds like! Uncle Kaleb is not too happy about it, but that's ok...They had fun :)

The three boys wanted to try to ride bikes...Uncle Kaleb helped Kip & Colby try it too!
Colby wanted to try bike riding too...Guess we'll have to put the training wheels on the little bike for Colbers!!
T-Ball was a big activity this week. All 3 love baseball!!
I love the look on Jack's face here....that is some serious swinging!!!!

Mustang Rides
Apparently the Mustang was a big hit this week with the boys! Jack drove them all around the backyard I guess!

Flowers
Jack & I have been talking about flowers. He knows that I love Tulips, and I told him that Nana loves Carnations. So Julie & Jack were arranging a mix of the two last Sunday....



Colby wanted to see what was going on too!

Saying Goodbye
The three boys had a great week with Nana & Poppy!! It was hard to see them go...Thank you guys for a wonderful visit & allowing Kaleb and I to have a break!!!



The littlest cousins saying goodbye...These two like to get into mischief together (throwing rocks into the pool, the yard, and over the fence!).
Colby gives good hugs now, with actually using his arms (not just his head!).

Vegas Baby!!!!
We had a great 3 days in Vegas, sans children!! We stayed at Caesar's Palace & had a great time! Here we are in the airport ready to go to Vegas Monday morning. We're so happy to be traveling without kids!! And, Kaleb has his eyes closed as usual, as anyone who has experienced my wedding photos understands :)Here we are at the Forum Shops in Caesar's Palace...

My handsome hubby....
In the Forum Shops, attached to Ceasar's Palace, there was a sports store, where we met Pete Rose in August of '06. This time Steve Garvey was there! I was excited, as I was a Dodger fan as a kid & went to many games....He signed 2 baseballs for our boys!
Here is me gambling on our first day there...just the penny slots :) I put in $20, and came out with $20.05 :) I'm a big winner!!!!!
The first night, we were awoken at 7am to the sound of jackhammers, as they were doing work on the floor...So we complained about it, since we were there to have a break from kids & to sleep in!! They upgraded us to a really nice room...this is more what we had in mind :)
The view from our room..that is the Bellagio on the right hand side..you can see the water section out front of their hotel, where they do the cool water show at night...
The pools at Caesar's....
Here we are getting ready to leave the hotel this morning...we were ready to be home with our boys!!

Off to a Good Start...
We enjoyed our first week of being off track this week. Our Park Tour 2008 didn't get very far though. We had weather issues a couple of the days, and I had a doctor appt for my tendon one morning...We'll pick back up with our tour when we can! Here are a few pics of the boys this week..We did a lot of playing!Colby really wanted to move this table (I never did figure out why!), but he wouldn't put his baby down the whole time :)
One afternoon when Jack was at preschool, Colby got out this box for a Wii Mario game. He was all engrossed in it, and kept talking and talking about it for about 5 minutes! I've never seen him stay on one thing that long...He was talking & pointing & saying "no no" to the box :) It was really cute! He is FULL of words these days. A few of his new ones include: "out-siiiii" for outside, cookie (his favorite!), nana (for banana), eat, up, no-no, Jack, hi, oohhhh, and yesterday he told Princeton "no no, key key" because he brought another lizard to our doorstep :) Oh, and we're pretty sure he is calling himself "baby" instead of Colby :)
My handsome boy laying around (with baby of course!)....I think it's funny that he gives me this face when I take a picture.
And my other handsome boy...
This evening Jack & Kaleb were playing Wii Sports....Colby got all into it, got his own controller, and was "playing" too :) He was so cute & talking all excitedly to the screen. I tried to video tape it, but Colby just stopped & wanted to see the camera...I really need to get his little voice on video soon....

Park Number Two
We ventured out to park number 2, in the Park Tour 2008 :) We went to Mountain Gate park this morning, and our friends Abby & Jack joined us. The weather was a bit colder this morning, so we only stayed about an hour. I don't think this park was as great as yesterday's park! We have a plan for tomorrow's park, if we don't get rained on!

Jack was in a time out here. He looked right at me & said "No" when I told him to do something. It was like he wanted to show off for his friend...oh great, that is starting!
A little water break...