Cousins, Reagan, Angry Birds and More!

These kids could not get enough of each other!  :)  They had so much fun playing, swimming, giggling... and partying!  :)

Miss Reagan got A LOT of love too! :) She couldn't keep up with the big kids... but trust me... she did not mind!  hahaha. It took a whole week after getting home for her to readjust to not being held all the time! hahahaha. Such a hard life... being loved so much!

 And my personal favorite...  hahahahahaha.

Two words....

Angry Birds!  hahahaha.  Yep, they followed us to Vegas!  And Whitney and Jake are their newest victims!  ;) 

And a couple to grow on...

Because these two were somehow separated at birth!  :)  Harrison LOVES Jake!  No, I don't even think "loves" is a strong enough word!  He would follow Jake around, make sure he was standing by him, or just shyly walk up to him and tap on his leg to get his attention... and then just stand there and grin at him!  Just letting him know he was there... ya know, in case he needed a wing-man!  hahaha.  It was the cutest thing in the world to watch... Harrison's first bro-mance!  hahahaha.  I got the impression the feeling was mutual!  ;)

We also got to have a birthday party, for Sammy and Jackson!  She is 8 now, about to be baptised!  Amazing!  I can't believe how grown up they both are!  

It was a great trip!  Thanks family for the fun, laughs and memories!  Until we meet again!  :)  And thanks a TON to mom and dad!  We love you all so much!!!   

***Vacation picture explosion OVER!***

Grown UP Night Out!

My parents were brave enough and willing to take all 5 grand kids for the night so the rest of us could hit the town!  Patrick and I don't get to go out much without kids, so we were pretty dang excited!  :)  We ate at the Treasure Island buffet... it was SO good!  (We also saw the show... that's 30 minutes of my life I can't get back!) ;)

Then we went over to the Venetian to look around... (I am IN LOVE with Italy, it's the one place I MUST go before I die!)  The 6 troublemakers!  We look like trouble... don't we?!?  hahaha.  Walking around on the strip at night made me really mad I left my hoochy dress at home!  Dang!  LOL!

And then we headed back down the strip to The Paris.  Cam and ReyAn went up in the Eiffel Tower (He's the one who got all the amazing night pictures!)  while Jake, Whitney, Patrick and I decided to try our hand at gambling!  :)  Roulette was the name of our poison... and I am totally addicted!  hahaha.  I hadn't ever gambled before... except for the losing money part, it's really fun!  ;) 

We ate way too much!  We were out way too late!  And we walked way more than my shoes and feet would have liked!  But it was A BLAST!  :)  Thanks mom and dad! 

Out on the Town...

We did take the kids out on the town a couple of times.  Once to Caesers Palace to see the statues.  (Reagan stayed at the condo with Grandma & Papa.) They weren't as cool as they used to be, but the kids still enjoyed the show!  (This picture makes me laugh... Uncle Jake with the kids... which is usually where you find him!)  :)

My sistas!  :)

Just before the show.

Jackson was pouting while we waited for the shuttle... he was cold!  hahaha.  It was in the 70's.  My poor wimpy kids! 

My handsome boys!  :)

The second time out was to the Bellagio to see the gardens and the fountain. 

The whole clan! 

The ShArK ReEf AqUaRiUm at Mandalay Bay

A must see while in Vegas... the Sharks!  The boys still talk about going there! 

...Petting the rays!

This was the closest I saw Harrison get!  :)  But we couldn't keep Jackson out of the water! 

A Sea Turtle and a Shark... this is probably the closest I will ever come to actually swimming with sharks!!  I'm totally ok with being this close... with the awesome 6" of glass between us!  :)

Harrison admiring the jellyfish!  He was so intrigued!  (The pic is blurry but its cool.)

The aquarium ends in a big ship wreck where you are literally under water with sharks swimming all around!  It is SO cool!  Reagan loved this part.  It was dark and pretty quiet... and she had her dad all to herself!  :) 

The kids were glued to the glass!  :)

My cute mom and dad!  :)

My boys are REALLY in to sharks!  We have books and toys and now... stuffed sharks too!  :)  I think it's safe to say that this was their favorite part of our trip!  (Other than getting to see everybody!) 

VIVA LaS VeGaS!!

We got to meet up with our Salisbury family in Sin City for the first week of June!  It was SO much fun!  And the weather was perfect!  We stayed here...  Amazing! 

The first couple of days we got to have Grandma and Papa all to ourselves!  We mostly just got settled in and relaxed, but we did make a trip to Ethal M's Chocolate Factory.  THE BEST CHOCOLATE EVER!!!  It was insane... and so was the price!  hahaha. (The tour was free... they getcha by ending it in the store!) We did get some to enjoy on the trip. (I wish I had a picture of Patrick's smile in the chocolate store!!  Priceless!)  :) 

There was a little M&M store there too!  :) 

And then the rest of the clan arrived... and LOTS of playing followed!  Usually in the form or swimming.  :) 

Reagan and I moseying around. 

She LOVES the water and her little boat!  :)

The boys enjoying the hot tub!

The Lazy River...

 Most of the girls!

And I am just getting started!  :)

The Rest of May!

It was a crazy month... which means I was SUPER glad to see it end!  :)  Don't get me wrong, it wasn't all bad, it was just CRAZY!  So here's what I didn't get to post about for the rest of May...

We found out that Reagan had a UTI (the earlier mentioned E-Coli), which wasn't too big a deal.  But about a week into her antibiotics she got some kind of virus.  She had a really high fever for almost a week total, it was horrible!  But for Reagan a fever also means vomiting.  (Ya, it's probably TMI, but sometimes its hard being her and I am not going to sugar coat it! ;))  Because she was puking constantly we couldn't keep anything in her... Rx meds, fever reducer, fluids. So after 4 days, with her only getting worse, we finally took her to the ER. (Why the ER? Long story short, it was a weekend and we were pretty sure she would need an IV. So we skipped the dr/urgent care.) They did some tests and felt that it was probably just a virus that would run its course.  But she was VERY dehydrated.  So... Reagan got her first IV... in her head!  :/  
**Side Note:  Her little cabbage patch kid hands made it really hard to find a vein, and rather than continue to poke her after trying both hands, they asked if they could do it in her head!  Aside from looking horrible, it was safe and SO much easier!  Anyway, just wanted to clear that up!  :)

Not my proudest mom moment, having to sit in the corner while the nurses put it in, but I just couldn't watch them do it.  Luckily Patrick was there to help hold her!!!  8 hours and 2 IV bags later we finally got to go home!  She did seem to feel better and they gave us some help for the fever, it only lasted another couple days. 

...And then just 2 days after that... she was back at the dr. office for what I thought was her ears but turned out to be croup!... (Ya, well, what can ya do!? haha. I realize now that those are two very unrelated issues, ears and coughing.  But I'm not a doctor, that's why I took her to one!  hahaha.)  Poor girl!  Fortunately for us we own a nebulizer and she was given an oral steroid too.  She was good as ever after a few days!  ...And so far, she has stayed that way!  (Fingers crossed!!)  I hate it when my kids don't feel good, it is seriously the worse feeling ever... so helpless!  I'm SO grateful for modern medicine!!

And Reagan got feeling better just in time for us to skip town on the 31st and head to Vegas to hang with the Salisbury clan for a week!  I have a ba-jillion pictures... so there will be posts!  :)  When I get the chance!  :)