Christmas 2012

Well...I have to say, I sure got caught up enjoying the holiday festivities and neglected to photographically save many of the memories.  :(

Sidney's Christmas program.  (She's the 2nd from the left)

Family pics 2012

Linda age 12, Steven age 11, Kennidy age 15 and Sidney age 4

Thanksgiving 2012

Its been awhile since I have updated!!  Here are some pics from Thanksgiving

Kennidy and Sidney enjoy the delicious food!

The "grown-up" table

Sidney loves to hold babies!! 

Halloween 2012

What a fun day! The Halloween festivities started out with a costume parade at Sidney's preschool......

All the kids brought and shared treats with each other

We all carved pumpkins. Here are Linda and Steven hard at work.

Final projects...... Kennidy's is on the right. It is hard to tell, but says, "Boo" Sidney and I worked on the smaller one.  :)

This is Steven's

Here is Linda's

Let the trick or treating begin!

This and That

It's been a very full last several weeks and I haven't had a chance to update the blog on each individual activity, so here is a compilation of a few random things...............

Saw Nemo in 3-D

Sidney is learning to bake.......

.....and enjoys painting

Sidney and Kennidy read together often

Volleyball season continues. This picture was from a recent rally.

My Grandpa is Better than Your Grandpa

Quincanera

Kennidy recently participated in a friend's Quincanera

Fun Day in the Sun

Kennidy and Sidney consume some good ole' vitamin D together

Then we had Juan's Pollo!!!!! Love it!

What Happened in Vegas.....

On our way!

Stopped to eat at Stateline

Mandalay Bay here we come!

Finally!! Our suite!

Kids room

Main room

Another bedroom

We barely set our suitcases down before heading off to the Shark Reef inside Mandalay Bay

A HUGE lizard...and Linda and Sidney, too!

Weird looking thing

Stingrays we could touch

Now that is a big shark!

Finished off Day One with frozen yogurt and crepes

Steven chose sweet and Kennidy shose savory (on the right)

Yum!

And Sidney chose a cupcake!

Day Two started with a tram ride!

Then a walk through a smoky casino. Yuck! Well...it is Vegas.

Then outside to the strip for a LONG walk

Sidney liked the sights

Kennidy under the Statue of Liberty replica

Sid, Steven and Linda pose with Bumblebee and some other guy. Man what people will do for a couple bucks! We tipped each of these guys $5. This is a $10 picture!!! They earned it though in those hot suits when it was 113 degrees outside.

Daddy's favorite show! NCIS

Linda, Kennidy, Steven and Remberto experienced the CSI exhibit

Of course no kid trip to Vegas would be complete without a visit to the crowded M&M store and.......

.....the over-priced Coke store

Walking back to the hotel we stopped inside the New York New York hotel and Steven and Kennidy.......

...survived the roller coaster! They loved it!

Day Three started off with another tram ride. Thank goodness for those air conditioned trams!

Kids played video games

We saw the strip at night!

Day Four we finally hit the pool (and good thing because it started raining the next day!)

Sidney jumps to daddy!

Then it was back out onto the strip......

.....and up to the top of the Eiffel Tower replica

What a view!

Sidney wasn't so sure of this at first, but then really enjoyed the view!

Looking down onto the Bellagio

Back down on solid ground. Phew!

We are a couple of pooped out parents here!  :)