Jax is Five, and Claire lost a top tooth!

My Five year old!

The Toothless Princess!

So, I have finally found my camera! I am so upset that it was missing because my parents cam out here for Jax's birthday and I have no pics of it! We met them up at the Mall of America and the kids went on the Log Ride...their favorite! The next day we went to Chucky-Cheese's for lunch and then that night the kids went out to dinner with Grandma and Grandpa. Sunday we just hung out until my Dad and Pam left, and then got ready for the rest of the family to come over for ice cream cake. I actually made the ice cream cakse and it was great! I made homemade cookie dough, and mixed it into chocolate chip ice cream. Then I made a thin cake for the base and VOILA! Yummy, yummy! Jax got spoiled by all, and is very proud of his 5 year old status!

Claire lost her top tooth and it is soooooo cute to hear her talk right now! It's crazy, but the other tooth looks like it is going to pop out in a few days!

*So, now I have the camera back and promise to blog more often!

Vegas!!!

Me and Elvis!

Eric's dream come true!

The bedroom

The sitting room

Oh, my, gosh it was SO FUN! Our hotel was one of the newest and most beautiful out there. It is called the Wynn Encore and all I can say is WOW! On our first night we got to see Elvis, take pictures with showgirls, and when we got back to our room there was a package waiting for us containing two really nice jackets, a pair of binoculars, packages of earplugs and two ttravel kits. Why earplugs?...we also were able to attend the NASCAR race on Sunday! Saturday we went to the Hoover Dam and took a tour which was awesome! We hung out a lot, walked the strip, went thru all the hotels, and laughes at all the drunk people who would try to walk so carefully as to not fall over. Sunday we went to the Nascar race and it was quite an experience. I thought it would be boring, but it was amazing! Last night we got home to a house of sickies. Jax had been running a fever of 103.5-104 all weekend, and Claire came down with it last night. Oh the joys of returning home! Oh, and what was fun, and so stereotypical was that one of the couples in our group got married in one of the little chapels while on the trip! What a great time and sooo worth it!