Too many birthday's

Robby's birthday never seemed to end. Here is the final one, one week after his birthday with his friends. We decided to take him to an arcade for and unlimited 2 hour play. They had so much fun! And I didn't have to do a darn thing...Whew!

2 new Webkins.

Party before we left with Grandpa and Grandpa Johnson....

Nice face, Brent!

The trip begins!

Our first stop was in Grand Junction, CO to a KOA. We stayed in a two room cabin that was great and only $45! They even had a pool, playground and game room. I can bring my onwn sheets for that!

Friends in Faraway Places

This is Talmage, who lives next door to Abuelo. He and his sister Hattie were such a blessing. The kids played together every day! They just got a pig and he is so.. cute. He follows their dog around and really believes it is his mother!

Trip to Las Vegas

Thanks to Robb's cousin Ryan for finding us a place to eat dinner off the strip. We discovered the wondeful "In and Out burger" that we have heard about. It really so good!

Kelbre never eats burgers, so I was doubtful she would eat here. But then she explained that she wanted a Hamburger, since she doesn't like cheese and then she proceeded to eat the entire thing. I learned something new that day.

View of New York, New York across the street.

on Freemont Street.

In front of Sponge Bob at the Excalibur, where we stayed.

We had fun in Las Vegas, but wished we had planned better so we had more time. We didn't get in until almost dinner time because we got stuck in traffic. Turns out Obama was also visiting and they closed the roads for him. We decided to save some things to do in the morning but it turns out, nothing is open before 11, which is when we had to go. So we went into M&M world real quick. Next time we'll have to do the aquarium and see the white tigers.


One funny thing....

As we were leaving Las Vegas and driving back in the middle of no where, Kelbre yells out: "Daddy, how many times do I have to tell you? Green means go and Red means stop!"

St. George: Being the tourist

St. George Temple

Of course we visited the temple while here. It is so beautiful!

Brigham Young's Summer Home

You never know when your children really are listening......

We were on the tour and the tour guide kept telling us about all the stuff made of pine. Even stuff that looked like marble was actually painted pine. Well we got to the "kitchen" area (which was just a hot stove) and the man held up a really heavy iron. He even let the kids hold it. Then he asked "Who can guess what it is made of?" Robby's response: "Pine!" Sorry honey, the answer was iron! At least he was listening!

Aaron's favorite thing: The pots next to the beds where you went potty.

Robby's favorite thing: The wash tub for kids and laundry.

Kelbre's favorite thing: The old dolls.

Visiting the Grand Canyon

Grand Canyon, Arizona

So I had to make the trip educational of course........Oh mom!!

The North Rim is actually pretty close to my dad. It only took us about 2 1/2 hours to get there. It took Robby a minute to brave up but the other kids went right out. Aaron really wanted to go down a bit, but wasn't so happy when he realized that it was up hill on the way back! I stayed as far away as I can. I became a wuss when I got older. It sure is beautiful though!

After visiting the canyon, we traveled to Kanab, Utah which is just on the other side of the border. We stayed in a cabin with the Abuelos and had fun! I ate too many smores on this trip!

At Abuelo's Casa: Feeding the animals

To my surprise, Kelbre actually fed the horse and burrow from her own hand! She loved the animals and especially looking for eggs. It was like an easter egg hunt everyday (helped by the fact that the eggs are different colors). My dad and his wife actually bought her a horse and donkey stuffed animal and she named them after the real ones: "Castana" and "Eyeore." She loves here animals! I loved being around animals again, but getting woken up at dawn with them is hard!