Eli and Morgan Playing

Eli LOVES, LOVES LOVES his sister Morgan.  I am surprised he lets her play with his toys, but she is just so cute!

Morgan and Toothbrushes

Here is a cute picture of my children brushing their teeth.  Morgan saw them brushing and needed a toothbrush too.  She wants to do everything that her older siblings do.

Up date 9-6-15: Morgan has way too much freedom in the bathroom.  She is constantly stealing toothbrushes from the bathroom, even though she has her own.  She stands on the stool in the bathroom and throws everything she can find into the sink.  You would think that I would lock the bathroom, but it is also a hallway into our house because we are living in the side apartment.  At least she hasn't discovered the toilet. Or maybe she did, I heard the toilet flush and she was running away.  Heaven help me!

Reunited Again

This little girl got her blanket messy and witnessed me put it in the washer and then the dryer.  It was traumatic for her and finally it was given back to her as soon as possible.  She was thrilled to get it back.

Vegas!

We decided we wanted to get out of the awful inversion and somewhere sunny.  We tried Vegas.  We were nervous to take our children to Sin City, but surprisingly, Vegas has a lot to offer for families, if you look.  The hotel we stayed at was a condo type, called the Tuscany.  We requested nonsmoking rooms, enjoyed the pools and had plenty of room in the hotel. We brought our own microwave and went to the grocery store for things to cook in it so we could save money and spend it on some of the activities and better places to eat.  We went to the Discovery Children's Museum (similar to the one in Salt Lake, but three times bigger.) and the kids just played ALL day.  They had SO MANY things to do, like water activities, tunnels to crawl through, pretending to be adults with their jobs, a little baby corner, dress ups (of course Riley prefered the pirate to the princess, until I encouraged the princess)

Another activity that we did for the kids was container park. It is this little park surrounded by shopping centers. The playground was made from old box cars and there was plenty of things for them to do, like foam blocks and this life size simon says electronic game.

Some of the fun things Jared and I did included eating out. Our favorite was a Japanese all you can eat place, called Yama Sushi, in which I tried Umi. Umi is a sea urchin. My father-in-law doesn't complain, but that was the one thing he mentioned that was gross. I had to see if he was right, he was. Also we ate at a buffet, Studio B, that had everything to try. They had a section for each country, from Italian, American, Chinese, Japanese, etc. We usually try to eat there between dinner and lunch. Well worth the long line to get inside. After eating and eating and eating, we all came back to the hotel to crash, as seen below.

Sunday Pics

I love to take pictures of my kids on Sundays when they are all beautifully dressed.  I am so glad that I do because they grow up so fast.  If I blink, I might miss it.
During this time of limbo of not finding a house, I need to remember how many blessings I really do have: Eli, Riley and Morgan.

These pictures are from February and March 1st.

Yeah! After Season Sales

So I went to Walgreens to purchase some after Christmas candy and found this awesome piece.  We took it home and after I built the house, the kids decorated it beautifully. I always felt bad that we never did it before, but at this cost, we will do it again, especially since Eli has six weeks off from school (off track and Holiday vacation.)