My Hubby hits the 50!

Yep you read that right, Vinnie has hit the big 50!!  I wanted to make his Birthday an awesome one!  It began with a quiet breakfast at one of our faves, Cracker Barrel.  The boys were all in school so it was just the 3 of us.

After the boys got home from school we had a little birthday celebration.

Later that evening my  Mom came over to watch the kiddos so I could take Vinnie out.  I wanted to do something different for him.  So I picked a restaurant downtown that we had never been too.  Bayou.  It was yummy.  It was nice to try a different place.

After dinner we headed to watch a ball game.  Go Bee's!  This entire evening was a complete surprise to him,  he had no idea where we were going until we got there.  Again, this was totally out of the ordinary of something we would normally do.

I even caught a foul ball!

The best surprise for his birthday was still yet to come.  We had a weekend planned to head to Wendover.  While Vinnie was away in Alaska a few days earlier I secretly packed an extra bag and hid it in the garage.  When it was time to put our things in the car to head off to Wendover I hurry and snuck the extra bag in.  I told him that I wanted to drive because we had to stop somewhere first on our way out of town.  He thought this was a bid odd but he went with it.  He had thoughts running through his head of what I could possibly need to stop for as we were going way out of our way.  As we approached the airport I told him that we had a plane to catch in an hour and a half and we were headed to Vegas!!!!  He was in shock!  I was so excited that I was able to keep this to myself for so long.  We stayed at the Luxor and I had booked shows for us throughout the weekend.

We went to Gordon Ramsay's Pub & Grill for lunch.  That was fun and exciting for us because we are fans of "Hells Kitchen".  It was exciting to be in one of his restaurants.  It was delicious!

That night we went to the best show ever!  Absinthe!  We had front row seats and boy were we close!  I could stretch my leg out and touch the stage with my foot.  It was a very funny show, filled with raunchy humor.  It was in a circus type tent outside of Caesar's Palace.  It was our first Vegas show ever and it was awesome!

Of course we got some gambling in...we aren't big gamblers but we do enjoy the penny slots :)

They even had one of his favorite iPad games, Plants vs. Zombies!

 

and this is a gem of all gems...oh my!!  

We went to the Penn & Teller show which was awesome!  We also like to watch Celebrity Apprentice and enjoyed seeing Penn on that show so it was fun to see him in person.  Before the show started they let us go up on stage and look at some of their props.  After the show they came out and gave autographs.

Another night we went to Cirque De Sole which of course was incredible!  

It was an amazing extended weekend and a Birthday to remember.

 Cheers & Happy Birthday Vinnie!

Pumpkin Patch!

We took the kids to the pumpkin patch and let them pick out their own pumpkins.  when we pulled up to park there were tractors all lines up for kids to play on or do pictures.  I of course was excited to go to the pumpkin patch for picture purposes and am happy to report that the kids were very cooperative.  :)

The kids were anxious to run down the rows of pumpkins.  Gabe was filling up the wheelbarrow so fast, Daddyo was having to keep up with him to empty it out.  We would have come home with 50 pumpkins or so if it was up to Gabe.  :)

Abby found her perfect little pumpkin, Sebastian found just the right size for him to carry.  Austin was such a big help, even though he probably won't admit it he had a fun time picking out pumpkins too.

The many faces of Abby....

Time for the corn maze....

Abby fell down in the corn maze and hurt her feelings, poor baby girl...

Austin came out of the maze with a souvenir, LOL!

Love our Kiddos!!!

Family Fun Memories!

This is my favorite season!

4th Of July Fun!

We had a great family day for the 4th of July.   First we went to the West Jordan parade.  It was so hot and so bright, fortunately there was a Walgreens right behind us and we were able to run in and buy some umbrella's.

The kids had fun watching the motorcycles and low rider cars...

I love the way Abby is sitting back in her chair here...

This picture shows Sebastian's tough attitude perfectly!

After the parade was over we headed up to Snowbird Ski Resort for the day to do some fun summer activities.  We started out on the trampolines.  It was quite a long wait in line but the kids did pretty good being patient.

After that it was time to go play on the Alpine Slide...

Riding the chairlift to the top..

We took the kids on the Mountain Glider, Gabe was a little unsure at first as we flew through the sky backward to the top of the hill.  Once we reached the top and started flying down the hill, he loved it!

We then took a Peruvian chairlift to the top and walked around up there for a little bit.  Huge chairlift, long ride.  Daddyo rode with Sebastian on the way up while I rode with the other 3.  Then Gabe and Sebastian switched for the ride down.

Austin took Sebastian in the tunnel that goes through the mountain.  It was so chilly in there.

Can't believe how big my Austin is getting!  He is one good lookin' kid!

As we were leaving we noticed that we were driving by "Austin Pond" so of course we pulled over and I made the poor kid go stand by the pond so I could get a picture of Austin standing by Austin Pond.  He was very reluctant.  LOL!

Abby had so much fun today, she wore herself out!

Love my family!