Birthday's and Vegas!!!

OK so I know I don't blog much anymore...at all...but I really want to it's just the extra time it takes that I don't have!! But here is our latest adventure and I'm squeezing in Spencer's 2nd b-day in here as well since he's been 2 for a month but have I blogged it...NOPE! So here it is!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY big boy! He turned 2 on March 5th and after all the big parties we've been having lately mom was too tired to throw yet another big one so we just had an intimate small celebration at home w/cupcakes and our good friend Kris next door and Duncan! He got some fun gifts from the grandparents, his aunt and uncle's and his buddy Duncan & Kris! He loves them ALL and plays w/all of it frequently! I can't believe he's 2 already where has the time gone?!?!

We just got back from Las Vegas on Wednesday and had a fun, hectic at times, weekend w/all my side of the family! My sister Rachel and her hubby Adam adopted 4 beautiful babes from Columbia last summer and were able to be sealed to them for all time and eternity on Saturday! It was so special and such a great experience! Their eldest, Danny was also baptized on Friday evening and he asked Tio Brian to give him his confirmation in Spanish! That was really cool to witness and also his Dad baptized him in Spanish (which he didn't know a word of it before they adopted them, so he has learned so much since then) also his Tio's gave their talks in Spanish as well so Danny could really understand what was going on. They've all come such a long way in their language but to fully comprehend things it is still much easier in Spanish! So that was all really special and the food was GREAT!

Also we did family pictures since we had all my family together, which doesn't happen much at all and they turned out really nice! I don't have a copy of that yet but I will post it when I get it! We did a lot of fun things in that week...After things calmed down on Saturday w/the sealing, BBQ and blessings of all the children we had Sun - Tues of fun! So we played games of course, went to lots of parks, went on a hike, many trips to the grocery store ;), Target (my fav part), Diet Coke trips and so much more...The only downer was that their was a lot of sickness going around which is pretty much inevitable when you have 10 kids & 10 adults all living under one roof for that long of time, it just happens...So Brian and I feel a little under the weather but luckily so far our kids didn't catch anything and I would so rather feel sick than take care of sick kids any day!!! So now it's back to life and routines which I was ready for but do miss my family already! Can't wait to see mom & dad again in June!! And thanks so much to the best hosts ever, Rach & Ad's...You have a great home and we felt very welcomed there! We appreciated all your hard work in making the trip the best it could be! We love you:)

So there's our fun Vegas trip...I was so bad at taking pictures this trip, not sure why just kept forgetting--so this is all we have but at least we have something I guess!