Las Vegas & California Trip

We just got home from a 2 week vacation to visit our family in Las Vegas and celebrate the marriage of Jeff's cousin, Chris and his wife Amy.  We also went to Southern California to take the kids to see the ocean and Disneyland for the first time!

We had such a wonderful vacation... got to catch up with our families and make a lot of wonderful memories!  I have to say it did nothing to ease our homesickness though and only made us long to live closer even more!

Thanks goes out to Aunty Tricia for hooking us up with her buddy passes, once again making it possible for us to fly home with out going bankrupt!  Thank you Aunty Tricia!!
And Thanks to Uncle Mark for taking us tubing and out on his boat on Lake Mead!

Thanks to Grammy and Gramps for taking us to Bonnie Springs for Lunch and the Petting Zoo!

Thank you Grandma and Papa for taking us out for lunch to visit and catch up!  And to Matt and Katherine for having us over for swimming and BBQ!  We so enjoyed our visits with you all!

Thank you to my Mom and Tony and Debra for letting the kids and I crash with you for the first week of our visit!
And thanks to my Dad, my sister and my niece... for making the long, hot drive out from California to see us!

We love you all, our family and miss you already!
Even though we got to see everyone, it never feels like enough!

We hope you enjoy the photos and videos we managed to capture on our visit!

Enjoying Grandma's House, Puppies... and beautiful yard!

Enjoying Tony & Debra's House... and their beautiful new pool!

Cousin Rachel

Uncle Tony

Aunty Debra

Cousin Griffin

Mom and Jay

My Brother Tony and I

Cousins

Aunty Christine and Cousin Nicole

Uncle Tony

Mom & her 3 babies

Tony, Debra, Rachel and Griffin

Mom and her Grandbabies

While we were visiting, both Tony and Griffin received a Trophy!

 Dad & I

Visiting with Dad

Bonding with Grandpa

Maddie loves her Grandpa

'Doing Lunch!' With Papa & Grandma

The Next Generation of Cousins

Pops, & his beautiful Granddaughter

 Nothen but love for you cousin!

Out on the boat for some fun in the sun with Godfather Mark!

We had a blast tubing!  Thanks Uncle Mark!

We also spent an afternoon at Bonnie Springs Petting Zoo with Grammy & Gramps 

 Gramps is so silly!

The Deer gave Maddie Kisses!

The train was so fun!

Maddie is quite smitten with her Gramps!

Seeing the sights... and all of the lights!

The kids loved all the fish... and the stingrays at the Forum Shops!

I was so excited to find serendipity 3... and get an iced hot cocoa!  YUM!

On to Chris & Amy's Lake Mead Boat Cruise Reception

Loved visiting with Papa, Grandma, Aunt Teri, Pete and all the family!

Sabrina & the boys

Katherine & Kynsleigh

Pops, Keagan & GranT

The Hoover Dam

Lake Mead

Our Family

Jeff & Chris (the Groom)

Amy (the Bride) & I... we meet at last! :)

Great Aunty Tricia!

The Red White & Blue Crew - Cousins!

Our 1st Trip to Disneyland!

Goofy Fans!

Tarzan's Treehouse!

Sissy Watching the boats, waiting for her brothers to ride rides...

The Carousel!

Mr. Toads Wild Ride!

Mouse Ears & Teacups!

It's A Small World!

Watching the Parade

Visiting with one of my very best friends, Jill, her husband John and their daughter Piper

Watching the Fireworks!

Some toys for the boys!

Jack & Maddie's 1st trip to the Ocean, Huntington Beach California

Finding seashells

Her 1st time stepping foot in the ocean... she didn't linger! :)

Jack had a blast on his 1st trip to the ocean!

Ice Cream!  Yum! :)

Brothers!

10 Years later, we're back where it all began!

Jack, taking in the sights along the Pier

A beautiful Sunset!

Let's Go Fly A Kite!

As you can see, we sure packed a lot in and had a wonderful trip!!  

Now if you still have the time and attention span, feel free to view some videos below by double clicking on them or pushing the triangle:

Enjoying Tony & Debra's beautiful new pool

Pret-ty Impressive, Tony! :)

Tony's Trophy Arrives :)

Griffin's Basketball team kicking butt & his awesome cheering section! :)

Griffin receiving his trophy!

Getting to and from Griffin's game... party bus style!  :)

Hmmm.... I had so many other great videos... and for some reason Blogger is not letting me load them up?!  Maybe I've reached my maximum allowed for this post?  I have put a lot onto one post... sorry!