May Memories

May was so much fun! The kids were out of school for three weeks so we went on a vacation to Las Vegas. The kids loved it and Cambrey said she wants to live there. They loved the buffets, the pool, and the m&m museum where they loaded up on m&ms. There was so much to see and do. It was a lot of fun. We called it a foodcation because we planned it around places we wanted to eat at.

We also went to Lagoon this month and watched the girls compete and win first place and overall at National in clogging. We went with Crista's family. Her kids had never been to Lagoon before. Gabe had a birthday and we hired a DJ to come to his party. There were 31 kids. It was a blast.  We had so much fun that it was hard to believe summer hadn't officially started.

Lagoon

Crista's family

At pioneer village

The full moon coming over the mountain in our back yard

We had an ice cream bar with the kids

They earned tickets from doing chores and they could buy toppings and ice cream with them,

That's a sugar buzz right there!

Tatem won the lottery!

Paisley loves to dress him up.

Gabe made me chocolate heart pancakes for Mother's Day. He made them from scratch.

Paisley made me hand soap for Mother's Day! She drew the design on the bottle.

This is what Cambrey gave me for Mother's Day

At church the women got breakfast during Relief Society.It was such a nice surprise.

Tatem's gift for Mother's Day

At Grandma Bev's house for Mother's Day

Cherise made a homemade strawberry cake

cousin Grace

They all have special talents

Gabe was awarded his wolf at scouts! He's now a bear.

On our family road trip to Las Vegas

Oh how I loved this restaurant! Those are hush puppies made from crawfish.

Fried catfish and coleslaw.

Red Beans and rice with homemade sausage.

Grits!

Shrimp gumbo!

A po-boy sandwich. Classic Louisiana cuisine.

The view from our hotel room window.

Our hotel - the Rio

Our room.

Our favorite part about our vacation. The water was heated!

The snack bar

Our snack at the pool!

The famous Pawn Star from TV. We love this show.

At Circus Circus

Oh how they loved this ride!

The acrobats!

I bought these girls some cute umbrellas.

Our favorite restaurant - the buffet at the Rio!

Yum!

Cesar's Palace

The Pirate's Ships!

In front of an Asian Bistro. These are heated tubs with rose petals.

Inside the Venetian

A pretty waterfall

At a very expensive hamburger place.

$13 just for a hamburger.

We waited 30 minutes in line at the famous Serendipity for this fried Oreo sundae!

The Aria

Watching the 3D M&M movie.

At Coke World

Trying Coke sodas from around the world.

There is one from Italy named after Grandma Bev and it tastes like earwax!

Going to eat Russian and Bulgarian food.

They serve their water in giant Vodka bottles

Inside Pawn Stars.

Cute little Cambrey on a ride.

The Titanic Museum

Johnny Depp

From the M&M museum

We bought Coke lip balms from Coke World

The best hamburger I ever had. At Bachi Burger.

The best fried we ever had. Truffle and Garlic Parmesan fries.

We celebrated Gabe's birthday at Arctic Circle.

From Opa

Gabe at the water dunk tank at his school.

Cambrey

Paisley

Lime, blue raspberry and pink lemonade Jell-O cupcakes I made for Gabe's party.

The DJ we hired. He was great!

Playing the limbo.

Our Memorial Weekend Barbecue. Pineapple burgers!

Gabe bought a croquet set with his birthday money.

Baby Tatem had a fever.

Cambrey took a tumbling class.

Gabe had a piano recital and he did so good.

Gabe made this dinner from his idea. He called them "Bagel Patches". He used English muffins, homemade dough to patch the holes he cut out with cookie cutters and filled with a lemon, turkey, herb, artichoke filling. It was good!