Vegas Get-a-way

We were getting a little spring fever and decided to take a little get-a-way. We booked a discounted room to the Four Seasons, and enjoyed a little sunshine. It was a little bit windy while we were there, but we still were able to play out at the pool. 

The girls enjoyed the massive bath tub. Especially after being a little chilly outside, they took a nice warm bath and they even had little bath robes just their size waiting for them! Another thing we loved is that they had written their names with bath crayons on the tub, it was so fun to have that personal touch!

We were recommended a bunch of places to eat, it was hard to choose! We also loved how our hotel room overlooked the strip. The girls loved looking at all of the lights at night. 

A breakfast place recommended by several people was Hash-House-A-Go-Go. They had the most delicious banana pancake which pretty much fed our whole family, it was huge!

We then went to the big aquarium in Mandalay Bay. It was pretty cool, but we have been spoiled by the new aquarium in Draper, that we weren't super mesmerized. 

The girls loved walking through the Hershey's store, and seeing the Statue of Liberty made out of chocolate! We then had dinner at Shake Shack, another highly recommended place. 

We stopped by the fountain show at the Bellagio, and the girls absolutely loved it. I think we could have stayed there for hours and watched it over and over again. 

Such a fun and much needed weekend to get away from it all! Liv had mentioned at one time that she wanted to live in Las Vegas. I think living in a fancy hotel, with a pool and yummy restaurants would be awesome too sweetie. 

Sweet Olivia

This girl is growing up to be such an independent, smart, funny, and beautiful young girl. She loves to do crafts, color, paint, bake, do puzzles, legos, and loves to watch shows. 

I love this picture of her sleeping because she sleeps just like her mama! When I go in to check on her at night, she is always sprawled across her bed like this and it always makes me laugh. She loves to have a routine and have things in order. She still likes having 3 books, and absolutely loves all the Berenstein Bear books that we've borrowed from Grammy Sue. She always has to have an ice cold water with her when she goes to bed too. She always sleeps with her pink blankie (that she's loved since she was a baby), and it has to be perfectly spread out over her covers. She also hates sleeping with a sheet, she just wants her covers. I love this little girl. 

At the beginning of the year Olivia said she really wanted a bike. But after being flooded with presents at Christmas, I decided it was time to learn the value of money and earning something. So we made a like rainbow chart that had just over 200 little squares on it. She got to fill in squares whenever she was good. Most days she got about 5, but some days were only 1 or 2. Other times 10! After about 2 months, she had filled in her chart and earned her bike! So I took her to Target, and she got to pick out her very own bike and matching helmet. She was excited to get the Princess bike. We put it together and she did great on it right away! It was so fun to see her so excited for something she had worked hard for. 

Happy Easter 2015

I had so much fun making these dresses for my girls this Easter. I saw the fabric in the store and I knew it would make the most adorable dresses, and I was right! I love how they fit and turned out. Liv & Pen obviously loved them too. 

Olivia is obsessed with dying eggs. She thinks it is so much fun. So this will probably be a must every single Easter for a long time. I secretly really enjoy it as well. 

Our ward did a really fun egg hunt too. Each family had the turn in 12 filled eggs for each of their children participating. I think this was such a great idea. Ryan taught Liv a great strategy to just run past the few eggs at the beginning so that she'd be all by herself in the back. It was hilarious, she did pretty well! Penny also picked up on it pretty quick too!

That night we got to do another egg hunt with Grammy and Grandpa. The girls were pros at this point!

Then Easter morning the Easter bunny finally came to our house! The girls each got a few toys and some candy, but then we noticed that the Easter bunny had left us breakfast on the back porch!

It was such a fun Easter morning! The girls loved the breakfast, especially since there were so many pink things! It was such a memorable morning with these sweet girls.