Halloween!

The boys insisted on being pirates this year. I thought they looked pretty cute even though neither the hooks nor the eye patches stayed on for more than 5 minutes.

And here's Tom/Abe Lincoln/Mose Schrute and I hanging out at the Elem. school carnival.
Which do you think is a better likeness?

and Jace just enjoyin' the ride....


Here's a fun pic of me and my boys. I tried about 20 times and never got one of them all facing the camera, oh well.

Vegas Pictures

Over UEA break we took the kids to Las Vegas for a short, cheap vacation. We had a good time, we mostly stayed right in our hotel (Circus Circus) and the kids played all day at the Adventure Dome indoor theme park, which was basically void of any other people--so nice!! Anyway, although we had a great time, I was a little shocked how much more trashy Las Vegas is than when I was there the last time. I know I shouldn't be shocked, it is "sin city", but man....the mom in me was just wanting to get my little innocent little boys out of there as soon as possible. Too bad it has to be that way (and too bad Disneyland costs four times as much!!) But here are some fun pics.