To say Nolan was excited to go to Las Vegas would be an understatement. His excitement couldn't be contained! On Wednesday morning I was sitting with him in the living room and I said, "guess what?! We're going to Las Vegas tomorrow!" But to my surprise, he was upset! For the life of me I couldn't understand what he was so distraught about until Justin clued me in to the fact that he was mad because I said we were going tomorrow and not today ☺.
That was just the beginning. Wednesday night we had softball and he was upset that we were going to softball and not to LV. I even offered him a special treat for softball (Cheetos) but instead of his usual excitement he scowled at me and started whining that he didn't want to go to softball, he wanted to "go to LV right now!" Wednesday night, instead of his usual, "I get up in the morning when it turns green and say 'mommy' 'daddy' and get milk and go out the living room and watch TV!!" he said, "tomorrow I go to Jeanni's house and then to Las Vegas!"
Thursday morning came and he seriously ran from his bed to the door. Then, finally, the time came for us to pick him up from Jeanni's and he was bouncing off the walls. We got in the car and Justin and I were famished so we decided to stop at In 'n' Out on the way out of town. He was NOT happy about that. Usually he will do anything for fries, but when we offered him one he said, "No, I have my fry when we get to Las Vegas" hahaha!
Ready to hit the road!
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Snapped this adorable picture of Granky and Branson holding hands. Two generations, nearly 100 years apart. I just love all of the time and love that this picture represents ♥
Teaching Granky about taking selfies. I think he was pretty amused.
Gp Mathews hanging out with two of the babies (Warren and Branson).
The three big boys playing.
Poor Warren, every time Branson got near him he would try to grab his face and make him cry. Branson always looked up with a "what? what'd I do?" face.
Granky was a good sport and played the "Toilet Trouble" game that the toddlers love. You basically just spin the toilet paper roll and, based on the number you land on, flush the toilet that many times. You never know which flush will get you a spray of water in the face! Granky got sprayed and the kids just giggled and giggled!
It was adorable how Rhett just climbed right up onto Granky's lap to play.
For dinner one night we went to The Blaze pizza. Nolan was SO tired that he konked out in the car. The surprising thing was how he stayed asleep through getting him out of the car, sitting down, standing up, and laying him down on one of the benches. That never happens! Poor guy must have been utterly exhausted!
Baby train. Too bad we didn't add Warren to it.
After dinner we went to Garehime Park to play! It was fun to watch Rhett and Nolan actually play and have fun together instead of just fight ☺.
Warren getting some good snuggles from Gm Mathews.
Nolan and Rhett loved spinning in Uncle Justin's arms! Their giggling was infectious!
Uncle Preston sat down and had a little chat with Nolan over dinner.
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Saturday we hung out at Preston and Devin's (Nolan couldn't wait to play with the microwave). Justin took N up for a nap and, to no one's surprise, fell asleep too ☺ Those two were out for 3 hours!
Granky, Aunt Mallory, Branson, and Warren.
Uncle BJ and Aunt Kirsten were SO nice to let us swim in their pool and even heated it up for us!! Everyone had a blast! Although I'm a bit nervous that Nolan has forgotten everything he's learned in swim class and that he's gonna freak out when we take him for his first lesson this summer. We'll see. Cross your fingers.
It's just too bad we didn't have one more day so we could swim in Gm and Gp's pool too!
Rhett and Nolan. Nolan was obsessed with watermelon! He probably at half of it by himself ☺
Bran-man enjoyed his first time in the pool.
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I'm not always the best at getting together with friends when I go home, but I really wanted to this time. Kids kind of make it easier too because you can just meet at the park and let the kids play while the adults (attempt to) chat and (attempt to) keep track of thekids. It was so much fun to see so many friends from high school (and college).
Attendies were Nick and Whitney Hobbs and their 3 kids, Courtney Horner (Brian couldn't come) and her 3 kids, Melissa and Srini and their son, Leo, Julie and Mike Humphery's and their 3 kids, Lincoln and Cecilia Rogers and their 3 daughters, Will and KT Scarlett and their 3 kids, JD Armstrong and his wife, and Preston and Devin. BJ also showed up at the end.
It's just so crazy to think about how long we've known each other and to see all of these kids we have now ☺ It's also crazy how many people from middle school/high school ended up marrying each other AND how many converted to the church. Brian, Nick, Will, and Cecilia are all converts and Nick and Will are in Bishoprics now! I love that. I guess flirt to convert is really working down in Las Vegas haha! Also, Mike was BJ and Preston's roommate at BYU. Me, Julie, Melissa, and them were all in the same ward at BYU before Julie and Mike got married, so it was fun that BJ got to catch up with him too.
Some of the kids...
Nolan, Justin, Mike, and Julie.
Melissa and Courtney, Nick and Preston in the background, and Devin.
Whitney, Will, KT, and Lincoln.
Nolan loved the swing!! Especially kicking daddy on the upswing.
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It was seriously adorable how Rhett climbed up on Gp Mathews
lap to play with and snuggle him ♥ ♥ ♥
My cousin Sheena came over one night with her 3 kids and it was fun catching up!
Sheena's daughter Autumn loved the babies ♥
The three musketeers watching Moana.
We couldn't believe how well Branson slept while we were in LV! He didn't wake up once during the night. Usually he wakes up at least once wanting a binky or to be put in our bed, so we were worried because there's not really enough room in the bed for him and also worried that his crying might wake up Nolan. No need to worry, he slept like a champ!
Gm and Gp Mathews both spoke in church on Sunday and they did a great job, we're so glad we got to be there to hear them!
Lunch time before the sad, sad drive home.
Also, I'm super glad we got a picture of Paul! How did he not make it into more pictures? Anyway, he decided to drive down Saturday morning and we're so glad he came down to hang out with us!
We always have so much fun when we go to Las Vegas. I really do have the best family!
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