Vegas!!

Yesterday I was itching for a new purse, ( I love purses. What can I say?) so we decided to go to Vegas. We flew there in the afternoon for a little bit of shopping at the outlets, and of course we had to make a quick stop at the casino. We hung out at the Excaliber for about an hour and a half, and then we caught the last flight home at about 9:45 pm. It was a quick trip, but what the heck? It was fun!

Good Times With The Kids

A few weeks ago we were at Matt's mom's house and Amy was getting mad at the kids for something. Matt thought that she was being too hard on them, but she said that she'd like to see him take care of all four kids for a few days and see how it was then. Of course Matt is never one to turn down a challenge, so we offered to watch the kids for Amy and Andy's anniversary. It was kind of funny because we just ended up switching houses. They stayed at our house, and we went to their house to watch the kids. We arrived at their house on Saturday morning around 10:30. We ate lunch at McDonald's (we had to play at the placeplace of course!), and then we went to play in the water at Tempe Beach Park. Hadley had a lot of fun going down the slide. Ashlyn was a little nervous because it went pretty fast, but Hadley was fearless. After an afternoon nap (unfortunately not an afternoon nap for me), we went to Peter Piper Pizza. The kids had lots of fun playing all of the games, and we left with a few prizes. Earlier in the day I had promised Austin that we could get ice cream, so we went to Coldstone Creamery (Peanut Butter Cup Perfection . . . yummy!!). We rented a couple of movies, and the kids wanted everyone to sleep on the floor in the family room. I think Hadley was the only smart one because when we got up in the morning we found that she had went to sleep in her bed sometime during the night. On Sunday, we just hung out at the house until Andy and Amy got home around 2pm. We had lots of fun, but I have to say that Amy was right that it can be challenging at times (and we were only there for 27 and 1/2 hours. Who was counting right?). Did I mention that I forgot to bring my camera? I was a little bit disappointed about that.

Twilight!

I just finished reading the complete Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer. Can I just say that these are the best books that I have ever read. I don't usually like to read books more then one time, but I've read them twice. (except the last one I've only read once because it just came out.) I even had to buy them. They are about a vampire named Edward that falls in love with a human named Bella. (I know vampires??) Seriously, you should read it if you haven't all ready. Once you start reading you won't be able to put them down! I read the whole series in five days.

Go D-Backs!

We went to the Diamondbacks game last night with Janeille, Matthias, Jeremiah, Andy, and Austin. We didn't all get to sit together, but Matt got the tickets for free from his work. Andy and Austin had great seats on the lower level right behind home plate. The rest of us can't really complain though because we got to sit in the club seats. Jeremiah practiced hitting the ball, with his bat, whenever anyone on the field was pitching. He was really excited when a ball actually came our way. In the picture he was crying because he wanted to go out and play on the field with the team. Maybe in a few years!! The Diamondbacks crushed the Pittsburgh Pirates 13 to 7.

Hangin' Out With Family

Matt, Me, and Hadley.

Matt's Dad and Kaylee with us.

Grandpa and Grandma Mendonca
Rick and us. (That's Carter in the background.)

Matt's Grandpa and Grandma Mendonca, his uncle Rick, and his cousin Julianne came to visit from California. Last night we went over to Amy's house to have dinner and hang out with them. Matt's mom made Thankgsgiving Dinner. Yummy! It was fun to be able to see them and hang out. We should all get together more often!