Tornado

Right around 5:00 p.m. on Friday we had a sever weather alert break through the PBS cartoon. I changed the channel to get a better idea of what was going on. On the screen was a water spout. The boys FREAKED OUT! I explained that it wasn't near us, but it was near dad's work. We called Neal and told him - he didn't even know about it. He went to look out his window and saw the water spout in the river pretty close to his office. The water spout was upgraded to a low grade tornado, but didn't do any damage.

So every since then I've had to hear everything tornado - bad dreams, Batman and Spider man getting destroyed by a tornado, is there going to be a tornado today mom....it seems to have scared them just a bit.


Pretty amazing pictures taken by someone Lisa knows at her office.

Neal's Garden

Neal wanted to try a garden this year. He built several planter boxes and tons of seeds. Thus far we've had tomatoes, lettuce, potatoes, squash, blueberries, strawberries, and a bell pepper. We have carrots, cucumbers, watermelon, pumpkin, red peppers, onions, and probably some more that I can't remember.

He really enjoys it! And it's been an interesting experiment to see if we have a green thumb (we, meaning Neal, cause I know I don't.)

Rainy Day Play

It's been raining a lot lately. I know...it's Florida and it rains everyday in the summer...but it seems to be early this year and it happens everyday. Last week it was for 8 days straight with no stopping.
So the boys played in the rain while Morgan napped. Splishing and splashing was the name of the game. They let their sand buckets fill with water to see how much it rained while they played (which I thought looked like a lot, but I didn't measure it.) They also let their crocks float down the gutters.

They had a great time (and we had to come in and out depending on thunder and lightning.)

Crafty time

I've been in a crafting mood. I made another present for my cousin who is getting married tomorrow in the Orlando Temple.

It's been fun being creative! (Thanks Barbie for your input!)

What do you think?

Not the finished product...but I made it for my cousins shower - it's a towel cake. I think it's pretty cute!

Hoppy Easter!

Easter has come and gone, but here are some pictures that will hopefully make you smile!

Sunday best!


We has a brunch and egg hunt with the Steinhours on Saturday.

Sunday we had linner and an egg hunt with the Alders.

What happpens in Vegas....

We had a great time in Vegas for Neal's 30th Birthday. To my surprise I liked gambling (well kinda - I hate losing, but I never played enough to feel too awful about it!) We won some, we lost some, but overall we broke even. The game we played most often was the Roullette table. It was FUN! I played with $40 and got up to $80 in about 2 or 3 rolls - my best game!. Neal started with $40 and got up to $300 or so during his best game.

The hotels and the shopping took up most of our time. Our vote for prettiest hotel was the Wynn hotel. That is what every hotel should look like! We took a gondola ride, saw almost all of the free shows at each hotel (watched the Bellagio water show several times), and enjoyed time with each other. We stayed at the Excalibur, which was in a good spot and decent for a hotel.



We got to see the Blue Man Group. The show was AWESOME! They keep you entertained the entire 2 1/2 hours there. Plus they do some things to include the audience which is always exciting!

We did the Hoover Dam tour. Interesting! Did you know that the concrete has not completely cured yet? It could take over 100 years and possible 1,000 years for the concrete to completely cure because of the thickness of it.

Our good friend Clint met us there and showed us the ropes. He's a Vegas regular! We got to eat at In and Out Burger, Taco Time, Jack in the Box, and some of his other favorites on the strip.

Thanks again to Erin & Charles for helping with the kids! We had a wonderful birthday celebration in Vegas!