Vegas with the little's and my man

Oh the joys of a getaway with your little family! Matt was working at the Las Vegas Temple for a couple of weeks, so we thought it would be a great time to go down and stay with him. The kids didn't miss too much of school thanks to Martin Luther King, Jr Day. So the kids and I hit the roads on a Friday. They were so great to travel with. The girls watched movies, and Parker sat in front watching movies on his PSP. It took us 6 hours with 2 stops. Not too shabby!

Our first night we went to the M&M factory where the kids choose their "Oh so worth it", $20.00 per pound M&M's! Then we saw the Coke Factory where we had Coconut Coke and Watermelon Sprite! Yum!

We swam almost everyday. Even in the rain. The kids turn into fish whenever there is a pool around.

We went to the Las Vegas Natural Museum which I loved! We saw sharks, baby sharks still in the sack, dinosaur's, Apes, wildlife of Nevada, and all sorts of other neat things. I really loved the museum because there was something there for everyone.

My sweet best friend Napua from Hawaii had just moved with her family to Las Vegas last August and we were able to spend time with her. I love Napua and her family. They really took us in when we moved to Kona. They made us part of their Ohana, so it was nice to catch up with them.

The following Thursday we packed up and made the trip home with Matt in our car. Parker can't do a road trip without stopping and picking up a rock on the way home. He braved the cold winds and rain, and hiked up and found himself the perfect rock.

All in all it was a fabulous trip that we will always remember!

2010 Confessions

I have a friend who I will not name....but I will say she is known as one of the Em's. She has gone through alot these last few months. In her blogs she is brutally honest. She puts it all out there for us to read. Sometimes she might feel like she is going to be judged by her brutally honest posts, but I love her for them! I think all too often we think as women, mothers, wives, religious women, that we need to be great at everything we do. There is no room for failure, right? Blah!

So here is my dirty laundry for all of you to read. Laugh at it, judge me, think I am nuts.... I don't care!!:) I need to free myself and just let it all out!!

1. I workout in the early morning and then come home and go back to bed.

2. I miss my hubby pretty bad on this trip of his to Vegas, and it is taking everything I have to not drive down early to be with him. (We get to go on Friday to meet up with him, but I want to go NOW!)

3. I hate to clean with a passion. If I know you are coming over, I run around the house picking up like crazy!

4. Sometimes I eat nachos in bed while waiting for Matt to call me. Even though I have told myself not to eat anything past 7 p.m.

5. I often take on more than I should.

6. I don't know how to say "No" when I already have a million things going on. "Sure I will make those cupcakes. 60? No problem!"

7. I tell myself that my kids need alot of sleep and that it is o.k. that they start to get ready for bed at 8 p.m. Really I just want a hour to myself.

8. My bedroom is the biggest mess! I have bags of clothes for D.I. sitting around, crafts not finished, shoes all over.

9. I in the past have crash dieted for big things. Weddings, family pictures, vacations.

10. I can talk a ton. Ask any of my friends or neighbors. Put me in Sharing Time with the kids in Primary, and I freeze! I also don't do talks or prayers any better. Yesterday I had to say the prayer at church and I literally "prepared" my prayer. Yes, I practiced all of the 3 things that I said before I went up there.

11. I do pretty good with Matt being gone. In the sense that our house stays in order. The kids needs are taken care of. But I miss him like crazy! He completes me in so many ways that I miss seeing him drive up and spending the evenings with him.

12. I go tanning.

Thanks. I feel much better:)

Really?? So soon????

I just told Oakley (5) to grab her homework so we could start working on it. Her reply-"Oakley is not home right now, please leave a message after the beep. BEEEEEEPPPPP!"

It has started already hasn't it? So help me:)