4th of July in Las Vegas

McKenzie and I drove to Las Vegas for the 4th of July since Scot's time would be consumed with "Racing to Save Lives" at the Larry H. Miller Sports Track. We drove down right after work on Thursday and returned on Sunday.

McKenzie enjoyed playing with Papa's kitty's very much. Shadow wouldn't play much any more, but Ande was quite frisky and ready to play just about any old time.

It was so hot outside that we went swimming each day. The water was just perfect (not too hot and not too cold).

We celebrated by going to a picnic at the Eagles Club. Everybody was so nice, you could tell it's like an extended family for Dad and Barb. While Dad stopped to say "Hi" to a friend at the dunk tank, McKenzie took the liberty of walking right up the target and hitting it with her hand. She figured if the guy was yelling for someone to knock him in, that she'd do it the easy way. She didn't realize that he was wanting people to pay money for softballs to throw at the target. She dunked him alright! It ended up being a friend of Dad's, so he quickly paid $5 (of course once we all stopped laughing). McKenzie did get a chance to give them money afterwards and throw some balls, and later even had a chance herself to get to sit on the "hot seat" and be dunked herself. She thought that was great fun.

There were several games that McKenzie was able to play with all of the other kids like a balloon toss, some relay race using "hippity hops", tug of war, etc. She seemed to have a fun time.

At the end of the evening we all set up our chairs to see the firework display which was across the street (a baseball coliseum had a large display at the end of the game which was spectacular).

Once we got home, we all had cookies (OREO's to be exact) and milk and then headed straight to bed.

The next morning, the girls (Grandma Barb, McKenzie and I) played some very competitive games of Jenga. Apparently, I have the least steady hand of all!!! McKenzie and Barb are pretty tough competitors!!! We had lunch, went swimming and hung out.

That evening, Dad played his guitar while we all sang along. It was such a wonderful trip! I was so glad we had gone. (Click on the link below Dad's picture and hear a song Dad sung for me!)

The only thing that would have made it better - -
if my darling Scot had come too!

My Beautiful Knit Bag

After many hours of knitting....
here is my finished knit/ felted bag:

Climbing Higher Award

McKenzie had a school assembly today, July 1st where she received the Climbing Higher Award. I was so proud of her. I believe she was pretty proud of herself too!
Below is her waving to me, I think she was pleased that I came! All of the kids who received awards faced their parents and waved to them. There was a room of proud parents for sure!

Fathers Day spent at the Gateway

This year Scot was on a motorcycle ride so the girls and I had to come up with something to do with this special day. Why, shopping sounded fine with us. We headed downtown to do some shopping, laughing, eating and generally enjoying our time together. First we did some shopping (where McKenzie got the cutest Build-a-Bear, Bunny) and saw the sights:

Then we decided to have lunch at Panda Express.
Then we thought it would be fun to go into a few shops and let the girls simply try on different clothes with the attitude of "anything goes." This was quite a fun time as you can see:The Gateway has the best water display, so McKenzie ran through the jets and got extremely wet. She laughed the whole time, which made Amanda and I laugh too.








All in all, we missed Scot, but found that family is what Fathers Day is about and intended to make the most of what we had on hand - - an the girls were it!!! Happy Fathers Day!

If you sleep with the dogs, your gonna get fleas....

McKenzie loves Maggie and Gunner. Nothing is going to stop this girl from sharing everything (including her bed) with her two best friends. Sometimes they even take up so much room that they end up with the bed and she ends up with just the covers. They love to lay and listen to her tell of her woes, and they never even tell her secrets. I guess they are pretty good friends.