Rest and Relaxation

I got my vacation, you know, the one that I have been saying I needed for about 3 months now. It was the everyday tasks that were wearing on me: bathrooms, laundry, grocery shopping, etc. I just needed a little break...and that's just what I got.

My sister and I traveled to Vegas last weekend to spend some time with our brother Scotty, his wife Meghan and their beautiful daughter Audrey. The 5 hour car ride was excellent. Imagine, 5 hours of uninterrupted conversation with your sister! The rest of the vacation was the creme on top. Basically we did nothing for 3 days. Wake up, go back to sleep. Wake up again, read a book for a couple hours. Shower, lay by the pool, take a nap.....you get the idea. Everything was fine and dandy 'til we decided to walk the strip. Note to self: don't walk the strip in Vegas. I suppose it wasn't too horrible. Aside from the billboards with topless ladies dressed as Vampires (yes, "Vampires" the show, a narotic tale, is now playing in Vegas. I wouldn't reccommend it, unless of course you're into that kind of thing....), and aside from the pictures of topless ladies being shoved in your face (seriously, can boobs actually be that big?!) I guess it wasn't too horrible. However, we are travelling to Vegas this weekend with my inlaws, and needless to say, I won't be walking the strip with my little ones.

J is for JOSHUA

We were able to travel to Provo this past month and see the Walter Wick exhibit. Walter Wick is the author/photographer of the "I spy" books. We were able to see Aunt Kelli perform, (doing dances inspired by Wick's work), and were able to meet Walter Wick too! Josh was even selected from the audience to help with the dancers. What a fun night!

D is for Daxton

Dax keeps us laughing. He loves to wrestle, and I must say that he almost has Josh matched. Dax's newest move involves jumping on Josh's back, wrapping his legs around Josh's waist, and tickling him incessently while saying, in his high pitch "tickle" voice, "tickle, tickle. Tickle tickle," until finally Josh cries "uncle." It's very entertaining.

Dax is a little too fearless. Cam was constantly having to "rescue" Dax while rock climbing, because Dax would climb too high and get stuck, or would get too close to a drop off (yeah, that doesn't make me worry at all).

E is for ELLA

Ella and I thoroughly enjoyed our "girl's weekend" together. I fixed her hair all pretty, we painted our nails together, went out to eat, and watched "Ella Enchanted" together. It was great fun, and I know that my Bells really liked the "only child" factor. However, I am VERY glad that this girl has siblings. She was getting quite sassy when she knew she had all the attention. She needs Dax to wrestle her every once in a while to keep her humble.

C is for CAMERON

Cam and I have decided to go for this ski business. The company is based in France, and is called ZAG skis. Cam will deal specifically to North America. He is able to work his current job at Mountain States Networking, while selling. He named his business "Alttitude Sports Distrubution." We are both pretty excited, and incredibly nervous. It could either be a great thing, or we could have a housee full of skis and zero savings.

Cam also runs the Ogden Marathon in 2 weeks. He will do great and I can't wait to cheer him on!

C is also for CINDY

A nice shot of a sport the Thredgold's invented, "Ballerina basketball."

Yes, I enjoyed every minute of my 3 days of bliss. However, nothing quite compares to the joy and happiness you feel from a noisy house filled with dust, fingerprinted windows, and three smiling faces to greet you upon your arrival home.

Truthfully I thought the house would be in shambles when I returned, but much to my surprise and delight, Cam had the house in order, the kids were all happy, and he even made a roast for dinner! How lucky am I?! (I mean seriously, how did I get this boy to marry me?)