Tuesday, July 20, 2010

What happens in Vegas........

Doesn't always stay in Vegas!
Vegas Summer Trip 2010

Ryan(Atlanta cousin), Cayden, Carson, Ezra (Las Vegas cousin) and Grandma Fryer at Mark's sister, Lisa's house in Henderson, NV! We scored a FREE room with a King sized bed, TV/DVD, walk in closet, private bath and balcony overlooking the Las Vegas Strip at the Allsop's house! Thank you, Jon, Lisa and Ezra for letting us stay with you:-)
Keira loving up Grandma Fryer!



Keira with cousin Ashley and her dog, Roxie, who came all the way from Atlanta, Georgia to hang out with all the Fryers! Mark's sister, Laura, who also lives in Henderson made her three girls, Keira and Ashley matching pajama bottoms. So cute! Thank you, Laura!




Keira, Jane (Las Vegas cousin), Charlie the bunny and Carson! Charlie is an indoor pet bunny that is potty trained and roams the house freely! I've never seen anything like it! LOL! Besides having six kids and Charlie the bunny, the Rawlins crew aka Las Vegas cousins have a turtle, hamster, a few fish, a cat and a some wild chickens running around in their backyard. Quite the zoo at their house. LOL!





Keira and Carson want a pet bunny of their own!






My sister-in-law, Lisa and I took an eventful trip to Laughlin, NV to watch my two nieces compete in the Arizona State Cinderella Finals! Laughlin is literally in the middle of nowhere!







Yours truly with my niece, Hallie and Karlie before the Grand Finals at Don Laughlin's Riverside Resort & Casino! I'm so proud of these two girls!








Ryan, Cayden and the Komodo Dragon at the Shark Reef Aquarium at Mandalay Bay.









Carson and his cousins, Marshall, Claire, Jane, Ryan and Anna checking out all the amazing exhibits!










There were a ton of these swimming above us, below us and all around us! Way cool.











I for sure thought Ryan and Carson were going to end up in the water with the stingrays!












Keira and cousin Anna exploring the aquarium! That's some big fish behind them.













There goes a big one!














Yours truly and Carson with Red and Yellow at the M&M's World Las Vegas! Yep, Carson still loves the plushies! Thanks to Mark's sis,Laura, for making yummy M&M treat bags for each of us. You saved us a lot of money!















Some of the Fryer's with the Coca-Cola Polar bear at Coca-Cola World! What you don't see is Mark standing off to the left with Keira who was crying her eyes out! She was scared of the big bear! LOL!















Grandma Fryer, Roxie, Keira and Ezra playing at the park! Keira and Ezra had such a good time playing together.


















Katherine and Ashton! Mark and I snuck out of the house with his sister, Lisa and saw a late night showing of Killers! Lisa loves to go to all the new movies like Mark and I!


















Keira with Aunt Lisa's two most favorite animals, Dixie and Nellie! Haha! Lisa told Keira she could take these two back to Arizona with her. Keira was sad to leave Vegas without them!



















Thank goodness for a built in DVD player, head phones and a few redbox rentals on road trips! Traveling with kids has never been easier!




















Free Vegas Entertainment!






Carson, Red and Yellow!











Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Keira's 4th Birthday Festivities!

Keira up bright and early on her birthday to open her gifts from us!









Yeah! Baby Alive! This doll does some amazing things. Keira loves playing mommy!





One happy Birthday Girl!






Little Miss Four Year Old getting ready to hit the town! Thanks Grandma Cindy for Keira's adorable Birthday Girl shirt!






Birthday Breakfast at Krispy Kreme Doughnuts!





Thanks Krispy Kreme Doughnuts for the FREE one dozen birthday doughnuts!






Cayden picked up a few free doughnuts of his own for another great report card!







Keira's new doll is so much like a real baby! She talks, sleeps, eats, drinks, wets and even poops!








Even tough boys like feeding Baby Alive!









Baby Alive's first major poopy diaper blowout! Doesn't that mess look like the real thing? No more green peas for Baby Alive! LOL!










Keira chose to have her birthday dinner at Red Robin! Keira is a member of the Red Robin's Birthday Club and received a FREE Kids' Meal and Sundae! Go to http://www.redrobin.com/ to sign up for this awesome freebie!








The Silly Birthday Girl and her Daddy!







Mark feeding the Birthday Girl her sundae! So cute:-)















Thursday, July 1, 2010

A Splashing Good Time!

Keira's Backyard Beach Birthday Party!


Let's get this birthday party started!


Sand pail party favors and beach cupcakes! The kiddos couldn't wait to get their hands on both of them!




Bikini/Speedo Beach Bear Cupcakes! Aren't these so adorable. I had fun making them:-)






The outdoor fueling station equipped with Capri Suns, water bottles, Otter Pops, Goldfish crackers, Swedish fish, Gummy sharks and beach gum balls!



Karsen, Brooke and the Birthday Girl in the pink pool!





The birthday girl going down the water slide! The kids LOVED this slide and could not get enough of it!






That's a lot of kiddos in such a small pool!







Karsen (Pilot), Nani (Co-Pilot) and Brooke in the tail seat flying away on the airplane teeter-totter!








Keira, Sidney, Ava, Yamie and Brooke!





Rhett and Talan Slip 'N Sliden!





Cayden enjoying the water slide!







Swimming and Sliding away!







Grandma Cindy and Miss Keira!


Otter Pop time!









Look at that bikini belly on cousin Lexie! So dang cute!






Beach ball parachute fun!










Wet-n-wild water balloons!






Tropical potato sack races!





Rhett couldn't get enough of all the yummy snacks! I let the kiddos eat as much as they wanted!




Yamie, Zoe, Keira, Brooke and Carson doing the Egg on a Spoon race in the wet and muddy grass! Fun!




Musical Chairs set to Beach tunes!







Hot Beach Ball the modified version of Hot Potato!




Then there was two left standing, Cassie and Keira!







And the winner is, Miss Keira the birthday girl!










Lunch time!






Pizza, chips, Capri Suns and a hot dog for Kallin (he's allergic to pizza)! Yummy!



Time to open gifts! Keira received a ton of barbies and some other great gifts. Thank you to Keira's friends and family for the awesome gifts!


Cupcakes, candles, Happy Birthday song and a wish!








Happy fourth Birthday, Keira!





Thank you to all the kiddos for putting on their bathing suits and board shorts and coming over to have fun in the sun at Keira's fourth birthday party! It was an extra special day because of all of you. Thanks to my sis, MacKenzie, for coming over the night before to help decorate. Also, thanks to my Mom, sister, Abby and friend, Kathrine, for helping me at the party with all 17 kids!
It was a crazy, but fun party!