A Little Taste of Vegas!!!

So, Rod and I just got back from a LONG weekend in Sin City!!!! And although I missed my babies like crazy.............I must say we had a blast. We went to Vegas with some dear friends of ours, the Holmes. That sweet couple have been quite a few times (15, I think) but this was only our 3rd time back. It was just as fun as the first couple of times, maybe even a little more. This year we stayed at the Planet Hollywood Hotel & Casino. Here is a little peek at our little vacation. :)

Rod and I at Strip Steak, a restaurant in Mandalay Bay. We had just witnessed the horrendous Auburn game and decided we would just eat and drink the pain away ;)

Rod, myself, Rona and David at Caesar's.........just won a little $$ at the blackjack tables, so we were happy.

Our last night.........at the Bellagio before dinner.

Rona and David....check out the background. The Bellagio really does it up.

Just finished our dinner at Prime........best restaurant in Vegas. You can usually spot a celebrity or two but we missed out this year.

We had just missed the fountain show at Bellagio :(

OK.......these next couple of pictures need a little intro. If any of you watched America's Got Talent this year on NBC then you will know who these people are. At our hotel, Planet Hollywood, they do the America's Got Talent show, and the top 8 finalists put it on. After dinner we headed back to our hotel and their show was just finishing up, so some of the "stars" were out taking pics with people.

Myself and Recycled Percussion.....these guys have a pretty cool act. They use almost anything they can find or play on to make some pretty good music.

Rod and Grandma Lee..............she is a comedian. I believe she is like 80 years old and will crack you up.

Happy Anniversary!

November marks Dr. Jones's 20th anniversary since the opening of his practice in Atlanta. His sweet office staff sent out letters to some of his patients (pediatrics) asking us to help them make this special day memorable. They wanted pictures of our kids with Dr. Jones, notes, funny thoughts or silly drawings of ears or Dr. Jones....whatever our little one wanted to contribute.

After I explained all of this to Nathan, my little artist got to work. He worked so hard on his picture and is oh so very proud. I have added a picture of his "masterpiece" hope you like it, I thought he did a great job. Notice the ear on the operating table....this is supposed to be Nathan's new ear before Dr. Jones "put it on him". So this beautiful piece of art and a few pics we took of Nathan and Dr. Jones are on their way to Atlanta to be included in an honorary piece that will be displayed at his office. How cool is that?!?!?!? It will be so neat to see it on display when we go back in December for surgery #3.

Speaking of Nathan's ear............I have a funny story to share. Nathan went last Friday to get his hair cut (now remember, this isn't the first time he has had his hair cut since his surgeries, so where this came from I don't know) by our wonderful hair dresser Chris. As Chris was working on Nathan's hair, they were chatting about normal everyday stuff. As Chris moved to the right side of Nate's head to start trimming up that side Nathan quickly interrupted and with the most serious tone and expression said............"Be careful cutting by my ear, I just got it!". I thought Chris and I were going to roll on the ground laughing. Got to love a child's honesty! And I'm glad to know Nathan is going to be protective of that ear :)

A Little Trick and A Little Treat!!!

Halloween has come and gone and my little spider and Spiderman are sad the festivities are over but not before I share some pictures. The boys loved their costumes this year. They would probably wear them everyday if I would let them. As you will see I didn't get a single pic of Nathan without that stinkin' mask on. Oh well, at least I know it's him and not someone else in the pics.

"Let's GO MOM!!!!!!

All the cousins!!

Making our way around the neighborhood. They would have trick or treated all night and into the next day if we would have let them.

"Let me see, which one do I want?"

**look close, I almost got a face shot of Nathan

Class Parties!!!

Just as everyone else's child in Auburn had a party this week to celebrate Halloween, SO DID WE!!! Wilson had his party on Thursday and it was hilarious seeing all of the little ones dressed up in there "mini" costumes. As you will soon see, Wilson was a spider -- this was to compliment his big brother's costume of Spiderman (pics of that to come in next post). Little Miss Stirling was a flapper girl, and might I say she was the cutest flapper girl I have ever seen.Heading to the party!!! Can you believe we got them to hold hands? :)

Some of our little class friends.

Mommy and her little spider. Only spider I will ever get close to :)

On Friday, Nathan's class had their party and beforehand they did a cute little performance for us. They did a "puppet" show based on the book Five Little Pumpkins. Nathan was the 5th pumpkin and said his line perfectly. So proud! After the performance, we made our way inside for the party.

Nate and Kaylin --sweet girl! They made their t-shirts in class, aren't they cute!?!?!?

Nate and his friend Pearson.

Happy Halloween!

I hope you will scroll down to the post just below this one.....I have posted a little Halloween fun for your entertainment. I came across this and thought it was too funny. Nathan begged me over and over to do it so here it is. ***Please pause my ipod before you play the video. ENJOY!

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Jack-O-Lantern Time!!!

Since the day we got our pumpkins I have heard, "when are we going to carve them?", 100 times a day. So finally the week of Halloween is here and it is time to put some faces on those big ole punkins!!! Our daddy got home early yesterday so we all got to join in on the carving fun.

Working diligently to get the "guts" out.

Wilson actually helped for .............30 seconds :)

Our finished product!!!!!!!!!!