Seven On Sunday

Just some miscellany picture business to catch up on.

1. It is always kind of a melancholy event taking birthday streamers down.



 Happily Jackson's bday is next week, so new ones will be up soon.

2. Speaking of Jackson, we have had quite a bit of large scale track building taking place in the living room:



3. The kids visited the dentist. No cavities, no referral for braces. Very good visit!



4. The fire sun, due to the wildfire was so very incredible to see. I wish I had pictures that accurately portrayed the awesomeness:



5. While shopping one morning I happened to notice that Jackson and Sadie had an unintentional clothing match that made my heart happy.



I wasn't sure if I had taken a good picture of them on my phone so I asked them to pose for a couple more. As you can tell by his face and body language, Jackson didn't take to the idea:



Needless to say the best one ended up being the one I took without their knowledge.

6. We were eating at Red Robin last week and were seated next to Sadie's very favorite poster in the entire restaurant:



She thinks it is hilarious (which it is) and took about 15 pics of it. She also took other gems like this:



7. Monsoon season seems to have hit a bit early this year and we have had some major lightning filled storms the last few nights. On Friday evening the kids and I were visiting Wet-n-Wild when quite suddenly the storm blew in.



We made it out to the car just in time, but that was one lightning filled, pouring rain, nail biting ride home.

Better Than Average Swimming

 Any pool is great, but in the past couple of weeks we have been able to visit a couple of pools that have been even better than great.

First the pool at the Rio, which is free to get into if you are a Las Vegas local! Cha-ching.

They have 3 pools open during the weekdays, including a sand filled, fairly shallow (but very warm) pool for the kids:





And then this week we were able to visit a mammoth pool that is located in a backyard. The family that lives there rents it out for $50 an hour (all of us that went split the cost so it was downright cheap!). We had a water slide, cliff-jumping fabulous time.



Sade, who we shall say can be timid at slide related events, was a slide riding, cliff jumping fool. You just never know with that girl.








Of course the rest of us were in on the fun too:










It was a smile filled day.



There have also been some Wet-n-Wild visits, and there just may be another one this afternoon/evening if I can get my act together.



I just love it there.

More Thrilling Summer Activities

Last Friday the weather was forecasted to be overcast, windy and cool (as in 92 ish degrees). Given the cooler weather, Amy and I seized the opportunity to do an outside (non-swimming related) activity, and we decided on a visit to The Old Mormon Fort.

Big mistake.

The weather was incorrect, so we were severely overheated and did not last long.

Happily for us they did have an inside movie to watch and also had this pictograph activity for the kids to do:



Then we headed outside.



Dance performance:



My kids hitching rides:



On an extra hot day we headed over to the Silver Nugget to do some bowling. It is no secret that I am a fan of the Silver Nugget. But it should be noted that I am only a fan because of the cheap price. Everything else about the place, shall we say, sucks.

When we first arrived we were greeted with this sign (which is not that unusual), but all the same kind of annoying:



When we were finally helped we were told that they were all out of bumper lanes! The horror for the children!!! But really we weren't all that upset because I feel they must learn the non-bumper bowling skill soon.







Even with his alternative bowling style Jackson killed it during the first game and beat the other kids by 30 and 40 points, respectively.



Liam and McKinna got the hang of it in the second game and all 3 of the them tied. Megan still has a little work to do :).

Sade said she didn't want to bowl, but then changed her mind (while we were in the middle of a game). I let her bowl for me a few times which I am sure accounts for my dismal scores:



When we were finished we decided to get an ice cream cone at the snack bar, only to be met with this sign:



The Silver Nugget and I may have to break up soon.