Keeping my sanity

You know with all of the crazy things going on in the world today I sure am grateful for my amazing family who helps me keep things in perspective. Nothing is better after a stressful day then coming home. I haven't posted for a while so here are some catch up photos.

Colton seems to have just grown up out of no where. He is getting so big and is such a fun kid. He is very mischievous and keeps us on our toes though. I get worn out pretty quick with him, I'm not exactly sure how my wife manages to have the energy.

I noticed something else a little while ago as I was laying Colton down for bed one evening. He was really upset and holding his hands out and he wouldn't calm down. At first I thought it was just his usual 'I don't want to go to bed' reaction until I realized he was pointing to one of his three Elmo dolls. (Yes we really do have three) This has become his new comfort toy, he freaks out if he doesn't have Elmo when he's going to sleep. He'll carry Elmo around during the day and when Elmo is on TV he will stand enthralled with the little guy. Needless to say it is adorable.

Hunter's birthday was last month as well. Kira put together probably the coolest birthday theme you've ever seen. Hunter came up to her one day and told her he wanted a Wii party. So Kira put together some great decorations and stuff. Including the announcement that she made with Adobe Photoshop.

She added a touch of Nintendo to the whole party.

She made a Mii for each guest

Pin the Wii remote on the Mii

And each guest received their own candy dispenser Wii remote

The Nintendo DS was a great hit as well.

In addition to noticing how enthralling the DS is for her you might also notice how cute her hair is. Kira is so creative and Savannah will just light up whenever I tell her how cute her hair looks.

And another first for us. I was passing one of my co-workers in the hall a few weeks ago and he says 'hey you want a free room for the weekend at the Hard Rock?' I though he was joking or that it was one of those time share sales deals. He gave me a phone number and it turned out to be one of those he knows a guy who knows a guy and sure enough we got a free two night stay at the Hard Rock Hotel. The point from the hotel was to fill the rooms with people who will gamble and spend money. Unfortunately we were not the big spenders they wanted but we sure enjoyed the room. Our first comp ever. The kids loved watching cartoons on cable that they never get to see and we even splurged and ordered the movie Wall-E to watch. Total bill for 2 nights stay = $12. Awesome.

And finally here are some photos that I found on my phone. Some of them are just random shots as well as some pictures of a recent father and sons camp out. This one though was really cute. I was at Wal-Mart checking ammo prices and I hear Savannah yell, 'Look dad football' I turned around and there she was all ready to play.