Washington Park and Portland Rose Gardens

Strawberry Picking

Abi, Kendel, Kyma, Maddy and Mayma (Gus is in a stroller off camera)
LOT'S of berries!
MMMMM.....

Pre-k Grad Pics

Abi and Mrs. Duggan
Singing for us

Mrs. Fenton giving Abi her certificate

Mrs. Duggan congratulating Abi
Gus and Mayma
Jaycee, Abi and Ana
Mrs. Duggan, Abi, Mrs. Fenton
Class photo

Abi's graduation and her friends

Ana, Kendel and Abi

Finally...more of Vegas!

The Hoover Dam...AMAZING!!!
Standing on the line between two states with different times...
The new bridge bypass that will take all through traffic off the dam and allow it to be more 'tourist friendly'
The line is where the water started and now where it is today. Slowly losing water ever year!





The MGM at night
Bellagio waiting for the water show

The Venetian outside


The Venetian...inside!Love the movie...had to get a pic of the real bar :o)

Vegas Baby!!!

So, for John's 30th birthday (which was May 20th), I took him to Vegas! He'd always wanted to see it (we are NOT gamblers but there is sooo much to see!) and we also really needed some 'mommy and daddy' time without the kiddos. Thinking about it, we hadn't been on a vacation alone since our honeymoon...after 8 years I think we need one! So anyways, we left the kids with grandma and away we went...

We stayed in the Paris Hotel (pictures in previous post below) but did a LOT of site seeing!


New York, New York!!

John riding on one of the many escalators that get you to the bridges that cross the streets
Had to get a picture with the sign :o)
The Luxor advertising for the new Transformers movie (great way to advertise huh?)...

This was inside the casino/hotel. The horizontal lights are actually hotel room doors that go up at an angle all the way up the pyramid. It was amazing!

The Excalibur...
The MGM (the lion is the largest bronze cast statue in the US)
They have a lion exhibit inside the casino. You can see them normal but you can also go under them!
If you look to the right of the beam, you can see his nose!
From the underside of the lion