March Birthdays...

For Scott's birthday I posted all these old but super cute pictures of him when he was young.  I also gave him a big chuckle when he opened the shower curtain to find the balloons and birthday wish on the shower.  I also made him pancakes and put 49 on them with the spray cream and a candle.  He was pretty surprised.  I however will probably never put lipstick on the shower again, that was a pain to clean back up. haha!

His parents also put some old pictures of him on Facebook.  I have never seen this one of him when he was young at his dad's basketball game.  I guess he even traveled with his dad and the team until the school put a stop to it.

Taylor guessed the weight of the week at Kiwi Loco!

On Saturday the 17th Stacie and Taylor invited Kacie and I to go with them for a birthday lunch and shopping for Taylor's birthday.  We went to PF Chang's.  This was a first for all us and Taylor's first at trying out Sushi.  I don't think she liked it too much!  She did like the other food there as well as the rest of us.

These two thought it would be fun to ride around on these little critters in the mall.  Too funny!

After we got done shopping we went to the Cheesecake Factory for some birthday cheesecake.  It was so yummy!

Scott's basketball team wrapped up all these treats for him for his birthday.  I thought it was so cute!

On Sunday the 18th we celebrated Scott's Taylor's and Sam's birthdays.  Scott grilled a brisket and a pork butt which was so yummy!

Lindsay always makes the cutest cards!

On March 23rd Diana and Jed met Stephanie and Neil at Mom's to celebrate Neil's birthday.  We decided to go through a session at the Meridian Temple before they arrived.  After we ate at the Flame Broiler.  It was a nice weekend spent playing games and visiting.  Rosie and her three youngest all came for the weekend.

Basketball Tournaments...

This was Coach Talbot's (Scott) 10th year of coaching middle school basketball.  It's been a fun year coaching Ryan.  They had a great season with only two loses and then one during the tournament to place 2nd at the Huntington tournament on February 24th.  Plus Ryan got the all-star award!  Way to go Harper Hornets! 

 It has been so fun cheering on College of Idaho this year!  We were able to attend quite a few games and it was so awesome to watch them win their conference tournament.  Way to go Yotes! I think they also made it to the final four in the NAIA tournament!

Las Vegas...

Brady and Scott had a four day weekend so we decided to take a trip to Las Vegas since Kacie got the flu after Christmas and we couldn't go then.  We headed out Friday around 9:00 am.  We made it in about 10 1/2 hours.

When we got to Vegas we got dinner at Raising Cane's which we all loved.  We stayed at the Palms Palace.  Reid and Laura stayed a couple of nights prior and so they extended their stay for us.  We were able to stay three nights for $255.00.  Brady was just bummed he couldn't see the strip from our room but it was still a pretty good view.

We all thought it was crazy there was no shower door or curtain and Scott was missing his bathtub.

On Saturday we went out to the Ethel M. Chocolate Factory.  We got us a few treats and then walked through the cactus garden which was pretty cool.

Their chocolate covered strawberries were to die for and Brady loved their white chocolate cupcake.

We then got some burgers at In-N-Out Burger.  We were shocked we were able to get Brady to eat one but he agreed to a plain burger with only ketchup and he ate the whole thing surprisingly.  We then went to see the Hoover Dam.  Brady was pretty excited to see the progress of the construction on the new Interstate 11.     

This was a huge improvement from the last time we went.  Before Brady wouldn't even get close to the rail.

We then went to the Stratosphere.  When we went into the casino it was daylight and then by the time we made it to the top of the Stratosphere it was nighttime and boy was it a sight to see.  So amazing!  Kacie and I went on "Big Shot" and that totally took our breathe away...so fun!  We spent quite a bit time up there walking around and taking in the view.  Scott then lost about $24 on the slot machines and then we went to the Bellagio and spent a couple of hours there walking through the garden and watching the fountain.  It was a fun day!

Brady's happy place...

Sure love these two...

Day 2 we walked through the Paris casino which was amazing and then went up the Eiffel Tower.  It was pretty fun but boy was it windy up there.

I thought these bathrooms were so cute.

Cute stage in the casino.

We then had a late lunch at Bubba Gump...it was so fun and the food was soooo yummy!!!

Fun picture with my buddy!

The kids got some fun drinks in these cool glasses that they got to keep.

Brady got strawberry watermelon lemonade.

Kacie got a slushy raspberry lemonade.

Jenny's catch...my food was so good!

Scott loved his four types of shrimp.

Kacie loved her shrimp scampi.

Brady had fried chicken.

We then walked down to the Hershey store.  It was a fun store and we were able to get some souvenir's for the kids and their grandparents.

Statue of Liberty made of chocolate.

Made of licorice.

We couldn't believe all the flavors of kisses...

We then had to drive out to get some Nelson's Frozen Custard... so yummy... Then we went back to the hotel and Kacie stayed while Scott and I took Brady to see the fountains two more times before we drove him down the strip one last time.

Our treats for the ride home...

On our drive home we got into some scary snow at times.  What was weird is then about ten miles down the road it would be bone dry.

I loved how these pictures turned out at the Stratosphere...so fun!   I absolutely love making memories with these three.  I love them so much!  We had a great trip, but it was weird not seeing Reid's family while we were there.  They spent the weekend camping.