Veterans Day Events (1)

Parade

We started out the day meeting up with Jamie and Heidi and crew downtown Mesa,

we had a great time watching the Parade.

(the reason we have the opportunity to celebrate this or any day)

My girls,

Favorite picture of the morning.

Veterans Day Events (2)

The Farm

After the Parade we headed out east to Superstition Farm. It is a working dairy farm. Kids were free that day and they had lot's of activities, events, crafts, food, petting zoo and more.




So much fun in just one day, by the time we got home we were all pretty wiped out. What a great way to be.

The latest cake,

Here is the latest cake I had fun making,
it was for JP's lesson in Elders Quarum. (Chocolate cake - peanutbutter buttercream frosting- YUMM!)

10 years.

On our way to Vegas we actually stopped at Hoover Dam.

As you can tell it was quite windy but, we had a good time.
They are building a new overpass that will reroute all traffic off the dam.

I thought it funny/sad that this was stamped on so boldly. Really! Do you need this bit of advice?

Okay, so in Vegas besides all the waking we did (I have scabbed up ankles as proof), show seeing (KA - awesome!) and overall fun having, we made time to go into this 4 story M & M world. Cute-yes, tons of stuff-yes, outrageous prices-**** YES! Did we give in and buy m&m's in colors you'll see nowhere else? YES JP got speed ASU colors, I got the girls different girly colors and since it was almost Halloween I couldn't resist getting Black and Orange. You'd think that at $12.99 a pound they would taste a little different or something. Not so, but much fun.

So because we can't let glitz and glamour skew our sights we have reality with us always. Who else can say that while in there first ever cab ride in Vegas, they got pulled over because the driver was speeding? I think just us. It was quite fun actually. While waiting to get on our marry way again we found guide books you can only get in cabs (I guess - didn't see them anywhere else) we found coupons for the things we were planning on doing the next day. It really did work out for our benefit.

A little more adventure for us. As we arrived at the van to leave we noticed our tire was flat. So, JP got to change the tire before we left. It was the first time he changed the tire on the van. Usually it's me stuck doing it because I am far away from home.

JP made the trip even better for me. He got us on the guest list for a club called LAX at the MGM Grand. (he knows how I love to dance) Then he got us VIP passes, so we didn't have to wait in line and we didn't have to pay a cover. SWEET! THEN, when we got back to our room he pulled out this.

I of course cried like a baby. It was the kind of moments you see on Jewelery commercials. So random, so unexpected and so romantic.

Thank you JP for the BEST 10 years of my life. I can't imagine life without you. Speed asked me today at breakfast, "Mom am I your best friend?" to which I answered "NO". He was a bit shocked that I didn't automatically say yes and asked "then who is?" my reply was "your dad." You truly are, again Thank you and I LOVE YOU!

Oh the thinks they think.

Two of the latest Speedism's I really want to remember.

#1

Speed: Mom you can really birth your own horse.
Me: What?
Speed: You know this meal is really good, you can birth your own horse.
Me: You mean toot my own horn?
Speed: Oh, yeah. Toot your own horn.

#2

Speed: Mom have you heard the story about Hickory Bob Crane?
Me: Who
Speed: Hickory Bob Crane, the headless horse guy.
Me: Oh, you mean Ichabod Crane.
Speed: yeah, him. Do you know it?

I adore my children!