Valentines is here!

So finally Valentines day has made an appearance. It was a fun day here. Prince had school that day but we made it a fun day. He got me beautiful roses! The kids loved out party at night especially the sparkling cider they LOVED it. Me and the kids had a great dinner at my parents house and what better way to spend the day that with all of those people you LOVE! I made Prince a little basket of treats and me and my sister drove around UNLV to find his car and put it in there to surprise him! I LOVE a day filled with LOVE!

We are Family

The first weekend in Feb. My brother and his family came down to bless their baby girl here in Vegas. It was a lot of fun being all together. The kids had great time being with their cousins. They had fun helping Grandpa in the backyard.


Sunday was the blessing. My sister-in-law had a lot of family in town so my parents had a FULL house





My parents with their 7 grandkids.

We headed down to the Bellagio one night to enjoy the Chinese New Year decorations.


We rode the tram...

and Samarrah and Ayo practiced their special skills...AAGGHH



We had an amazing chocolate crepe.


We of course had to see the fountains, and the one song we heard was I am Proud to be an American-my favorite :)



Our last night together we all had a great dinner at Outback Steakhouse.



After Outback we had to dance it out High School Musical 3 style. IT was a blast! We wish we could be together more often.

Uncle Prince and baby Brynne

You've had a birthday!

WOOHOOO we are back! We had a lot of family in town and now that the partying has stopped I am here to document the month of February starting with Princess Samarrahs 5th birthday. I cannot believe she is 5 it has flown by so fast. On her birthday she went to preschool and had a lot of fun. She took pink cupcakes for snacks and got a birthday crown.

Prince was able to head back from school real fast and have lunch with us at Mcdonalds before heading back to campus.

My brother and his wife were blessing their baby the Sunday after so we had A LOT of people coming into town, and my moms parents flew in on Samarrah's birthday so they were able to be at her little family party. She LOVED the makeup my Aunt Sue got her!

My sister gets all of her nieces and nephews nice books on their birthdays. Samarrah got another Fancy Nancy book, and I love that they will have a nice library of nice books when they get older.

I took Ayo to Walmart and let him pick something out for his sister, he hit the jackpot with the Tangled slippers and lip gloss. Me and Prince got her a Princess piano and some nail polish. Ayo did a great job of keeping his gift a secret, but all day told his sister "Mommy got you a piano" come on Ayo.



This year she wanted a purple dress for her birthday so I whipped one up for her. SHe loved twirling in it. I cannot believe she is 5!

Samarrah LOVES preschool and CTR 4. She has come so far in not being so shy. SHe is so kind. She definitely is little miss diva but we are working on that:) She has a testimony of the gospel. She knows Jesus is her brother and that she can pray to Heavenly Father for help. She dresses everyday with the goal of being modest. She loves all things girlie, makeup, purses, shoes, dresses. She is a great big sister and wonderful daughter. Having her was one of the best decisions we ever made. She has brought so much joy. WE LOVE YOU SAMARRAH!

For Christmas my parents got us tickets to blue man group. It was a super fun date night. Best Christmas Present!

We sat in the poncho section, but were able to avoid the gross stuff.

Prince with his new best friend!


With some of the Christmas money we got we took the kids to Disney on Ice. It was a lot of fun. Samarrah wore her Princess Tiana dress. They are so stinking cute!



This was really cool, it was the brooms from Sorcerers Apprentice with Mickey.

We got to see all of our favorite villains.



Our favorites of course were Tiana!

and Toy Story!

Minus the terrible traffic, the almost car accident, and the swearing seat stealer we had a BLAST. It is something we hope to do with our Christmas money every year, instead of buying things, making memories.

The kids loved that they had enough Christmas money to get shaved ice and they each got a toy. Samarrah said" Mommy it is a real Ariel, she has a belly button and seashell bra." Yes an almost naked Princess, in hindsight not the best example for a little girl, but Samarrah has a great knowledge of modesty, she insists on being modest always.

It was also my Birthday a few days ago. I was so spoiled. We went to my parents for dinner since Prince had to work. I got everything I could ever ask for. My psrents got me a 4 slice toaster, and my favorite Paula Dean bakeware in Aqua! LOVE IT!!!!! My sister Alyson got me the movie Eclipse! It is the first Twilight movie I own so I'll have to get the rest :)

Alyson made me a sewing machine cake!! Isn't she fantastic!

Prince and the kids got me an ice cream maker! I have always wanted one, and It makes fantastic ice cream!! My husband is getting better and better with gift giving!

My bestest gifts!

So Stinking cute!

Now that the fun times of January have come to a close real life begins. Prince has started school again and once again UNLV is doing everything it can to make sure my husband does not succeed. We have decided that we don't care what they throw at us we will not let them put us down, we have come too far, and need this degree. When we left our life of being laid off in St. George and moved here I never expected a cake walk, but this is ridiculous. Through it all we always try to count our blessings. WIth each new brickwall I usually take a few hours to freak out, then I get my head back on straight, luckily my husband is a lot calmer than I am. He is the Rock of our family. We know we were meant to be here in Las VEgas so we know the Lord will help us succeed. We are hoping for an uneventful New Year :)