Halloween 2011

This year, Maeve was super excited for Halloween.  She could not wait to carve pumpkins, she wanted to “feel” the insides!  Will is much more like me and could really do without the mess!  At the end, the mess wasn’t that bad, the kids had fun, and the pumpkins turned out great!

 

 

This year Maeve went as a Princess and Will went as a Duck Hunter!  We did Trick-or-Treating with our friends in their neighborhood, we had four kids in our group total and they did AWESOME!  All of them had full candy baskets!  Maeve and Will were super tired by the end of the night, but I know they had a great time!

 

Vegas Baby!

10/16/11 – 10/18/11

 

This year for our anniversary, Shannon and I wanted to do something special.  We knew we wanted to go somewhere for a couple days, but we really didn’t know where.  Since neither one of us had ever been to Las Vegas, we figured now would be a great time to go!  This would also be the first time both of us had been away from the kids for more than a day!

We stayed at the Venetian Hotel, which was VERY nice.  Since this was our first time, so we wanted to make sure and “do it up” right!  We had a few smaller activities planned: The Auto Collection at the Imperial Palace, a Gondola ride at the Venetian, The Fremont Street Experience, The Buffet at the Mirage, and The Bellagio Fountains.  The major event we wanted to do was getting our vows renewed with Elvis at a Las Vegas Wedding Chapel!

I will let the pictures fill in the rest!

Our Hotel/Hotel Suite/Views

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gondola Ride

 

Fremont Street

 

 

 

 

Wedding  Chapel

(We are still waiting on our “formal” pictures!)

 

 Las Vegas Views

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We had a blast when we were in Las Vegas.  We would totally go back again!  We think next time, we would want to see a couple shows and stay somewhere else to switch it up a bit.  Shannon and I are not big gamblers, so I think Vegas is up about $6 on us!  We would also like to thank my Mom, Grandma Dee, Abby, and Kyle for watching the kids while we were gone.  This trip would have never happened without you help!