Trip to remember.

Trip to LAS VEGAS....definately a trip to remember.

Paige's dance team had thier national Competition in Las Vegas.

We hit the road on Monday July 5th.....

Loaded the car with yummy treats, movies, and lots of road trip music :)

Check out the line at the rest stop on the way (thru masons window)...BOOOOOOOOO.

We have the whole desert to go in....next time I think well train the kids the ways of the "pioneers" and have faster bathroom stops :) haha.

Cruising the streets our first night.....

Hitting up M&M world....of course.
We tried the NEW pretzel ones....YUM!!!

and then COKE WORLD. We tried the 'around the world' sampler platter.

16 different cokes from different countries.

The thing we didnt know was MOST of these are N...A...S....T...Y!!!!!

So, we would give Mason the first sip to see whether it was a good one or not hahahha.

His face said it all!!

Heres Paige seeing the Hotel THE PARIS where the dance competition was being held.

Belagio fountains...where Mason almost threw his flip flop into the fountain!!

After an awsome breakfast at Vegas's #1 breakfast diner...

we headed over to the Jorgensons Grandmas hotel pool....

was SO perfect for the kids to play in ALL day!

Kids swam from noon till 5!

and PASSED OUT the second he hit the chair :)

My poor baby who has to be swaddled still...even in 100 degree heat.

Fun with friends.

hanging at the hotel....eating M&M's in bed...nothing better :)

going to bed early since paige had to be dressed and at the hotel at 8am for her competition!!

Thats when the KAKA hit the fan.

Mason woke up at 2 am coughing/barking with Croupe...OUT OF NO WHERE!

We put him in bed with us...hoping we could make it until the morning and call his dr if it kept on going.

At about 4am it was SO bad.

His chest/rib cage was being sucked in every breath he took.

Scariest thing!!!

We turned on the hot shower hoping the steam would help relieve it....after a couple minutes of it I knew we just had to take him to the ER.

ER in Las Vegas...fun times. They gave him all the breathing treatments...steroids etc...while he slept....and craig hung out listening to all the vegas crazies roll in after a long night out :)

They said that he got sick after being in the dry air...into AC... and swimming with chlorine all afternoon....bummer!

We managed to get over to the Hotel in the AM for the competition without Craig and Mason...using the Jorgenson shuttle.

I was afraid Craig would miss her dance....the reason we went in the first place.

They came in right in time...tired but they were there!!

(sorry no dance pics...not allowed at the competition to take any..plus so tired we were just managing getting there)

She danced Wednesday am..we were packed up in the car....out of the hotel...and ready to hit the road with our CROUPY kid right after she danced.

At the awards ceremony they announce 5 teams who ware 'called back' to dance Thursday night at the BATTLE.

WALK THE DINOSAUR is called!!

WHAT!?!! no way. my mouth dropped to the floor. we were so done with Vegas..mason couldnt be out in the heat...kids were tired....we were tired :)

Craig called in to work and said he wouldnt be back that week....

We checked back into the hotel...same room even :)

Hung all night....and Thursday we just walked thru the Bellagio hotel...MGM grand and saw the tigers...stayed in the AC for mason.

Heres Mason with the Worlds Largest CHOCOLATE FOUNTAIN (and his baby tiger).

Our rock n roll kids :)

Loving their Baby tigers.

LOVE the gardens at the Bellagio. so amazing.

SO proud of the "walk the dinosaur" girls!!!

They did awesome!!

It was quite the trip...full of LOTS of fun...YUMMY food....and ER adventures :)

I think the only reason well be heading back to las vegas anytime soon is to eat a SANDWICH at Earl of sandwich in Planet Hollywood...BEST SANDWICH WEVE EVER HAD! :)

we went 3 times hahahha.

4th of July in SC.

4th of July in San Clemente

Hanging at the Casa de Hernandi !!!

love that place!

Order of Events for the day:

Food. Beach. Food. Swimming. Food. Pictures. Food. Fireworks. Beach. Fireworks. Food. Home.

The Jorgensons were adopted for the day once again and joined us!

Mason enjoying the fireworks...he seems very content :)

<3>

yankee doodle baby boy!

Down to the sand to watch fireworks over the ocean.

Nothing beats it.

(until Mason throws a handful of sand at your face...sorry paige!)

<3> Got a sorta smile out of him at the end of the night :)

LOVE YOU HERNANDEZ'S - thanks for the fun!!

2nd of July Bash!

July 2nd

3rd annual 4th of July Bash.

Our driveway.

Friends and Neighbors.

Red. White. Blue

Cute girls.

Flamingos with Uncle Sam top hats.

Tatoos.on your face. or whatever floats your boat.

Pig faces.

Total chaos.

Treats.

Good food.

LOTS of good food.

LOTS of REALLY good food. :)

& LOTS of Kids!!! :)

Water baloon fight with the Daddies.

Craig always finding a way to soak me.

Parade Marching music. (makes me soooo happy)

Star spangled Banner.

Parade with confetti & Cheering.

We always LOVE having this tradition at our house each year.

We had a lot of friends & few neighbors come & made for a really fun night!!

Hope it was fun enough that you will ALL come back next year :)

2 months!

Miles' 2 Month (actually 11 week) Drs appointment Stats:

12 pounds

23 inches

Getting pretty chunky!!!

We couldnt catch smiles on this day. But he is Smiling and laughing now.

Mostly at night when Paige and Mason are sleeping and he has us all to his self :)

Ice Skating Dreams....

We happen to watch one of those STARS ON ICE shows on tv one night...and Paige fell in love with thier sparkly costumes instantly!

She thought it was like "dancing..only on ice instead".

Now, she was begging to take ice skating lessons...

I was not a fan...shes dancing 3 days a week already...and Its like the 'youll shoot your eye out' but i kept saying..' youll crack your head open" :)

Im always an encouraging mother....

SO FINALLY we took her to a rink that has a 'try day' for kids over 3 yrs old on Saturdays.

Well see what this ice skating stuff is all aboout....

she could hardly wait...and was all suited up to hang out in the freezing rink for an hour-I even made her wear her helmet :)

We werent really thinking..but as soon as we walked in...Mason was shouting "I ICE SKATE TOO I ICE SKATE TOO!" soooooo excited.....

Craig and I just looked at each other like we need a solution to this or its gonna be a long 30 minute 'try it' lesson :)

Craig walked him up to the man behind the window and said 'hes here for the ice skating class'...and he handed him a pair of skates and he was good to go!!

Mason apparently passes for a 3 year old thank goodness...

and now i was thinking....HES GONNA CRACK HIS HEAD HES GONNA CRACK HIS HEAD! :)

They each held one hand of the instructor and SLID ALL OVER THE ICE...sliding..hanging like monkeys all over the place...pretty halarious.....but after a couple minutes they both got the hang of it...and even our watermelon headed child was having the time of his life!

Paige could get across the rink back and forth on her own!

Mason could now "fall with style"...and did better than I thought he would..and even looked like he was actually skating and turning around! Awsome to watch!

Paiges dream of ice skating was now fullfilled....we told her it would be MANY years before she would be weearing the sequenced outfits on the ice...and she said she didnt need lessons anymore...she would just go ice skating with her Daddy when they felt like it!

I like that decision :)