How we use rain gutters

Al hung rain gutters up by the girls' beds for their books. They required no paint we just cut them to size, attached the ends and hung them up. I found the idea on Raising Olives check it out here.

Pizza, Pizza

We went to a new pizza place. This is the second place winner last year in pizza dough tossing from Japan. He was fun to watch and the pizza was good.


These monkey's really enjoyed the show as well.

Yummo- chocolate!

That's my girl!

Craigslist Find

I only wish I had a before picture. This table was U.G.L.Y! It was scratched and all beaten up. The top had an oak finish and the bottom was yellow. Right before Christmas I thought "I need a coffee table to put decorations on". So in searching Craigslist I found this lovely for $20. I loved the legs and it was the right size. Al sanded the top and put a walnut stain on it. I painted the legs a cream color and brushed the walnut into the cracks and wiped it through the rest. I really like the finished product especially for $20!

My fam

I LOVE this picture. The kids (including Al) decided to get in the hot tub Christmas day. Lauryn loved having the googles on her head and screamed if you tried to take them off. Too cute!

Don't you love Landree's signs- Peace and Love on Christmas day. My heart is full.

New Wheels

The Center of the City

AKA Aria, Crystals, Mandarin...
We ventured with Al's mom to the "city" on Saturday. Landree and Lily went bowling with my parents so we just had Lauryn to contend with. Here is a tiny portion of City Center. There are so many buildings and still construction going on. Aria is the casino portion, Crystals the shopping and Mandarin is the high end condos. Some night Al and I are going to return without kids to really check it out.

This picture is at the main entrance.

Also, at the main entrance. This is a huge waterfall wall.

Inside the shopping area they have these little tubes full of water tornado's.


The pink things are ice. My patient said they call them Popsicles but they are actually called ice totem poles. The black part on the base is water that's like an infinity pool. It was a pretty "cool" display- Ha!

After all that fun we went into the Louis Vuitton store there in the background and bought a purse and wallet for me. Yeah right- in my next lifetime...