Mother's Day!

Just some pictures of Carly and her lucky Mommy on Mother's day!....(these pics started with a grumpy teary-eyed 2 yr. old, but she finally cooperated!)













This Mommy, is a blessed and happy mama! Thanks for a wonderful Mother's Day Ryan and Carly!!

Livin' it up in Vegas!....

Our Beautiful Hotel-The Venetian!

We weren't originally going to stay at the Venetian, but in the end, we ended up treating ourselves to a week full of luxury(and probably the last time for the next 20 years!) I have never seen (nor stayed) in a hotel so nice in my entire life!! WOw, the Venetian was absolutely gorgeous and worthy of each of it's 5 stars! I think Ryan and I felt like too little kids being treated to the worlds largest ice-cream Sundae and were ridiculously giddy about it the entire time! We had debated whether to stay there or in it's newer addition(The Palazzo) but they are both the same rooms now, same style, and are both connected to eachother so it made no difference! It was so cool-the night we went to phantom, we literally took the elevator down 28 floors, got out, took a left, and walked right into the Phantom of the Opera Theatre! THe show by the way, was AMAZING! The special effects, the atmosphere, even the lighting was spectaculor. It was awesome. We basically just walked around all week, did some shopping, ate some really yummy food, watched movies and sports-center on our flat screens in the same room at the SAME time(one for each of us!) stayed up late, and slept in even later. Doesn't get much better than that, does it?! Our last night there, we saw Jersey Boys. Now, apparently there are a lot of contraversial oppinions of this show....I'm sure I could say a lot of things about this show, but if I am going to say one thing it would be this: So FUN! Yes, there were a lot of things that I could have done with out-blah blah blah,but I don't want to talk about that-It was amazing! The singing was phenomenal, you know all the songs from growing up no matter how old you are, and personally, I'd say if you get a chance to go see it, DO it!! So so so much fun!








Of course I went straight for the room service menu!


And I swear Ryan played with the remote control blinds/shades/curtains for 10 mins!

..................so-fascinating-

Ideal reading spot!(you know I gotta have one of those!)

My "luxurious" pose!LOL(This will only be humorous to a select few of you, but I couldn't resist!)~








These are pics of inside the Venetian Hotel, where their shopping and restaurants and are. It's so gorgeous and it feels and looks just like you're in Venice!





THese are some of the Palazzo which is attached to the Venetian! So pretty!


We had such a great time, and I'm ready to do it again already!.....(*sigh*if only!hehe!)

Vegas Cousins!

When Ryan and I were on vacation in Vegas, we were able to first have Sunday dinner with his cousins that live there!! We love them tons, and haven't been able to see them in quite a while, so it was so great to catch up, and just have a good time!It was a fun Sunday!

The Boys!(L-R> Geoff, Ryan, and Mike)


The Girls!(and baby Colton!)L-R> Aleena(holding Baby Colton), Kate, and Angela- the new and amazing looking mommy of Baby Colton!)

My girlie!!!!.....

Some of you may know the the Rose family(Judy and Jerry Rose) have been and always will be a second family to me. They all have played such a huge and vital role in my life since I was 12 yrs. old, and I could not love them more if they were of the same blood! The two youngest of their family, Ashlee and Alicia(aka. "my girlies")who are twins, are just as much my little sisters as Karen and Annie are. Ashlee was just married this past September and now my little Leeshy has just recently gotten engaged! She was out here in Dallas in April visiting her (now) fiance's family who live about 15 mins. away from me, so she got to come visit me and the Waltons! I was super sad that we didn't get to hang out and play as we had originally planned to but I ended up having a terrible stomach flu most of the time she was here, and was lucky enough to get well enough before she left! It was soooooo good to see her-I love her so much! Definitely wasn't for long enough, but I guess it's always that way with family no matter how much time you get huh?> Anyways, I'm so excited for her and her upcoming marriage! She's so much fun, and such a beautiful, wonderful, talented girl with an amazing, incredible family! I was so glad I was able to meet her hubby to be! He's a wondeful guy and one lucky man!(but I'm sure he knows that!)
p.s. No worries, I'm very aware that one of my girlie's talents is making me more fully aware and confident that I must have Albino genes in my blood! I mean, how else could I have all of these tans sisters, and be whiter than a Giesha doll!hUH?!-LOL)

Nope, that's not my car......LOL


L-R...Josh, Alicia,(Walton Kids)>Katie, Sydney, and Peter......and then me on my tippy toes! I WISH I was that tall!

Photo session with Carly...

Carly and I had been super sick most of the weekend wtih a violent stomach bug, and she was finally feeling better, and wanted to take pictures of herself and mommy.....she still couldn't manage to smile much, but what can ya do?! She is so impatient and only cares about seeing them on the camera afterwords!LOL~