"Throughout our lives, we must deal with change. Some changes are welcome; some are not. There are changes in our lives which are sudden, such as the unexpected passing of a loved one, an unforeseen illness, the loss of a possession we treasure. But most of the changes take place subtly and slowly. Day by day, minute by minute, second by second we went from where we were to where we are now. The lives of all of us, of course, go through similar alterations and changes. The difference between the changes in my life and the changes in yours is only in the details. Time never stands still; it must steadily march on, and with the marching come the changes. This is our one and only chance at mortal life—here and now. The longer we live, the greater is our realization that it is brief. Opportunities come, and then they are gone. I believe that among the greatest lessons we are to learn in this short sojourn upon the earth are lessons that help us distinguish between what is important and what is not. I plead with you not to let those most important things pass you by as you plan for that illusive and nonexistent future when you will have time to do all that you want to do. Instead, find joy in the journey—now. Let us relish life as we live it, find joy in the journey, and share our love with friends and family. One day each of us will run out of tomorrows. " Thomas S. Monson

November 17, 2008

Mommy & Kaylins Getaway.....

This weekend i took kaylin (and my mom went) down to vegas to see my sister becky who flew up there from texas to watch her husband do the fireman competition. well she had all day sunday to hang out so we went down to do a quick visit. I decieded that i wanted to for sure take kaylin to the "shark reef" at mandalaybay hotel, i took nick there for valentines day like a year before we got married and i knew kaylin would just love it! HE DID! Daddy is so sad he couldn't be there to watch all of kaylins reactions (which were so funny) daddy had to go back to colorado for work for a almost two weeks this time so he couldn't go with us.
we walked in and the first thing is the croc, when kaylin finally noticed it he was kinda scared to go up to the glass, he thought it was going to get him, the croc was right up next to the glass too. then we walked through the fish tanks and saw lots of great big fish kaylin was so excited that everywhere he looked there were fish fish and more fish!
Then once we got to the tunnel where you walk through and the fish and sharks are all around you, kaylin walked in a little and was like "wow fishy's" and then i said kaylin look up...and he started to scream, he got a little scared for a second until he saw that the shark and fish were still in a tank and not going to get him, after that second of panic he loved the tunnel and we stayed in it for a long time.
Then we got the pond thing were you can touch the sting rays but of course kaylin didn't want to stick his hand in and touch so he just layed down and watched them all swim by him and barry themselfs in the sand.
we came to the end and its like your in a sunkin ship so they put glass in the floor so you can see the fish swim under you, well kaylin went to walk acrossed it and scream again couse he thought he was going to fall in so aunt becky had to walk over it to show him it was ok.
After the shark reef we went to cesars palace and went shopping and i mean shopping for about 6 hours, ya i was all shopped out...strangly! we found the great BIG toy story and kaylin was in heaven we had to cover all three floors and kaylin just went from toy to toy, he loved all the stuffed animales which were pretty cool i would say, he played on their great big floor piano he ran acrossed it for awhile making music. Then we came to the train station on the 3rd floor and he was in heaven...its the pictures of me and him by the big table thing, they had a whole train railway set up in it and he just loved it! He wasnt leaving the store empty handed so we found him a wood block train that he can take apart and rebuild he played with it all night at the hotel.
then we ate at The CheeseCake Factory, yummy yummy yummy, they had such good desert!
Anyways, i had such a good time and i have some sweet memories with kaylin, i love taking him everywhere i can he is such a great good kid, he never gave me an ounce of trouble and never does, not the drive down nor back, he never cried once, seriously we got blessed to have such a good boy, i know iam kinda bragging right now but you would be so shocked if you ever went anywere with him, he's perfect every time!















yes this is the jack sparrow doll i want santa to bring me!!

My abercombie boyfriend...shhhhh dont tell nick, its a secret!










(beware this is kinda graffic, but it is too funny not to share it with you and i want it for my book when i print this out)

We were walking out of Mandalaybay hotel and they have this wall of all these body parts, i.e. legs, arms, head and butt, and yes boobs, so my sister wanted a pictures by them and kaylin wanted to go with her so she took him and as soon as she stood next to the boobies kaylin grabbed one and said "mine oh mine" yes really this is no joke....so there were lots of people by us and the wall so becky moved cause these other people wanted to take pictures by it and kaylin got so mad that the people were by it he got his mad face on and said "no mine, mine, mine nooooo that mine" and the people took forever so finally they moved and kaylin went back over there and got this BIG smile on his face and put his arm around one and said "oh mine" and every one around just busted up laughing and one lady said "wow that is such a male instinked, and he already has it" and another said "yip he's definitly a male" and lots of other funny comments. i know lots of you out there may think iam a bad mom for letting my boy go by boobs but i really had no idea he was going to do any of that cause he doesnt see that on tv or from us (i didnt think anyways, but i will be for sure watching more carfully what he sees) i sent nick a picture of him doing that to his cell and said "like father like son" "see what your boy had picked up on so now you know we have to be more carful around him in our jestures"..
sorry this was long but i had to remember these moments!


the end

good advice!

Be very careful if you make a woman cry, because God counts her tears. The woman came out of a man's rib, not from his feet to be walked on, not from his head to be superior, but from his side to be equal! Under the arm to be protected, & next to the heart to be loved.

brothers forever

brothers forever

the haslem family