Zoo with the Pastorizas

This peacock was really struttin' his stuff.

Laney currently closes her eyes for photo ops.

Here's the team with friends Mason and Thomas. We had a great time together!

Hiking Twin Falls

Erin wasn't on spring break this week so Luke took the kids hiking. Twin Falls is only about a 15 minute drive from where we live. They made it the whole four miles- except Delaney, who eventually hitched a ride in the backpack.

Delaney hiking with a bag of trail mix for motivation.

Playing in the river along the hike.

Happy Girl

Sun and Spring

Luke goes mountain biking every Sunday morning. The kids and I used to walk the mile to church together and meet Luke there. We haven't been able to walk since I've been wearing my boot with my stress fracture. It was so nice to walk there this morning. Here I am following the three musketeers.

hello ducks!

even the parachute came out for some fun in the sun!

Las Vegas Getaway

Luke and I spent a long weekend away in sunny Las Vegas to recharge those winter batteries and take a break from the Team. Thankfully my parents were willing to watch the kids, and by all accounts they had a fun time together. We were definitely spoiled by sunny relaxing days and lack of an agenda. We've decided this should be a yearly thing. We were even more convinced it should become a tradition when we returned to rain and cold!

Here is the lobby of our fabulous hotel- the new Signature series at MGM. They are non-gaming; designed for high rollers to purchase and stay in when they visit the city. They were impeccably appointed, without a single detail overlooked. And the service was amazing! We stayed on the 36th floor looking down the strip.

The Signature has its own pools, which we enjoyed the second day, but the other days we went to the main pools at the MGM. Here's one of the five. On the last day we floated down a lazy river pool behind the palm trees here. Cocktail waitresses and good music added to the ambiance.

You can bet we spent lots of time doing this! It was heavenly.

I have an itty bitty sunburn- but it was worth it!

Gaming, anyone?

Our neighbor Jim told us we had to visit the "lion" machines near the elevators at MGM. We went three or four times a day to stock up so we could play blackjack on the tables. Seriously, we must've won $1200 or more just walking by and picking one of the machines. We later read that those specific ones pay out $750,000 daily. It was the craziest thing you've ever seen!

Stocking up at the "lions" before one of our fabulous dinners.

Walking up and down the strip in the 75 degree weather. We even stopped at Margaritaville to have lunch on the upstairs deck.

M&M&D

We brought back t-shirts from the M&M store in Vegas- here's an attempt at getting all three to pose for the camera.