Our Conference Weekend

Before:

(I have a hilarious picture of this event that was too inappropriate to make the internet-but I highly recommend visiting us to see it)

During:

After: Local Las Vegans will recognize this as the Lied Discovery Museum. Ry has wanted us to go for a long time and we finally did!





In years past I would have sat and taken notes during conference. I would have blogged about the talks and speakers that stood out to me. But since nap time does not correspond to the broadcast, I had to be content with "church" in the background of our everyday routine. But thank goodness for DVR so I can watch the sessions again!

Hat Trick

You know I can't leave them out entirely...These guys have been up to some new tricks. Here are 3...
She actually took 4 steps before we got the camera out!

Just the Two of Us

As soon as my lifelong friend, Scott, told me he was getting married Labor Day weekend, we were determined to go. As soon as he told us it was going to be in Savannah, GA, we were thrilled to go. So we dropped off the kiddos at gma and gpa's (w/o tears thank you very much) and headed out:

Day One: Fly into Jacksonville, FL and road trip our way to Savannah. See so many Waffle Houses that we were determined to eat there. Good thing there was one right next to our hotel (and every other hotel in the entire state).


Day Two: Enjoy the sites of Savannah. Which for Ryan meant the trees-


and for me meant things like actually knowing who Juliet Gordon Low is and seeing her house:


other random sites:
Of course, the wedding:

Notice that we don't have a picture of the bride? Yet, Ryan thought the ice cream toppings warranted digital remembrance. He still says it was the "best wedding ever."

Day Three and a Half: Instead of heading straight to a hotel after a long day, we did this vacation Fitzgibbons style and drove in our Sunday best to Orlando to go to...Disneyworld...where else? It was only 5 hours away...




Day Four: The day of the 3 failed alarm clocks/wake up calls and the shortest 3 hour drive ever amid 25 police cars to make our 11:30 am flight. Thanks to some skilled driving, some luck, and some airport know how, we made it (still in the A group thank you very much).

We came home to some very cute and happy kids...but that's another post. This one is just about us.

Rachel's 2nd Birthday

Rachel has always been Baby B. The second to be born, fed, held, changed, and loved most of her life. I would like to say today was an exception. But her good nature still allowed her to take second place to her demanding brother. I think this was the reason she spent the extra 10 days in the hospital without him. Finally some attention. I did get her out of her crib first this morning. But that probably had something to do with the brown spider than her need to wake up. Good thing she loves small round things.

*Don't worry Mom-I do give her the #1 spot more than I let on-but telling the truth doesn't make for a very good post now does it?*

Adam's 2nd Birthday

Adam had a special day. August 20 marks one year since we brought him home from the hospital. I decided that since the kids have to share a birthday, that their "coming home" days can be just their very own. In the future this means that they will get to pick what they want to eat, and wear, and do and say, etc. You know-like a real birthday. Unfortunately, all of my great plans for this year's special day went out the window (no reason-just sheer laziness) and Adam stayed in his pj's all day. (That's what I would want to do on my special day, so I figured he would too). I didn't even take a picture, so I was glad when my friend volunteered her services. Go here to see some more shots.

There is too much to say about all the has happened in one short year. I used to scoff at people who said, "Enjoy it. It will go too fast." Now I am one of them. It's true.

Why I Have Not Blogged

This is not exactly my life, but close enough. And it makes me happy.

The Other Set

I have talked about Gma Jean, and Gpa Clyde on this blog. But the kids have other grandparents too! And we are lucky enough to have them here-they are the kind who feed us, and have special toys at their house, and allow us to do things like leave the house without buckling a 5 point harness.

On one such occasion, they went on an outing (a much anticipated outing)

Thanks for the fun time Gma and Gpa Fitz! We can't wait to drive the cart!