More Vegas.

Another blog post!  I like it!  :)

I sat on my couch tonight and made myself edit pictures.  I am so consumed with orders that so many things, including my blog become an after thought.  I don't mean for it to be that way.  But it is what it is.  I am trying to be better about it.  My girls come back on Friday, so I won't have the time I have now.  I am trying to take advantage of that!

So... how about more pictures from Vegas?  :)

I loved the Venetian!  It was like I walked out of Vegas and into Italy.  

I about died over these umbrellas hanging in the mall of the Venetian.  

I just LOVED them!!!

Then there were the dolphins at The Mirage.  :)  I adore dolphins.  I mean.  How could you not?!

I want to swim with dolphins.  Maybe one day.  :)

The Mirage also has many other exotic animals.  Tigers, Alpacas, Lions, a panther and more!  So amazing to see these WHITE lions there.  Of course they also had white tigers there as well.  So baby tigers too.  So adorable.  Unfortunately all of the other animals besides the lions were too far away or behind something for me to get a picture.

And here is a ginormous bridge they are building over the Hoover Dam.  This bridge was just huge.  I can't even express the sheer bigness of it.

That's all for now!!

How is your week so far, my friends?

A Birthday Dinner She'll Remember

Angelina's birthday dinner was really fun.  She told me that she will never forget it, because she had so much fun.  She told me that it was cool to watch the food being made right in front of you.

Where did we take her that she would have said this?  Benihana!!  I love this restaurant!!  The look of amazement on my girls' faces as our cook made, tossed, made it smoke and threw our food was priceless.  If you ever want to take your child to a restaurant and know with almost 100% certainty that they won't whine much because they'll be too busy being entertained, then a teppan room is your place!  It's more pricey than McDonald's, but it's SO worth it!  :)

Here are some pictures of our night at Benihana...

My girls LOVE edimame!  

And to my surprise, both girls loved the soup below.  Even though it had onions and mushrooms in it.  Angelina was surprised at herself too.  She says, "Mommy!  I love this soup.  I even ate the MUSHROOMS AND ONIONS!"  :)

Fried rice is so good!  But, it's even better when it's shaped into a heart first... don't you agree?  :)

Our cook was awesome!  He pulled out all the stops for Angelina.

Flipping bowls of fried rice in the air and catching it - without spilling 1 grain of rice.

He cut the food at lightning speed, and even flipped an egg around with his spatula.  

Angelina's mouth hit the floor with each new stunt.  :)

And Zoe just watched on in 3 year old amazement.

mmmm! 

And of course he promised us the volcano, which I knew Angelina would love.

Once again her mouth dropped open and she giggled. 

Zoe stared.  haha!

She was so excited the whole time!  

They sang her Happy Birthday and gave her an elaborately decorated wedge of pineapple

and we all got ice cream.  Perfection!

I made the girls these skirts the night before Angelina's birthday.

I also decorated a plain white shirt with rolled flowers. 

Angelina's rolled flower was a little more gigantic than I originally planned.

But she loved it even more.  

And Zoe was excited to get a new skirt and shirt too. 

All was right in their world.

And mine too.  :)

So.  Next time you're not sure where to take your kids on their birthday.

Might a suggest the teppan room?  

Trust me.  You won't be sorry.  Just the looks on my

girls' faces made it priceless.

Mother's Day & Giveaway Week!!

Welcome to giveaway week!  The next post will hold the very first of many giveaways going on this week!  :)  If you haven't signed up for the newsletter yet, you are definitely going to want to ASAP!  There is going to be some insider info in this first newsletter that you simply won't want to miss.  I mean... all newsletters sent out will have insider info... sort of like a *Shey*[B] secret society.  :)  Wanna join?  Your only initiation is signing up!  I promise no binge drinking, or stealing anything from a sorority!  :)  So.  Go ahead!  You can sign up right over there  <------------------- on the left sidebar.

I hope all of you moms had a divine Mother's Day!  Unfortunately I slept most of mine.  I cried about it already too.  I am really mad at myself for doing that.  Sleep is needed, but I assure you.  The amount of sleeping that I accumulated was just ridiculous.  Never ever again!  But when I was awake, my kids gave me a card that held a locket in it.  Lovely.  And my husband got me a cute card a book.  We don't really do humungous gifts for Mother's Day around here.  Because... that is not what Mother's Day is about.  My hubby and girls did, however make me the most amazingly delicious breakfast!

I promise.  It tasted as good (better) than my camera could capture.

Everyone of us loved the stuffed french toast.  Smiles everywhere.  Yum yum yum!

After breakfast daddy read the girls a story.

The girls played some educational games on the computer while mom watched on from the bed.  Which was a bad idea.  Because I fell asleep.

But when I woke up, I was informed that we were going to dinner.  Dinner at one of my favorite restaurants called Lucille's.  Fabulous food!

I took advantage of having my family so near to snap some great pictures.  Get ready for a picture assault!

For dinner we had Fried Green Tomatoes for an appetizer.  They were incredible.  The girls were dying to get a taste of the sauce.  :)

And I had Tri Tip for dinner.  As always.

We ended the evening with a stroll to Barnes and Noble where I added to my ever growing humungous stash of books just waiting to be read.

So, there is my Mother's Day play by play.
How was YOUR day?