June snip-its

Even though we were in Summer, we were still wrapping up a few things.

All Stars being one of them.

This was our best All Star experience by far.

The team was outstanding and each game was a NAIL BITTER!

I was so excited to watch a game even though my stomach was in knots the whole time.

We did so much better than we thought we would.

It really helped boost our confidence when we beat the punk Queen Creek team.

Nobody likes them. They think they are the stuff.

Our boys overheard them saying that they would run rule us.

Beating a team like that never felt so good, ha!

His 2 buddies, Reddin and Rhett.

The triple R threat!

My cousin, Natalie, had a son who we played.

His team kicked us out of the tournament.
We told them to give the Queen Creek team some H*##

Dance, why oh why do you have to continue the whole month of June?

I was over it, but what do you do. 

We loved having Miss Anne!
She truly has a gift for teaching younger children.
 It ended up being her last year of teaching unexpectedly after 30 years.

Lets just say dance moms is a real thing.
Wild drama I wish I never have to take part of. 
Luckily nothing to do with the girls she taught. 
I feel bad it had to end on a bad note for her.
 

Recital afternoon!

Pretty sure this is our last year of swim lessons.
Its an end of an era, no more babies!

Lane went to FSY with our stake for a whole week!

It is basically EFY.

They went up to NAU in Flagstaff. 

My friend was a chaperon on the bus so she was nice to send me these once they got there.
Sawyer was his room mate. Not sure where he is in the picture.

But they had a good time from the brief report I got when they returned back home. 

Happy Fathers Day!

The RS presidency did the traditional brownie treats at church. 

Woof.

So. Much. Rain this Summer!

A happy day spent at our favorite Summer spot!

I bought these gem stone digs at Target that kept them busy for hours. 

We dog sat Daisy for my parents a couple of times.
They kids loved it, plus the extra $ they earned. 

We did some deep garage cleaning.

Got free lunch at Mesa High before the boys went to weight training. 

Unfortunately lots of fast food and car napping. 

Abbey and David blessed Nora!

Her squishiness is our favorite!

Proof I do get wet!

And confirmed that Lane still suffers from environmental allergies from
when we tested him10 years ago. 

Wowza.
Poor thing.
He is basically allergic to every type of tree, bush and grass besides palm and pine trees.

I guess he needs to take up camping and surfing!
 We got him an a good protocol that has been doing wonders.

Glorious sky!

Getting those permit hours in. 

The whole families lives in Lanes hands while going to Sunday dinner!

 

Lets Go Girls

We planned a girls trip to Vegas to see Shania Twain!

All of our houses are in the same corner.
It was about time we vacationed together!

We drove in Friday afternoon, dropped our bags and got ready for a night on the town!

Dinner was at Nacho Daddy.

A menu full of nacho options, genius.

We walked down to the Venetian to see Derek Houghs show.
It blew us out of the water.
It was SO good and entertaining.

It was non stop dancing for 2 hours.
Such talent. 
We were clapping and screaming the whole time!

We stopped at the Ghirardelli store for dessert.

Since dancing was still in our system, some of us decided to try to find a,
mormon moms just want to have fun, type of dance club while the rest went back to the room.

Ha, should have known it would be tricky to find.

Dancing to techno is not really possible. 

We think its a subliminal way to get people to drink more, lol. 

We struck out, so the Bellagio fountains it was. 

Saturday was a do what you want kind of day.

Love that this group is easy going and there was no pressure to branch

away and do your own thing for a bit. 

We all started out by the pool, then split off from there. 

Miche was cracking me up.

She found a corner in the pool and sat there for over an hour, just minding her own business. 

I had booked a massage so I spent the rest of the day in the spa with Bethany.

The others went shopping or slept by the pool.

We all got ready and went to dinner together.

The Sugar Factory was adorable!

Never have I seen a restaurant so bright and blinging. 
Their specialty were these giant drinks.

The food was good, too!

Show time!!

It was a blast jamming to her old tunes.

She still has an amazing voice after all of these years. 

Her backup dancers... pretty comical.

I felt like the production was kind of an afterthought.

Very cheesy and predictable dancing.
For a few moments we thought we were at a Chip N Dales show.

I guess when you are that famous you could have 50 year old men

be your dancers and people would still come!

Miche said riding the NY NY rollercoaster was on her bucket list.

It was our last night so we made that happen!
Riding a rollercoaster at midnight with slap happy girls makes for a fun adventure.

We were crying laughing and being pretty silly, fitting in well with the surrounding night life. 

In the morning we listened to church through zoom and packed up.

I introduced them to the Wynn buffet before starting our drive home. 

 

It was a perfect girls weekend!