Ava is getting her first molar! Awwww. It’s so cute! It wasn’t there last night when I brushed her teeth but it’s really coming through today. No wonder she has been so bratty today! Poor thing. It looks really painful. She’s been fussy and overall bratty all day today… it makes me wish I was back in one of those nice quiet las vegas hotels. Seriously though, I would probably be fussy and bratty if I had a big ‘ol molar coming in too!

Not much new to talk about. I will answer more emails on 3 Trees next week. If I missed you it was most likely an accident. There’s nothing new over there yet so don’t worry, you aren’t missing out on anything quiet yet!

I’ve been busy working on items for my boutique today while Preston was gone visiting Ashton. Hey so yah, if you’ve purchased something from me can you please leave a comment in the guest book? Only a few people have left comments in there, no where near the number of orders I’ve had! So pretty please go write a little comment? Thanks! Ohhh…. I’m working on a toddler Halloween costume this weekend… it’s SO CUTE. Seriously.

- I like the fact that it takes about 13 minutes one way to get to the grocery store. It helps me shop smarter and not go out as often for small cravings.

- I’m not really liking the fact that Verizon doesn’t have towers out here yet, so my cell phone doesn’t get very good reception. Maybe I need a cell phone repeater?

- A plus to not having a good cell phone signal - not as many unwanted calls!

- I don’t think I’ve ever seen so many stars before!

- Not living near a mall/craft store/etc. really, really helps me save money. It’s so tempting when you get bored and the nearest mall is less than a 10 minute drive away!

- I love the glimpse of nature that comes with living away from the city. Especially the deer that come up into the field in the mornings.

I could go on and on.

I’m sooooooooo ready for fall. I can’t wait to wear jeans, sweatshirts, SHOES. I don’t even know when the last time was I actually put shoes on. I’m also looking forward to attending high school football games, watching the leaves change colors, and being able to go outside without getting instantly sticky from the humidity. I think fall is probably my most favorite season. Fall and spring. I like the happy mediums.
It will also be much more pleasant to build when the weather cools down. I don’t expect we’ll start until September. It’s just too hot right now. I’m so excited. I can’t wait to do the inside stuff where we can pick out everything for each room from the flooring to light fixtures.
So, if fall could hurry up and get here, that would be nice.

Vegas was so fun. Too bad though that I am too exhausted to put much effort into typing an extremely detailed account of the vacation. Since we’ve been back we’ve been busy getting the last of the stuff out of the condo and cleaning and all of that fun stuff that goes along with moving out of a rental. I don’t have much room to talk, Preston did most of it but I did help. I’m happy to say we are completely done though.
Before I go into the Vegas recap, I just have to take a moment to complain. Having twin infants was easy. Very easy. I had no problems with taking care of two babies when they were little. Having two toddlers is a very different story. I wouldn’t say I have “problems” with them, but oh my gosh it is exhausting. I don’t want to sound…. well…. I’ll just flat out say it. Until you have twin toddlers I don’t want to hear anyone complain about how their toddler is a handful. Seriously. Complain on your blog or to your friends, whatever, I know kids are a handful in any number but don’t complain to me. Thanks. Really, it’s not that bad but it is tiring. When they were babies they weren’t very aware of the other but now they encourage, instigate, pick on, etc. the other one all day long. And although I am grateful that they love and adore me, it gets a little old when they scream their heads off when I try to do anything where they can’t see me. Example: going to the bathroom with the door closed.
They are amazing and I missed them tons while we were gone, and I’m sure I’ll get used to the toddler-ness soon. It’s good that the moving is out of the way. Now we just have the fun (and some stress I’m sure) of building to look forward to! And by the way, they were sooooooo excited to see us when we got back. Emma was sitting on her knees and actually fell over backwards with excitement. It was so cute. I wish I would have thought to record their reaction to us returning.

Okay so on to Vegas. It was so much fun. It was awesome to have alone time with the hubby. The first night we were there we just hung out and had a good time, then the second night we went to see The Blue Man Group. It was really good! It started kind of slow for me but then it picked up. You definitely have to have a certain sense of humor to appreciate the show. The woman behind us kept talking about how it wasn’t funny. Not everyone thinks it’s funny to make music out of chomping on Captain Crunch I guess.
The third night we went to see Phantom of the Opera. We opted for this instead of O and I am so glad we did. I absolutely loved it. It’s probably the best show/play/musical/etc. I’ve ever seen and that is no exaggeration. The story is awesome, the music is amazing, it was just flat out incredible. I can’t wait to see it again. Before the show we ate at the best Italian place ever. I’m going to post a review on it later I think. It’s called San Marco and it’s in the Venetian. So, so, so good.
Hmm… what else… we also went to the wax museum which was sooooo cool. We got lots of good pictures there that I’ll post soon. We did a lot of walking around and a little gambling but not too much. We were up quite a bit but well, it’s Vegas and we didn’t make it home with any of the money we won, but we didn’t come home behind either. So that’s good. Overall it was a great time, and I can’t wait to go back again. Hopefully it won’t be too long before we can go back. I don’t know what it is about Vegas, it’s just “our place” and although it might not seem like it, it’s the most relaxing place for me. It’s great. Of course I haven’t been to Mexico yet, so I might change my mind once I’ve been there.

Well, time to get dinner started. Also, I haven’t finished approving people for my new blog yet, but I’ll get that done this week, hopefully. I plan on looking around at house stuff this week. I want to look at budget software for house building so that we don’t over spend.

We’re home! Finally. After we got back from Vegas on Saturday we spent the weekend getting the last few things from the condo and cleaning. I’m glad we are finally done.

I’m so tired. I’m going to bed but I’ll post some photos and more later!