These streets will make you feel brand new...

big lights will inspire you.
let's hear it for New York :)

doesnt this song just make you want to fly across the country and visit new york!?

well it inspired me.
and then the little dream turned into a reality.
because now im going, officially.
yes thats right.
from april 21-26.

me and holly are flying to washington dc to visit my long lost reno bestie, sara...and then we're heading to the city for a few days!

(this is sara)

i cant wait.

its been nearly five years since my last girls trip there. and that is way too long if you ask me.
i hope this trip will even compare, because last time was beyond a m a z i n g.

after 23.5 years of living...

in fabulous las vegas, nevada,
I have never had a picture in front of the sign.
such a SHAME right?

glad that's all officially behind me...




who knew that a random night on the town, cruisin in a wedding chapel limousine, would end up at the sign. i sure didnt...but im kinda glad :)


maybe i also should mention that the family business on my moms side, YESCO actually owns the sign. interesting side fact...that actually kinda makes this whole thing a little bit more shameful.

my son, the gymnast.

okay so that might be quite a stretch, but we did start a gymnastics class two weeks ago at mirabelli community center. We've only had one class so far because of MLK Day, but it was very entertaining. Matix absolutely loved it. He couldnt get enough of the tumbles, trampolines, and slides. It was like little kid heaven, with mommy just following him around helping with whatever his little heart desired for 45 whole minutes. there was a little bit of direction from the coach too, not that the 18 month-ers listened a whole lot. We have 5 more classes to go before the class ends...and i think they will only get funner. we'll see....



devin and madeline, the other gymnast :)








matix completed his first class. so he got a "good job" dinosaur stamp! GO MATIX!

a new year. a new decade.

2010 is going to bring some really big changes in my life.
really really big changes...
but im excited to see where ill go from here.

2009 was rough, but it went out with a bang.

our celebration started up at mount charleston at the tingeys cabin...
and ended down on the strip with one of my new best friends, holly.

enjoy :)

matix and his best cheese face everrrrrr.

megs. holly. ash. steph. brooke. ??

im ready for this new chapter in my life.

christmas festivities 2009

Christmas Eve:

My mom hates cooking anything on christmas day, so we have our big dinner on christmas eve. ham, potatoes, rolls, you know...the works... our family is getting so dang big that anytime we all get together it is mass chaos. its fun though. and matix is now able to actually keep up with his cousins and he absolutely loves it when they come over. and i think they all love him back :)

My mom loves the fact that she now has little munchkins to act out the nativity story. Some are still a bit young (uhhhmm matix) and dont appreciate having a towel wrapped around their head when they get cast as a shepherd, but we made do with what would could get. we even had the kids act it out twice so that both kennedy and amanda could be mary. and ethan and adam could be joseph. matix and adam were a shepherds both times although they werent very good participants. and peyton was stuck being baby jesus.




Then it was on to the traditional christmas eve pajamas. i love the picture where my mom has all the kids attention. i think it might just have everything to do with the bag of presents next to her... just a thought though.





matix's molars are coming in at full force. he has two on top and two on bottom. poor guy. my sweet sister rubs his gums for him and i think he appreciates it. look at that face...


Christmas Day:
we woke up bright and early (7am) with excitement to see what "sa sa" brought us. (sidenote: matix knows exactly who santa is but only likes him from a distance. I figured this all out at the marx fam christmas party.) anyways..i think santa did a great job...





yes he's spoiled. and could care less about anything else he opened. but it was so fun to see his eyes get so big when he first saw both the truck and bike under the christmas tree for him to play with!


after some yummy breakfast with the rest of the fam..it was off to jons grandparents for some more gifts. they go big over there..especially for the kiddos. matix got more learning/fun toys than i even knew existed. including a blowup truck with balls. two laptop learning toys. a talking mailbox. etc. trust me there was an unbelievable amount.

we ended the night watching our new bootleg copy of the blindside. shhhh. dont tell. but its a freaking awesome movie. i love love love it.


Marx Family Christmas Party:
is held every year under the coordination of aunt kim. she is amazing and somehow pulls it off every year. this year it was at a warehouse in north las vegas, complete with jump houses, dinner, family pictures, and a hawaiian santa clause (aka uncle jim)






we had a great christmas.