Viva Las Vegas

Mickey Mouse magic show
Behind the scenes at the horse show. Two judges fell in love with Josie and gave us the hook up.
Josie shopping till she dropped! When Bre asked if she was tired she said, "Bre I climbed a mountain today." which was true thanks to Uncle John!
Swimming with Grandpa. She swam up to people and ask what their name was. Later when we were in the sun chairs a 20 something fella walks by Josie and says "Hi Josie!" and she says, "Oh hey Shawn!" I looked at Billy and shrugged my shoulders. I didn't think we'd have to worry about her picking up boys this early in life!
This picture is at Rich and Bre's house after the BBQ.

We went on our first family of 5 trip that involved an airplane at the beginning of this month. Was it a lot of work? I would be lying if I didn't say heck yeah. But it would have been a lot worse if Josie wasn't such a rock star. She was so good on both flights to Vegas. She always helped with her brothers and 99.9% of the time she listened to her parents :) We are so lucky to have such a good girl.

When she had to fill out a sheet for school regarding her favorite places to go on vacation she put Vegas! How many other 3 year olds have been there twice?! (once for Uncle Richie and Aunt Bre's wedding and now family vacation).

We got to do a lot of things while we were there. Time at the hotel pool, petting horses that were at the hotel for a horse show, Mickey Mouse magic show, climb a mountain with Uncle John, and hang out at Uncle Rich and Aunt Bre's house. It was a very fun vacation.

On the flight home ALL 3 kids (and Billy and I) fell asleep on the way home. We were all exhausted.

In January we head to Hawaii! We learned a lot of tips for that trip for sure!

A month of firsts...

Within the last month Josie has gotten to experience so many fun things for the first time. She started Preschool at Seeds of Faith on the Tuesday after Labor Day. She absolutely loves it. She is making so many new friends and we enjoy carpooling with our buddy Lane.

A couple of weekends ago, Josie, Daddy, mommy's best friend Mindy, and I all went to her first Husker's game. She enjoyed the atmosphere so much that after the half time tailgate Josie was the one who was ready to rush back into the game with Dad. Mindy and I opted to stay out in the tailgate. It was surprisingly warmer than we anticipated for September.

Last weekend we went to our friend's house in KC. We had such a wonderful time visiting with Hank, Todd, and Amy. While we were down there we got to knock off a few more firsts for Josie. She got to ride in Todd's truck and boy did she think she was cool. She ended up riding everywhere with them!

We went to an apple orchard and they had a pony merry-go-round with real ponies. We named Josie's horse bullseye from Toy Story. She was super brave and super cute!

We went to fishing and Josie caught her first fish! It was so fun.

Oh and the last first, which I am sad to say I don't have a picture of it, was Josie rode a mechanical bull! She was so funny. Amy told her to put her hand up in the air so she could ride it one handed and she did. It was a riot. I've got a great mental picture of my daughter riding a bull.