"Man, I really like Vegas."-Elvis Presley

Weekend in pictures-mostly stolen from Shelley

Lavo upon arrival

 The matchbook collecting begins

Late night meet up with Casey and Brandon

Some retail therapy at TB ( flat Kaleb tagged along)

Awesome surprise birthday gift from Shelley

Drinks at Mandarin Bar and dinner at SHe

 Followed by a bust at Tryst and a blast at The Bond

Great food and pop rock martinis at Simon. 

Then off to Bill Maher for some liberal love.

Sunday ventured downtown 

It was a fabulous weekend and I got to see some of my favorite out of town people.
Thanks to the Hicks, Maddox crew, Andy and Angelica for a great time and hope we can do it again soon!

Birthdays and Back to School

Still playing catch up on the photos for the family


Mr. Kaleb is now 8

 Posing with the gifts

Lego Birthday Cake

Lego Master Builders Academy

 


Jersey from Uncle Michael

Giant Lego Pirate Ship from Papa & Grandma


Lego Watch from Aunt Megan

   Birthday Fro Yo

 Lego Shirt from Aunt Shelley

The day after his birthday it was time to get ready for school.
 The theme for back to school was Lego of course!

 First day at St. Pius

He loves his new school and we are so happy with the decision to send him to Pius!

Working on the house

A few little housing projects around the Stone household

We finally have a real bed in the guest room

My aunt and uncle gave us this bed when we visited for his birthday

Sadly Uncle David passed this month and I am so thankful to have a reminder of him like this in our home

 Some grey chalk paint and it's good to go

Man how I want to change the paint in this room

I envision dark colors but I hate painting walls so it will probably stay this way for awhile

 Cheap Craigs list table for the kitchen nook

It was $30 so obviously it was in pretty rough shape

 Kaleb getting in on some painting action

Some cleaning,sanding,painting,and staining and we have a table

I am having the hardest time finding curtains for this space so send suggestions my way!

 

 Next up is our entry way wall..it was empty

Beadboard was the solution we needed

 Holding up the wall

 All up and getting some paint

The plan is to build a bench and obviously put something on the walls but the change is already great

 Board and batten in the bathroom 

This ended up being kind of a pain but I love it.

Same story here. Need to find hooks and stuff for the walls. 

So that is a few little things we have been fitting in around here.

Currently working on redoing a coffee table so maybe in a month or so I will have that done ;)

If Ned Flanders ran Las Vegas

So I'm very behind with the family updates but hopefully this will be a distraction from the unhappy week our family has had.

End of summer trip to Branson. 

Kaleb's first time on a roller coaster and it's been love ever since.

 Getting ready for more water rides

 Exploring some caves

 Apparently it's Christmas year round

Love the cotton candy 

 An old fashioned ice cream shop

 We spent lots of time at this pool

 Even at night...

 Watching a movie by the pool

Not so Mellow Yellow

The nice mid-week break for the Fourth of July allowed a painting project to finally get wrapped up.

Taking this armoire from red to yellow was much more time consuming than I had planned for but I am loving the brighter color.

It stands out against our dark grey walls. Now to find some permanent decor for the top and finish up decorating this den wall.

Slowly but surely it is becoming a real room.

 The Fourth wasn't just spend painting though.

We saw the new Spiderman movie and Kenny grilled some amazing pizzas.

 We kept it low key around here because the next day our little guy had his first (and hopefully last ) surgery.

Anyone who has had the pleasure of hearing Kaleb sleep knows he has quite a snoring problem.

A trip to the doctor revealed those tonsils and adenoids had to go.

He was very brave during the whole process and is recovering very well. 

Hope everyone had a lovely Fourth!

Summer time

So summer is here and life is busier than ever. 

Between our work, school, and travel schedules Kenny and I have not had an abundance of free time. Kaleb has been keeping just as busy going to various camps and grandparents houses. There has been a little bit of fun despite the packed schedules.

Since the library is within walking distance Kaleb wants to go and pose with the pirate ship on a weekly basis

 Fathers Day

Kenny's new toy

 The most awesome card for my dad

Kaleb went back to college

 We've been squeezing in a couple of house projects so we've spent a few Saturday morning at Ace

Kaleb is fond of the chairs. Updates on the home soon.

 Kenny and I celebrated our 4 year wedding anniversary.

It was a very fancy affair that consisted of the following

At least we didn't cook our own dinner 

 This winery can do no wrong

 Actually a hilarious movie

I hope everyone else is enjoying their summer!