-THE SKINNERS-

Sunday, April 20, 2008

A Fun Week in Vegas...

I took Dane to get his pictures taken for his first birthday and thought this one turned out pretty cute. (i don't have a scanner so this is a picture of the picture which explains all of the finger prints on the frame).

Dane kept stealing Jaisa's baby and stroller. I thought it was cute but I hope that Ryan doesn't see this picture. I figure I am pretty safe since he never gets on this website.

Dane loved playing with Grandma because she would grab his arms and legs and flip him up onto her shoulder and then he would lean forward until he would swing back down to the floor. He thought it was so funny and couldn't get enough!
It took a couple of days but finally Dane warmed up to my mom...
Dane is obsessed with "ights" and fans. He thought this view was perfect!

Grandma and Grandpa Weston with Dane.

The birthday kiddos: we decided to have an early birthday party for these babes so they could have a joint party. Dane's real birthday is on the 26th.

Checkin out the cake but not so sure what what they are supposed to do with it. I was shocked that they didn't go crazy. I guess it's not as much fun to make a mess when they are allowed too.
Dane got over the cake pretty fast...literally..
Just making sure he licked his hand completely clean before cleaning off the other hand.


All of the other cousins were gathered around the cake and trying to hold back the urge to pounce on the cake also. Tyson, my sister's 4 year old, was leaning over the cake for an extremely close look until my dad helped him get an even closer look by shoving his face into the cake. We all had our laugh (Tyson too) and my mom even caught it on tape but then Tyson decided it actually wasn't that funny and got revenge by screaming and throwing a handful of cake at me and my mom since we were the first people he saw laughing I guess.
To make things even worse, we used blue food coloring gel to write the message on top of the cake. Not only was Tyson's shirt stained but so was his face. A couple days later Tyson still looked like a little smurf.
Here is the 6 year old, I mean 60 year old, who started the whole thing. Tyson should've known to keep an eye on Grandpa.

After things settled back down, my brother's twins jumped in and were more than willing to try and finish off the cake.

Ladies Night! I left Ryan back in AZ and my dad went out of town overnight, so my sister's husband GOT to babysit while us girls went out to eat. This was a fun night since we haven't been able to do anything like this in a long time. (we missed having steph and Lara with us though!)
It was such a fun week and great to be around my family but both Dane and I missed Ryan and were really excited to get back to him.

17 comments:

Criscell said...

CUTE pics, Carlie!! Dane's B-day party looked like a blast! How fun that you got to go home. So does he have a cousin that shares his B-day? He is just so handsome!

Carlie and Ryan Skinner said...

it was a lot of fun! his cousin is 6 days older and about 20 pounds heavier!

Sam, Kim and E-Z said...

I'm excited to do the cake thing with Easton at one. Should be fun. Let us know if you are doing something with friends for Dane's b-day.

Becky said...

i am so jealous you got to go home for so long. i love girls nights with the sisters and mom. looks like dane had fun with all his cousins. now that you are back we should hang out. are you doing anything fun for dane's bday on saturday? i can't believe he is already one year old. this past year just flew by.

Kirsten said...

Too funny! Leave it to Grandpa to start a riot! Can you believe your baby is 1? People always asked me that when Eli turned 1, and I always felt like he should be a LOT older than just one! We had a rough first year with that little man. He had a strong aversion to continuous sleep and naptime. Things will start to get really fun for you now!

Mands Glenn said...

Happy 1st Birthday! There is nothing cutter than babies in just diapers. They looked so cute. ]
















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Kaymee said...

Looks like a fun trip!! I can't believe Dane is almost 1!!! Nuts! So was Lara out on a HOTT DATE when you had girls night out or something?? :) I know how she likes the fwo-mance!!

Our Journey to Beating Epilepsy said...

can't WAIT for you too come! i miss you! call me so we can do something!

Trish said...

What a fun birthday! Doesn't time pass by fast?

Andrew and Sara said...

Looks like you guys had a good time. First birthdays are so fun. Dane looks so cute in his picture you got taken.I love his little shoes.

Kari said...

Dane looks so big! & you have such a cute family! You, your mom and sisters are all so pretty!

Our Family said...

No wonder you are so pretty. Your mom and dad are nice looking. I can't believe how much you and sister look a like.

What a fun vacation. Happy Birthday Dane!

Nate said...

What a cute little family. It is good to see pictures of Lyndsay. You guys really look a like in the picture. Looks like she is doing well.

Michelle said...

Hey Carlie,
You don't know me (I'm Sara Patchett's cousin) and I happened to blog surf on you site and noticed your CUTE project that you made in your last post. I just wanted you to know that it was so cute, also the scrapbook thing was way cute too. I'm not a crafty person so I love to see things like this so I can get ideas. I was just wondering how you put the ribbon on the frame. It's probably something really easy, but I have no idea. Thanks!

Heidi said...

I love the birthday cake pics! CLASSIC!
Heidi ;)

Gooch Family said...

Dane is so handsome!! Looks like he had a fun party!

Steph Wallin said...

Wahhhh, I want a girls night! Happy Birthday to Dane. I can totally relate to the Dennis the Menace boys. My boys just get itchy to do something, anything. I think its about time for you to have another one...

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