Christmastime in Vegas!

We are ready for Christmas here in Las Vegas!!

WOW time flies!

Ok so you are either wondering what happened to the Gronnings in Vegas for the last 6 weeks or you just stopped checking the blog........either way, here is a recap.

Kids busy with school, parents busy at work. Wow bet you are sad we didn't keep up on the blog huh? Really, we have been busy but it has been more exciting than that.
Mike has done some hunting, some fishing, and scheduled his knee surgery for 12/16. Me and the kids went to NC for Robyn's spectacular wedding. Before that Kinna, Shellie and I spent a few days at my Scentsy booth at a church off Rancho and 95. Cody spent 2 weeks without a car. Yes it had to have the entire engine replaced 3 weeks after we got it! Other than that he is doing good in school and working a few days with us in the office each week. Shellie continues to spend hours on facebook and texting......can that be a job? Hey Sonya, how do we get Shellie on at your work so she can get paid to Tweet all day? :)

Shellie did complete one of her Young Women value projects. She made about 30 hair clips for all her girl cousins. She is planning 2 more projects now to complete 2 other values. We are proud of her hard work.

Scentsy Open House 10/24 12-4pm

You're Invited to my Scentsy Open House!

Date: Saturday, October 24th

Time: 12-4 p.m.

Place: My home-820 Grape Vine Ave, Henderson

Come and see the new Fall/Winter Catalog! Some of the new products will be available for you to see, including a new mid-size warmer, new Fall/Winter scents and some of the travel tins.

Refreshments and chances to win a prize!

Everyone is invited and please bring a friend!

Cody won 1st Place!!!

Cody was in his second Forensics competition this weekend. It was held at his high school this time-Foothill. He participated in Novice Congress and Novice Foreign Extemp(unprepared speaking). He took 1st place in Foreign Extemp!! This is Cody's first year in Forensics and this was his first time competiting in Foreign Extemp. He was given a foreign topic and 30 minutes to prepare before giving his speech. We are so proud of him!!

Only a real man wears purple!!

Here are some pictures of Cody on Homecoming Night. Isn't he handsome!!

Shhhhhhhhhhhh Don't tell Cody...................

We bought Cody a car!!!! Only he doesn't know! He is in Long Beach this weekend and will not be back till Monday. What a fun surprise!! It's a 2002 Dodge Stratus R/T, sunroof, leather interior and a whole bunch of miles! We will have better pictures tomorrow with Cody sitting in it!!!!

Updates on us

Family--We just got back from Lake Powell(will post pix soon). We were there over Labor Day weekend with the Gronning families on a house boat. We can never go back to sleeping in tents at Powell!

Shellie is all teenager all the time- I think she texts in her sleep!! She got braces last month and should only have to wear them for 12-18 months. Most likely 12. So not too bad except for the price! Wow-can you say used car? Sorry Cody, you are still walking to school this year! Shellie had her 8th grade school pictures today. Can't wait to see how they turned out! She is really liking her last year of middle school. Can't believe she will be in high school next year! Where does the time go!

Cody turned 17 this summer and got his "real" drivers license after 2 tries at the driving test. Look out everyone! :) He went to Kansas City and competed in the Skills USA National competion and took 8 out of 40+ so not too bad at all! He will be in Skills again this year. Cody has a full schedule for his senior year. He is taking college credit Algebra-I wish him luck! He has been elected this years President of YES-Young, Empowered & Skilled. We are very proud of him! Cody is also taking Forensics and will travel around competing most likely in unprepared public speaking. Yep-doesn't get that from his mother! I hate being unprepared and hate public speaking. =O

Mike is trying to battle out a bad cold that is kicking his butt while getting ready to go on his week long elk hunt in Idaho. He gets real excited for this time of year. He loves spending time up in the mountains and needs that time away to unwind. Mike had a weird hamstring injury this summer that is taking forever to heal. Hope that doesn't cause too much pain hiking up those mountains! He is also getting an estimate and filing an insurance claim on the boat to repair the prop and other stuff on the motor that broke coming home from Powell. To say that he was mad when it happened would be an understatement! Wow what a long drive home that was!!

Dixie will be getting "fixed" the end of this month. We will never ever ever have a dog in heat again. Wow that was not fun! Do dogs in heat eat more, gain weight, bleed for 3 weeks and have PMS? The answer is yes! But she is still the cutest ugly dog ever. :) We love her!

Daisy just does whatever cats do. Sleep, eat, sleep, shed, sleep, chase the dog, sleep, sleep. Oh the life of a cat! How would it be?!

As for me-still working hard; currently reading book 9 of the Sookie Stackhouse(True Blood) books; trying to get through season 1 of Lost on Netflix(on 17 of 24); trying to get in bed before midnight(unsuccessfully) so I can be up by 5:15a; just started a Bunco group that meets once a month(first one was tonight-so much fun!); trying to not completely stink at being the HFPE leader(that's Enrichment Night for those of you not up with the HFPE lingo) by coordinating(and sometimes attending) once a month meetings of our Food Storage Group, Cooking/Baking Group and regular Enrichment Night; making regular & frequent trips to my fav place-Island Frozen Yogurt Bar; and whatever else I might have time for! Hoping to start going to either Belly Dance or Zumba classes again soon. I love both of those and have missed it since I messed up my ankle in June.

Hope that brings everyone up to date. There is so much I didn't blog this summer. Our trip to Georgia and my high school reunion was in July. Mike and I spent a weekend in Dallas at the EMSI National Conference. And a whole bunch of other stuff that I can't remember now!

Loser!!

Ok yes I am a loser! I will update this soon I promise. We have not fallen off the face of the Earth, just been really super busy. Oh and on a side note-our cute little girl is in heat. That would be the pup Dixie, not Shellie, for those of you that just got really confused! LOL

Day on the Lake-June 14th

Sadie!Shellie and Callie!

Pix from our stay at Mandalay Bay 6/11-6/13

Courtnee......she's so cute!

Ahhhh.....this is the life!

People everywhere!

Shellie in the fast moving, not so lazy- Lazy River!

Cute girls-Callie and Shellie in matching suits!

Yes- my legs need some sun! I was trying!

Mat and Courtnee

Callie and Sadie in the lazy river!