Meeting the "Wisconsin Sisters" in Las Vegas!

This month we made an unexpected trip to Las Vegas...........where we got to see our cute Ballstaedt family and meet three really lovely ladies from Wisconsin.

McKyna went with us........she is great company! McCall was going to go, but at the

last minute things changed........we were all sad about that.

This is Helmut with Dody, Maxine and Darlene. They are the daughters of his

grandmother's(Rosa Kreuz) brother(Max Kreuz). Helmut was so happy to meet some more

family in America!

We all went to dinner at the German Hofbrau in Las Vegas to celebrate our

common ancestors. And we had a great time.

Paul's Cochlear Implant

March 2nd Paul had the long awaited surgery. His surgery started at 9:45 and took about 2 hours. The doctor said that everything went well, but we won't know until April 16th if it will

give him back some hearing. We are hopeful and the doctor is very positive!

In the first picture he is on his way to surgery.

Here he is after surgery........but not looking quite as good.
This is the day after the surgery when we had to change the dressing.......
....I am glad dad was here to help.

He is starting to return to normal........back on the computer and using the phone to text

his friends. His pain has been minimal since he came home from the hospital and for that

we are so greatfull!

The Mom's get away?!

This is the begining of a real adventure..........I sure appreciated Krew letting us know that

" we weren't so far up" as we were taxing down the runway!

On the 18th of February all of the gals in the Bambl family except Christianne headed for a

3 day trip to Las Vegas. We had big plans for a fun, relaxing time for just the moms......

Oh, surprise..........6 little ones came along and that made all the difference!

The flight from Salt Lake to Las Vegas is only an hour, but we were all ready

to get off the plane when we arrived.

The yogart shop and the park turned out to be the 2 favorite spots for our group in Las Vegas.

That may seem strange to some, but it worked for us.......

As you can see Ty was a big fan of the stop for treats!

Reagan was quick to master the slides.


Meika and Ty..........

Does this really look like a mom's get away?!

One of the amazing moments of our trip was watching Stryker enjoy his first sucker.
Bathtime was also an event to remember. Truly we didn't let having 6 children along
totally cramp our style.

We still managed to catch a magic act or two performed by several

escape artists.......Reagan being the pro.

I think my favorite event of the trip was the ballet performed by Ty. Too bad his dad

wasn't there to see it first hand.

Although we stayed away from the casinos we did manage to play a game one night...

that was crazy!

Some of us enjoyed a foot massage, compliments of Meika and Sienna.

The movie night was certainly something to remember!

This is Krew peaking out to see exactly what goes on at a "Girl Party"

(as Meika called it).

A make-over would have been fun.......but as you can see we were on our own.