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This was our weather forecast warning for today:

EXTREMELY RARE SNOW EVENT ACROSS THE DESERT SOUTHWEST...
AN UNUSUAL COMBINATION OF SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE AND COLD...
NORTHERLY... LOW LEVEL AIR HAS PRODUCED A RARE SNOWSTORM ACROSS THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF THE MOHAVE DESERT... INCLUDING THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY. THIS SNOWSTORM WILL PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY AS 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW ARE LIKELY AT MOST LOCATIONS INCLUDING THE LAS VEGAS STRIP. HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE...
PARTICULARLY ACROSS THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE VALLEY WHERE TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 10 INCHES ARE FORECAST.

THE SNOW BEGAN TO FALL ACROSS MUCH OF THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THIS WILL LIKELY BE THE BIGGEST SNOWSTORM TO IMPACT LAS VEGAS SINCE 1979... WHEN 7.8 INCHES OF SNOW WAS MEASURED AT MCCARRAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.

Maybe not big news to some...but for our boys and us it was great news!!! So we decided to take advantage of this crazy weather and play in the snow!

first of the falling snow

Trey Trey n Momma catchin some snow

Trey making a snow angel
love this pic
awwww...the snow
Daddy and Trey building a snowman


Our Happy Boys!

HOlidAy BLueS

Yikes!!! Has it actually been over a month without posting...wow... but I do have a few good excuses as to why I haven't gotten on. Nothing is worse than trying to enjoy the HOliDays when the whole family is sick. It has now officially been two weeks and we still have the throw-ups, fever, sore throats, and coughs....my poor kids still haven't seen any of our Christmas decorations up yet because none of us feel well enough to do it. Hopefully there will be some light at the end of this dark tunnel and we can enjoy the rest of our December!

WaRniNg: Very Long POsT

Last week the fam and I took another trip to St. George to celebrate my Dad's 50th and let the boys go trick-or-treating with their aunties and friends. It was definitely a busy week it went by way too fast for the boys and I but was glad to have my hubby home with us for the weekend...anyhow I wanted to share some of our highlights from the past week:)

On Monday my good friend Lesina was nice enough to let me take some pics of her gorgeous little fam with the new Nikon...thanks girly it was lots of fun!!

On Tuesday night my Dad's ward had their annual trunk or treat and the boys were so excited to go. For Halloween this year Trey was determined to be the pirate that he was two years ago and this year I think it fit him just perfect even though he hated the little scar and mustache I drew on his face and Ry was so excited to be a boxer. If anyone knows this little guy you know that he loves to punch he will put on my oven mitt and walk around the house punching anything in his site, so this costume was perfect for him! The trunk or treat was so much fun because Segi and Lesina's kids came along and my boys were so happy because they both have crushes on their girls!! Luv it!!

p.s. segi...thanks for letting me steal this pic:)

Friday of course was Halloween we went trick or treating in three different neigh boor hoods...and I don't know if it's just me...but it seemed liked this year hardly anyone was out:(

Oh well, we still had fun anyways!

For my Dad's birthday the one gift that he wanted was a metal detector..haha...don't ask me why but he got just what he wanted. So on Saturday the whole family headed out to Pinto, there is a very old cemetery there where my Dad has found alot of his relatives buried and close to the cemetary there was once a little thriving town so we thought that would be the perfect place to try out his new "toy"!! With his metal detector he found an old bottle cap, a bullet and the best one was when he had Doug use a pick and shovel to dig out what they were hoping to be like an old wagon wheel or something but turns out Doug was hammering away on a natural gas line under ground!! Had to laugh at that one!

Later on that night we had Troy and Segi's family over to roast some marshmallows out in fire pit and afterward we watched Nacho Libre...gotta luv that movie!!

Last but not least, Sunday after church we had a bbq before heading home to Las Vegas!!

The End!

BuH bYe DiaPeRs...HelLo DeiGo

The Filipe family is proud to announce that we no longer buy diapers!! Doug and I have been changing diapers for close to four years and it has now officially been a month since we have changed a diaper!! Wahoo!! "We"..uh..let me rephrase that "I" wasn't planning on potty training Ry for another few months and by some miracle he decided he was ready to go on the "BIg BOy ToiLet" and after two weeks of persistent work with him he is a proud owner of Deigo undies! Gotta Luv It!!

Got Lips??

I love how Ry shares his kisses, he never just gives anybody a little pucker it's either all or nothin with him!

Fun Times

Well...it's official...we just heard our first gun shot while eating dinner tonight (that was comforting) and last week we had two cops come knocking on our door in the middle of the day warning us about a suspicious person in the neighborhood. Oh...the joys of Vegas life!!