Fun times on the Strip!

So this year we decided to use part of our refund to go do fun family activities since it seems like we never have the money to do it any other time! Our first adventure was to go the The Mirage and see the Secret Garden and Dolphin Habitat! It was way fun!

Here's Ellie and I at the entrance

Here's Chris freaking Ellie out! haha

Here's a cool Leopard!

Ellie, Chris, and llamas

Here's a dolphin...looks like he's smiling at me!
Stay tuned for more adventures!! We'll probably go to Mandalay Bay next to see the Sharks!

Do you think they look alike?

Ellie

Hannah

What do you think? Do they look like sisters?

This is for Uncle Boyd

Oh my gosh! I just about peed my pants with laughter when I walked into the spare room and saw this! Josie apparently found the bag of chips I was eating, and got her head stuck in the bag!! What a silly pooch! Every time she would breath, the bag would move in and out. So, I had to take a picture. After I removed the bag from her head ( I don't know how she got it all the way on her head, it was on there so tight!) her head smelled like Doritos! Poor little puppy was traumatized after the whole ordeal was over, and she went to sleep on my lap. The scary experience must have taken a lot out of her!

Lucy, Lily & Noah!

Why is our baby black?

To whom it may concern:

It has come to the attention of the participants of the Atkin Family Blog, Meghan and Luke Watts, that their "Lilypie Expecting A Baby Ticker" has a black baby.

While neither Meghan nor Luke have any prejudices against black babies, to post the future Watts baby as a black baby is misleading. They would like to respectfully request a baby of a more suitable skin tone; Light beige or white are examples of acceptable skin tones.

Thank you for your consideration in including the future child of Meghan and Luke Watts. But be assured, Mr. Watts would be very surprised if indeed the aforementioned child were to be black.

It's been a while since we've made a post so I thought that I would share what Luke has been up to lately...so here's what Luke is up to!

CHP update: Last August Luke was told after not passing the eye exam portion of the test, if he were to get contact lenses, that he would have to wait a year before he could apply again, but if he were to get lasik surgery that he could apply right away after healing (presumably 3 months). After healing from the lasik surgery, Luke had it confirmed to him via email from the CHP recruiters that they now have a new director of the CHP academy. And, the rules have been changed about when he can apply again. Apparently now you have to wait a year regardless if you have had lasik surgery or contact lenses. So much for trying to speed the process along! So, Luke will reapply this August. Lucky for me he will be here when we have the baby! I wont have to worry about him being in the academy or something. We both feel that even though this may be frustrating to him, that it is all happening for a reason. We are happy that he will be able to (hopefully) get into the academy when the timing is right for our family.

Personal life update: I wanted to share this funny story about what has recently happened to Luke. So, Luke tries to stay very active, he plays on the church basketball team, and on a card league basketball team (his team is called the "Stripling Warriors"). Along with playing on these teams and going to basketball practice twice a week he has taken two weight lifting classes this semester... Lets just say that maybe he is exerting himself a little too much this past week. His arm, chest and tummy muscles were so sore, he couldn't lift his arms above his head! I called him "Barbie arms" because he couldn't even straighten his arms all the way! He was just walking around with his arms at 90 degree angles. Haha! Anyway, I'm excited to have a buff husband...eventually, even if right now he can't even lift his arm to put it around me!

PS- Luke's shirt in this picture....he tried to cut off the sleeves so that he could wear it as a work out shirt. But, he didn't take into account that it was a baseball tee. He just cut off the colored sleeves all the way up to the neck line! Luke is so funny! He's always making me laugh!

Hannah

I'm pretty sure you all got the email but just in case you didn't...here are some pictures of our little Hannah girl. Love you all!!