Monday, September 29, 2008

Vegas!!

Let's start this vacation in Vegas together with two of my favorite things! The water show at the Bellagio and Shan's bright blue eyes!!


I have been looking forward to this time with Shan for soooo long! I am very blessed to be able to go somewhere with my hubby at least once a year without kids. This year Shan's work meetings were in VEGAS!! Can you see up my nose?? lol Laying out pool side was one of our favorite day time things!! Alysha picked out this dress for me when I visited LAin 2005. This is the first time I wore it! I LOVED IT Alysha THANK YOU! We took advantage of every couple pic we could. I want a house full of us showing our love for each other! Vegas here we come!!!! TA DA!!! Going Dancing!! Going Dancing???? (Seven brides for Seven brothers :o)) Handsome man in front of a water fall In case you don't know. I LOVE BUDDHA'S!!! The first time on a dollar slot I put in $20 and got back $108!! Going dancing again!! And riding in a Taxi!! This small town girl thinks this is awesome!! I got this dress from a lady who tans at my salon! I have so many incredible friends!! Dancing at the palms. I didn't really like the music they played at the clubs, they played with them too much and added lots of beats and craziness. The songs were fabulous just as they were people!!! I love him!! I love him!! I LOVE HIM!!!! Waiting for a taxi After visiting Tami we went to Shan's baseball game. The woman between us is Colleen and she is an incredible baseball player. The guys fight over who gets her on their team. We met Mark and his wife for the first time in Indiana last year. His wife didn't come this year because of their daughters 15th birthday. I would have loved to have seen her but am so glad she is a woman who puts family first!! He just looked so good here I had to take a pic Hot man in a crazy tall hat City attourneys from all over America who love the great American game When we left for Vegas Idaho Falls gas prices were still in the 3.70's so when I saw this I HAD to take a picture of it!! I was sooo excited! I can't believe that I can get excited about it still being high but man this was low for me! And now I am going to sound very old but..... When I was in college gas was only 99 cents a gallon!!!! Idaho falls is now in the 3.50's too! HORRAY!! The Vegas art work is gorgeous!! Going swimming This is a picture of me and my gay man I met at the pool. He was so dang fun and funny. I could talk to him for hours! He told me he played the piano and could sing so I had to hear. Isn't this a cute little moment that was captured?? I love people!! Me and Gary. He played and sang to me the song "You are so beautiful to me...." He has a gospel CD out that we downloaded. Very beautiful voice. Eating at a buffet! The food was sooo dang good here. And yes I gained two pounds. I did try to workout while there but the gym cost $25 per day at Ceasars Palace!! YIKES!! So I ran the stairs (there were 29 floors) and did what I could in my room. We did walk a lot, but man the food trumped!!! YUM! We saw Penn and Teller. They were very funny and very talented. If you know who Teller is then you can see him somewhere behind me. Here is Penn. He is way taller then I thought. He is not standing on anything here. He also has a smaller face then I imagined. I saw this picture with hearts in it and had to take another picture with my honey. In the new Wynn Casino I love this picture of Shan So many picture oppurtunities! And so many willing people to take them for us I had to take a picture of me and Whoopi at the Wax museum. I get all my world and political information from the View! I can finally hold my own in grown up conversations because of those Women! At the airport going home. :o( We had such a great time! Thank you to my Mom, my sister Andrea, my friend Brianne, my friend Katrina and my friend Brendi for taking care of and watching my kids. I am sooo sorry that two of them ended up sick. I am so happy for all the incredible people in my life! I hope you all out there make alone time with your honey a priority because it is so important and just FABULOUS!!! Next year Miami Florida!!!

In Vegas with Tami!!!!

Okay, I am really really REALLY slow or special or whatever you want to call me. I can't believe I again didn't post things backwards so again this post will be the opposite of how I really wanted it. Oh, well... I am NOT doing it again. But wish me luck for next time!! :o) Shan had work meetings in Vegas and I got to go with him! We were there from Saturday night to Thursday afternoon. On Tuesday I went and saw Tami and Kids!! There arent any pictures of Dillon because he was in school most of the time but I did see him too.


Here is Wyatt hiking through the Valley of Fire with me. He didn't want to go on a hike and said he was tired. So we start and he is climbing off the trail up the mountain, down the mountain, backwards and forwards and taking in way more hiking time then Tami and I lol
The rocks were incredible. Tami was so used to the heat she didn't even sweat and by the time we were done my shirt was SOAKED lol I had it running in my eyes and places you just don't want to know!!
Isn't this a cool tunnel through the big rocks!! Down this way Wyatt found a Horney Toad. I have a video of it somewhere
Wyatt showed me all the holes he found and told me what lived in them.
Again here is Wyatt climbing way above us while saying he is tired lol
This was a part of a house that a movie production built while doing a movie in the Valley of Fire. There has actually been quite a few made here. They had them not tear it all the way down so people can see it.
Awwwww.... Sisters are the best! Tami said she thought I looked just like Alysha in this photo. I told Shan that and he said it totally looks like me. What do you all think?
Another hole!
Big chessey smile from Wyatt
Tami coming down a very slippery slop. She did better then me though my flip flops made me skid like crazy. Tami said I scared her a few of the times I would slide for a ways and go AAHHHHHHHHH
Wyatt and me posing. He wanted to do the picture right here! Wyatt asked me if I knew who his Grammy Addie was. I said yes isn't she your Daddy's Mom? And he said No, she is his step Mom.. (there is a pause) and then I say Oh, really?? And he said Yes but don't tell my Mommy that I said that lol

By a big stuffed Dragon on the way to the Big Fish Tanks at Ceasers Palace
Garrett and Wyatt at the fish tanks
It was soooo great that Tami drove the hour down to see me and pick me up to take me to her house to visit. It was a short trip but we had two hours of driving time there and back to visit. THANKS TAMI FOR DRIVING FOUR HOURS FOR ME!!!! I LOVE YOU!!!

Wyatt by the big trojan horse in Ceasars Palace.