Vegas Day 2

Randy and I woke up and met Cindy and Jay at Cabo Wabo for breakfast while everyone else slept in.  We had horrible service, but the food was decent.  After breakfast, we walked through the mall to find Randy some swim shorts since we were going to spend most of our afternoon by the pool.

We headed down to the pool.  They have a VIP pool called Liquid.  You have to pay to get into this pool.  We were not trying to pay to get into a pool since they had 3 other pools that were free.  As we were walking down to the pools, there was a guy handing out free passes to get in.  Hell yes!  So, we got down there and there was no one there.  Obviously why they were handing out passes.  Whatever, we could make a party.  So, we had drinks by the pool.  They had music playing.  The water was cold.  But 4 hours and a $450 bar tab later we were ready to head to Fremont Street for dinner and gambling.

#nonewfriends

I had set us up a limo to take us down to Fremont Street.  In the limo, we polished off 3 bottles of champagne in a 20 minute drive.  We were going to have dinner at Lilly's Noodle House at the Golden Nugget.  Everyone was looking for something budget friendly and Chinese.  It ended up being pretty good.

 

 

#notplanned

"It's my birthday!"

finishing the bottle of champagne

While at dinner, I realized I left my wallet at the hotel.  Well I was hoping so anyways.  Randy and I had to hop a taxi all the way back to the hotel and back again to Fremont street.  How annoying.  But a $60 cab ride and 45 minutes later I found my wallet in our hotel room. 

We stayed on Fremont for most of the night.  We gambled at the Golden Nugget, Fremont and Golden Gate.  I ended up winning $20 whole dollars by the time the night was over.  Once we left Fremont, we went back to the Cosmopolitan.  They had a club in front of the Marquee Club that we hung out in for awhile.  There was an hour wait to get into the Marquee club at 2:15......they closed at 3am.  There were seriously people waiting to get in.  We left at 3am when they closed and headed back to the hotel. 

Vegas Day 1

We have been planning this trip to Vegas for over a year.  We had planned to go for Estevan's 30th birthday.  I made our reservations back in January and we have been counting down ever since.  It was finally here.  We met at our house at 8:30 to head to the airport.  We got to the aiport and had a drink to toast to the next few days with awesome friends. 

Drinks to the trip!

Estevan's first attempt to win money. NO Winning!

Stopped at the liquor store in the airport to get the party started.

We got to the hotel and checked in.  Once we all dropped our bags off in our respective rooms we met up to have a shot before heading out for the afternoon.

 

We met up with Heather, Estevan and Josh at Fat Burger to have some lunch. It was pretty good.  We are always talking about who has the best burger, so we always like to try new places.  We walked down to New York New York to ride the roller coaster.  I have rode it in the past, but I don't remember it being quite as bumpy as it was this time.  Randy and I rode in the very last row, so maybe that had something to do with it. 

We then walked over to the M&M store.  We wanted to get Kendall some purple M&Ms and Talan some green ones.  I love this store.  There is so much cool stuff here. Afterwards, we headed back to the hotel.  We all got dressed up for the night.  This was going to be our dressed up, going out night. 

 

 

We were meeting at Caesar's Palace to have dinner at Joe's Seafood, Steak and Stone Crab.  Randy, Troy and I headed over a little early so the boys could do some gambling.  Cindy and Jay met up with us for dinner.  They had arrived earlier in the day.  We had an amazing dinner.  We were wanting to go to the nightclub Pure, but it was going to be pretty expensive.  So, we instead went across the street to the Carnival Bar.  It is outside, they have live music and awesome bartenders.  We danced the night away and sang along to the band.  It was getting to be pretty late so Randy, Troy and I headed back to the hotel.  Everyone else stayed back for a bit.  I think they said they got back to the hotel around 4:30am. 

 

Lake day

Today was Talan's first time on his training wakeboard he got for Christmas. It inflates around like a tube but has wooden boards for him to stand on.  He did so good. 

This is Bailey.  She did so good for her first time too.  She had no fear and was up the first time.

Daddy and Kendall on the tube.

Talan and Bailey on the tube.  They did really well together. 

 

Happy Father's Day 2013

After I got off work, we headed to mom and dad's house.  Jayme, Jeremy and Juliet came down as well.  I am so glad we live close enough to all of our parents so we are able to see them on a regular basis. 

I have been blessed with some of the best men in my life.  My dad is an amazing example of hard work and loyalty. I watched him go to work week in and week out to provide for our family.  I am sure it was hard for him to be gone Monday through Friday for so many years.  I know he missed out on a lot, but he sure made up for it when he was here.  I can remember him coming to my sporting events and he was always the loudest in the crowd.  I know he was happy to be there.  He is an awesome Baba to all of the grandkids.  I know they can feel how much he loves them.  Thanks Daddy for always being there for our family.  We are truly blessed.

 My husband of 6 years is an amazing father to our kids.  He is stern, but loving.  I know I picked the right guy for us because he is just like my dad.  He is extremely hard working and continues to better himself for our family everyday.  He is an amazing provider for us and we are so lucky to have him.  We love you and appreciate everything you do for us.

Emergency Room visit

We took an unexpected trip to the emergency room at the hospital Kendall was born at on Wednesday, June 5.  We were at Debbie and Paul's house getting ready for our garage sale that was coming up weekend. Kendall was sitting in a lawn chair and fell out.  She went face first onto the concrete.  When I picked her up there was so much blood.  I thought maybe she had bit through her lip.  I immediately put her in the car and headed to the hospital.  We checked in and Randy showed up a few minutes later.  Debbie and Paul brought Talan up there to us and waited for a bit.  While we sitting in the waiting room, the cut had stopped bleeding.  I made sure we had all of our teeth and could tell she hadn't bit through her lip.  However, I was extremely worried about her getting an infection.  We sat there for 2 hours waiting to be called back.  Once we made it to a room, the Dr. showed up to tell us there was nothing to do for it, that it would close up on it's own by the next afternoon.  I was so annoyed.  I knew I had done the right thing by going, but sitting there for that long for them to not do anything was beyond frustrating.  So, for all you moms out there,  I might have just saved you a future trip to the ER.  Mouth wounds generally close up within a day.

 

My black eye

Randy had finally talked me into playing soccer after all these years.  In our game on this particular night I suffered a gash under right eye.  The goal keeper on the other team kicked the ball as hard as he could towards the opposite end of the field and I was in the way.  I put my hand up to block my face and my thumb nail cut me.  Once I came to, I was hands and feet on the ground.  I couldn't feel the right side of my face.  I started feeling to make sure I hadn't lost any teeth.  I remember Alec and Troy coming over to make sure I was ok.  Alec asked if I was laughing.  I was like "um no, I can't feel my face." I looked up and blood was pouring down my face.  At first they couldn't tell where the blood was coming from.  I wiped my face with my shirt and you could then see the gash under my eye.  I was not going to get stitches.  I tried to put ice on it during the drive home but it was super cold.  I was so upset because I knew it would probably scar. When we got home, I squeezed it together as best as I could and put a band aid on it.  Over the next few days, it closed up but then turned into a black eye.  Here are some pictures from the next few days and the change that occurred.