Vegas Vacation

Tash and I used to do so many road-trips and fun, spontaneous things while students at BYU. This past weekend, we were able to slip away to Vegas for about 30 hours. This trip was just perfect, reminiscent of what we used to do. I met Tash, and fell in love, 10 years ago this fall. Wowzers!

With Tash, getting there is half the fun!

She had done her homework and knew where to go for the free-fun stuff that weekend. This is some club where we saw some band somewhere in Vegas.

80's Dancing at Mandalay Bay. She knows me so well, that she knew 80's Dancing is what I would want to do on my weekend!

Trying to get the hair flip picture. Not the first one we have.

Mobile Food Court with about 8 food trucks and a great DJ. We danced away the time change.

The dirtiest hotel I've ever stayed in. This is our view from the HoJo. It had it's own Little White Chapel attached.

Brunch at the Bellagio... took us about three hours for the whole, wonderful experience.

Hanging at the Bellagio pool.
Bellagio. Algonquin for the "good-life."
Wayne's World Reference


Love you Tasha! Glad we made it happen!

New York

Just some pictures from our trip. I hadn't been back in 3+ years! Time flies. I'm so glad that I lived there, but I'm, like, totally a California girl. For sure!

Rockafeller Plaza

The Top of the Rock

The Concrete Jungle, Downtown

The Bull

Statue of Liberty

AnnMarie! My roommate/best friend when I was out there.
That's a ripe face! I don't look too good after a red-eye flight.

Dinner in the village with my two best friends from my old job.

Peter's first Slice. SOO GOOD!

Rueben Sandwich at Carnegie Deli

My two favorite toys stores in Midtown, FAO and Apple

The Classic Shot

That's us on that huge screen in the bottom left corner

An ambulance stuck in gridlock. Funny!


I saw three shows-

MEMPHIS
2010 Tony Award for Best Musical


ADDAMMS FAMILY
with Nathan Lane and Bebe Neuwirth

MARY POPPINS
I was in the front row of the Mez, see how close she flew in front of me! I was totally tearing!

Graduate School Update

For those of you read only my blog and not darling Peter's, Peter announced his acceptance from University of Arizona last week. We are SO EXCITED that he earned a good offer from a known school and lots of funding! It looks to be a strong program for his PhD that would give him some good options after graduating in becoming a professor at a University.

Also, we've been in Manhattan for the last week for another interview at CUNY. No offer from there yet, so no decision to make. But at least we have one offer to start with!

NOT Waiting for the Phone to Ring

It's been a quiet week, and I love it! My phone hasn't rung much and only a few texts a day. My phone is really more of a work phone the last couple years; piano mom's canceling, tenants telling me about leaky pipes, people locking themselves out. But nope, not much of that this week. Just a nice calm week.

Feel Good Message

Elder Holland's Talk from last Fall, Because of Your Faith. I like it.
Fourteen minutes well spent.

I've been so busy with school, callings, work, and feeling pretty wound up because of Peter's Grad School prospects. I came home from work on Friday, crawled into bed and watched about 6 different talk on YouTube, mainly from Elder Holland. Peter got home an hour after me, and I was just in bed, smiling and I felt 100% better.

I really like being A Mormon.

Genocide

...of Fruit Flies!

Gross picture, I know, but I'm happy to have completed this genocide! We killed A LOT of fruit flies. This is apple cider vinegar with dish-soap covered by hole-y Saran Wrap. I did about 8 more of these. And a gallon of Bleach down our drains. But they're all gone! Yes!

Honeymoon isn't over...

Peter is gone this weekend at a Graduate School interview, so exciting! Alas, I am left at home in this fantastic little beach town. I got off work today, not much to do, so I ran to the beach. You know, because it's less than a mile away, no big deal. And the butterflies came back!
I love living in PB! Today is 75f and just the way life should be.

We have loved this year and a half here, but it's not the same without Peter. So yes, I love this city, but it's not the same without my buddy. The honeymoon isn't over with him either.

The picture above is a Christmas gift from Peter. He commissioned Ashley Kressin to take pictures of our favorite spots in PB. She did a great job.