Vegas, baby!

This past weekend I joined my sister, mom and sister-in-law Mistee for a girls weekend in Las Vegas. This is my first weekend away from my kids with my girls. Ever. I was so excited and after a long week of taking care of my sick hubby and 2 (beautiful, healthy) kids, I was ready for a weekend away! We left early Friday morning and picked up Mistee on our way. We made a short stop in St. George for lunch and to visit with my cute grandparents. We finally arrived in Mesquite to a nice little condo my dad's friend graciously offered us to stay in. That evening we went to a yummy Mexican restaurant and watched a movie.

Saturday morning we left for Vegas! This was my first time ever seeing Vegas. I was a Vegas Virgin. Let me just say, Vegas is a very interesting place to say the least! Aside from the porn flickers, disgusting smoky casino's, the nearly pornographic billboards, buses that have nearly naked girls pole dancing, and the fashion disasters everywhere you look, it was a fun, imaginative place to visit! The hotels are amazing! Unfortunately we didn't get to see all of the hotels we wanted to, we did check almost everything off our list.

Bellagio water show. Check.
Wax museum. Check.
Coke store. Check.
M & M store. Check.
Meet Elvis. Check!!!
Dinner at a fancy restaurant. Check. Well, sort of.

After a long day of walking and blistering feet, we finally went to a restaurant we all decided on going to. After we got there we were told since we didn't have a reservation we would have to sit at one of the two tables located outside the restaurant, in the shopping center. Grrrrrr. We decided to make the best of it. If we couldn't have the ambiance we would still have a nice dinner and enjoy resting our feet for a while.

After dinner and a much needed break from walking we went the the Bellagio to see the water show and the awesome garden inside. We finished off with a little more shopping and headed home. We finally got back to the condo at 2:45 (Utah time). I completely crashed that night and slept better than I have in weeks. It was wonderful! Sunday we were off for another long drive home. It was a great weekend or as my mom said, "A darn good time!" I hope we can make it an annual thing. Thx to Em for organizing the weekend. We made some great memories in Sin City!

It's A Girl Thing

This past weekend I did the Walk for a Cure for breast cancer. I joined my sister and co-workers. It was packed and hopefully they raised some good money to further the progress for a cure. My grandma has had to fight this awful disease twice, both ending with a mastectomy. She is one of the strongest women I know and a great inspiration to me. It was only a year ago she was faced with this grueling diagnosis for the second time. I was proud to be one of hundreds walking that day, and I did so in my Grandma Olsen's honor. I have always feared that one day I will have to face "C" word. If that day does come I hope because of so many people's conviction to find a cure and the inspiration of other's will get me through. I hope to make this a tradition! It was cold, but a lot of fun.