Part 2: VEGAS!!!

Las Vegas is awesome! I love the hustle, the bustle, the glimmer and the glam, It really does rank up there with one of my favorite places to visit. We had a fabulous time with Yuen and Brenda. Day one was spent shopping and eating at a fun little sports bar, called Buffalo's! Day two started with a Mediterranean Massage (a special surprise from Ryan to me!) down at the Villa Spa, Loved it!, More shopping (Gotta Love that!) Then we met up for dinner with Yuen's half brother Butch and his wife, Barb for dinner at a place called the Barbary Coast, It looked like a sketchy place but the food was fabulous! After dinner, Yuen, Brenda, Ry and myself headed to the late showing of "The Phantom of The Opera" at the Venetian. I was extremely impressed with all of the actors and all of the stage effects. If you're ever in Vegas, make sure you catch this show, FABULOUS! And on the last day (for me at least) we did a little more shopping and ate some yummy lunch at The Claim Jumper. I had to get back for a big to-do at work. Ry stayed a couple of more days with his parents and from what I hear, they had a great time! We love Vegas Baby!

No need to even explain this one!

ohhhhh cute!

A shot of the four of us after Phantom.

Ry and I Pre-Show.

Same shot, just a little different angle.

Yuen's half Brother Butch, Ry and I, after eating dinner at the Barbary Coast.

WE LOVE VEGAS!!!

Trip Down South, Part 1.

I want to move somewhere warm, Just gettin that out there, 72 degrees, yes please! Now I will explain why I am feeling so strongly about this. Ry and I took a little mini vacation down south last week, and we had so much fun, I can't even put it into words! We spent the first night in St. George with My Mom, Pops, Neil, Big Heath and Sky. Skyler participated in yet another softball tourni and we were able two spend two full days watching our little all-star pitch her lights out, they did amazing and ended up taking 3rd place out of 46 teams! The next night, Neil, Heath, Ry and I decided to test our luck out in Mesquite, we didn't win, we lost, what's new? We did have a lot of fun though!

*Stay tuned for Part 2-VEGAS BABY!!!

These are all shots from St. George and Mesquite, We had soooo much fun!

Sky, Dayna and I at the "Black Paw" grabbing some grub, between the games.

Ry and I doing a a photo shot with the self-timer on our camera.


More of the same.

The three amigos.

And much of the same.

Prayers For Cassie

Cassidy Allen!

As some of you may know, One of my bestest friends on this planet (Ali Sandberg-Allen,) was devastated with some horrific news two days ago, her little two year old daughter has been diagnosed with a tumor that is connected to her spine and to her brain stem. With an amazing team of Doctors and with all of our many prayers and fasts, it looks (as of right now) that she may make a full recovery. Oh sweet little Cassie girl, keep fighting and know that your Heavenly Father has so many wonderful experiences for you to look forward to in this life.
To keep up on this amazing story, head on over to the link that the Allen's have set up to keep us all updated on her condition http://www.oursweetcassidy.blogspot.com/ We love you Allen's!

That Was My Kinda Party!

I love me some Jason Aldean, Oh yes I do!!! I recently had the extreme pleasure to attend one of his very entertaining concerts. The concert crew: Neil, Lil' Heath, Joe, Cole, Skyler and me, fun group right! This was the kids first concert, and all things considered, they did pretty good. Cole did struggle a bit towards the end, the noise level definitely wasn't his style. Before the concert we filled our tummies with yummy food from Texas Roadhouse, we were just trying to keep the theme country (not really, that was just a coincidence!) Anyways, We had a blast! Here's to good ole "hot" country boys who look great in wrangle jeans and wear really cool chain wallets!

Heath captured this darling shot before we took off for the night.

And here they are a couple minutes before the concert started, happy campers!

Ahhhh, Heath and I.

Neil and I, ready to tear it up!

Oh and I'm way ahead of you, I just knew you would all like to see a picture of Jason Aldean, YUMMY!!! (P.S. check out that "sexy" chain wallet he's sportin!)

Another Potpouri of Events

So this is gunna be a biggy! It's true, I have been a slacker once again! October was incredibly busy for Ry and I, but I'm not complaining, we took part in a bunch of super fun activities. I'm going to try to get everyone caught up on a few of the highlights on how we spent the first official month of fall here in good ole SLC.

First: We celebrated Trav's birthday at Market Street Grill and even though Jen had the little surprise gathering at 9:00 AM on a Sunday morning (I'm not even kidding!) We had a fabulous time!

Ry and I. (Obvious, right?)

Me, Trav's friend, Rebecca and Jen's cousin, Lindsay.

Jen and the birthday boy himself! (sorry for the glare in the back.)

The whole Birthday crew.


Second: Halloween. I just love Halloween, I love how it smells, weird I know, but it's true. The crisp smell of an amazing Utah autumn, wood burning stoves, the lit candles in all of the jack o' lanterns, my Mom's homemade chicken noodle soup, Brenda's homemade hardshell tacos and all of the the yummy candy, I know you all know what I'm talking about. Oh and how can you not love all of those darling little (and big) costumes you see everywhere you turn. Love it!

Alivia's attempt at making a mean witches face!

Addy's gunna give it a go now. How cute!

Gracee and Brenton going through all of their loot.

Cole posing in his costume, how funny!

The Salsa Leedos Crew all dressed up.

And a few of us from Richter 7. Fun times!

Third: Wendover. Ry and I ventured out to Wendover with a few friends a couple of weekends ago, how much fun did we have???? LOTS!

There was actually a huge group that went with us, but as usual, I forgot to take out my camera. I was lucky to capture these two shots. Here is Lex (making a weird face) Ry and "Z"
Lil' Heath, Sherry and myself.


And Fourth: But for sure the most important. I have another niece! Yes it's true, Travis and Jen welcomed little Brynnlie on October 27th. She is a little dolly! That makes 6 nieces and 4 nephews for us and oh how I just love them all to pieces!

Isn't she precious!