Trip to Vegas

Dennis and I reciently took our anniversary trip (9 years!) to Las Vegas, NV. Dennis had an APA (American Planners Association) Conference to attend there and I went along for the fun of it. Khora is still attached so she was with also. It was a busy 4 days with lots of driving. We got to see a lot of neat things though. Here are a couple pictures of our trip.

Dennis and I went on a special VIP tour of Hoover Dam with some of the guys he works with. I was amazed by it! I did get a little claustrophobic in the tunnels, but it was incredible.

The M&M factory tour was fun. We saw how they make the candies and watched a 3-D movie "I lost my "M" in Vegas. Of course we had to pick up some m&m's for the trip home. My favorite are the peanut butter and Dennis likes the almond.

This huge statue is in front of the MGM hotel. They have a live lions habitat inside that was fun to see. We walked through quite a lot of the hotels and things on the strip. My personal favorite was Ceasars Palace. There is just so much to see. We even saw CHER at the opening social. She preformed a few songs for that. (Yes, it was her and not a look a like.)

The Aquarium Fieldtrip

These are a few pictures from our latest field trip to the Living Aquarium in Sandy on April 9th. We had a fun couple hours there. They all especially enjoyed petting the Rays in the beach tank. Isaac ensured that our trip was well documented by taking a few (50+) snapshots of anything he saw that was interesting. Even Khora enjoyed seeing all the fish and playing on the coral reefs.

Easter Sunday

It was a nice sunny day yesterday so we forced the children to pose for a couple pictures. They all looked so cute!

Easter Bunny

On Saturday Dennis took the three oldest children to the park for the city Easter Egg Scramble, Dash, or whatever you want to call it. Santaquin is still small enough that they all brought home a pretty good stash! The Easter Bunny was also there to say hello.

Digital Scrapbooking baby!

Ok, so I don't know how it happened but I have been overtaken by the digital scrapbooking bug! The children gave me a book on how to create calendars and cards on the computer and it came with a link to Adobephotoshop Elements. So, I downloaded the trial version and was so totally overwhelmed with this program that I didn't do much with it until . . . I started looking for backgrounds for this blog. My referals led me to http://www.shabbyprincess.com/ and I saw the free scrapbooking kits. Well, I was hooked! There were so many links out there that I already have a good sized file full of matierials and embellishments that I could never use all of them. I also found some good tutorial links that showed me how to use PSE and I have been having so much fun ever since! It's amazing what you can do! I'm no pro yet. . . but I'm having fun learning!

Flashback Friday Picture

So "Flashback Friday" sounds good so we're going with that. This picture was taken just after Dennis and I were married, which will be 9 years ago on March 18. I don't know why I like this picture because it's a bit goofy! Maybe it's because my eyes are actually open or because Dennis isn't wearing his "picture smile". But for whatever reason, I've always liked it. I'm trying out Photoshop Elements so I've had some fun with it also. It's been a while since it was just the two of us, but I still think we can be goofy and sincerely happy even after 9 years together!