LAS VEGAS

I wanted to start this post by

THANKING some fabulous ladies

that not only gave me

a great birthday lunch,

but helped make it possible for me to leave for a few days.

The day after my birthday I flew to Las Vegas

and met up with Laurie at the airport,

who flew in from Colorado Springs.

We stayed at my sister,

Missy's house for the first night.

It was so great to see where she lives and how big her kids have gotten.

It was my first time meeting

my sweet little niece, Aynsley.

We went to Avatar

with Laurie's friend Britton and then

met up with Karla,

who had driven down from Salt Lake.

LET THE SHOPPING BEGIN...

THESE OUTFITS HAD TO STAY IN VEGAS.

Here we are at CAFE RIO!!!

My favorite fast food!!!

We spent the next two nights at

Planet Hollywood.

Planet Hollywood has a entire

mile of shopping attached,

making it hard to even leave our hotel.

LAURIE, ME, & KARLA

To spend a few days with no stress of day to day life was HEAVEN.

Between us four girls their were 14 kids

that had to be taken care.

So thank you to our husbands

for letting us go

and for all the others who made it possible.

My 1st Guest Post

Well today I got to contribute to one of my FAVORITE BLOGS,

"Or So She Says..."

Not really sure why you picked me,

Mariel, but thanks for the opportunity,

It was fun.

Click HERE to check it out.

30 TODAY! TAKE A LOOK BACK...

Today I turned 30!

And decided to take a look back through the years,

to a life before marriage & kids.

I am the "BABY" of five, two brothers & two sisters.

And as you can tell by this picture, I had plenty of love growing-up.

In almost all my baby pictures my mouth is wide open.

The classic 80's family picture, 1983 I think.

Me and my big sisters, Missy & Christy.

Go BYU! This was in front of my Grandparents house in Provo, Utah.

My Dad taught accounting at BYU

until I was in 3rd grade.

Notice the fine cut job to my bangs,

and pleasant smile.

Preschool picture 1984

Oh, those wonderful day of having a FRIZZY perm,

too bad I had MANY of those days.

The annual Christmas party

The Great Salt lake Stars

Can I tell you how much I appreciate those years and the money my parents spent

on dance & gymnastics

now that I have started to pay for my girls.

Thanks Mom & Dad.

Karla & me in 7th grade

Eighth grade picture; first time wearing eyeliner.

Here again, a beautiful perm with braces, lovely days.

Senior year 1998

BHS CHEERLEADING

(I am the fourth from the right, on bottom)

Snowboarding trip to Targhee

Senior Prom friends picture

Graduation 1998

Me, Sindey, Karla, Libby, & Jennie

making our way into the world after high school.

SNOW DAY!

This morning we had a great automated morning call...

NO SCHOOL!!!!

Growing up in Utah, I can't remember a day being cancelled from snow.

But they seem to plow the road there too.

We have had a fun filled day of hot chocolate, games, & playing in the snow.

We can all use a snow day once in awhile!

Hope everyone had a

Merry Christmas!

Going through all the pictures,

trying to decide what to share got overwhelming.

I settled with just sharing this one.

Now on to 2010!

The girls started their much anticipated

Ballet Class yesterday.

They have been waiting for this day for a long time

and they loved every minute of it!

They both ended up being in

the same spot for their class.