Vegas Baby

Brad and I went on a little vacation this past week to Las Vegas. It was kind of to celebrate out 20th anniversary, which was last year, but I went to Ireland. We thought of going on a cruise, but the more and more we talked about it the more and more we realized that neither of us really wanted to be stuck in the middle of the ocean. We finally decided to go to Vegas. There is so much more to do there now and with just two people, it's a lot cheaper. We went to a lot of fun shops, ate a lot of good food and saw a lot of good shows. 

Delish doughnuts. We got them with the kids and had to go back. 

We stayed at the NY NY and last time we were there we had a crepe place and had to have it again. It was still as good as last time.

Tacos El Gordo was a very quick, inexpensive but delish taco place. I liked the port ones the best. We went to a place called RPM Italian. It was really good, but I think a little too fancy for us. We really just wanted an entre, but I think you were supposed to order bread, then salad then a pasta to share then an entre. 

We had a car for a few days at the beginning and did things off the strip and at one end. Fremont street and the Punk Rock museum were the biggest let downs of the trip. 

There was a Metallica Pop Up Shop that we went to. They are playing at the Sphere but had a place you could buy merch. We got Beck and I something. The sets were pretty cool too. 

One show we went and saw was a day we didn't have a car and was a little farther away than we wanted to walk so we ordered a Zoox. That is a tiny little box and had no actual driver, it's self driving. It was a little scary at first but really wasn't that bad. We used it 2 other times, one was going to the airport. 

Ka was a really cool show to watch. It had a story to it (no I did not really follow it well) and was more martial arts based. The craziest thing was the set. The stage went up and down, vertical and horizontal. Very cool to watch.

O was another awesome show. It was super impressive because it was all in and out of water. Not only the strength to do all they did, but swim and dive while they did it all. 

Still my favorite is Michael Jackson One. We went to it with the kids and we all loved it and I really wanted to go again. This was our last night there and it was the best end to it. This time you could take photos, you just couldn't take flash photos or videos, however I was too into it to take many pictures.  It's very high energy, loud and going all the time. It really is so much fun to watch. 

We started out over to the left, not bad seats really. A guy from the show came up to us and said if we want he has two seats in a better spot we can take. We said yes and were moved to the center. They were really good seats. 

Can't super see here but we were right in the middle. 

I'd recommend any of the shows we saw, but MJ wins for my favorite. 

It was fun to be alone and relax; although we did a LOT of walking throughout the whole trip. It's always nice to go on vacation, but also very nice to sleep in your own bed. 

Halloween Movie Nights

 There are so many good movies around Halloween that we decided to do Halloween Movies Nights in October. Every Thursday is themed random night and every Sunday is a set one with a dessert. 

Thursday the 1st is animation. It was "Monster House", "Coraline" or "ParaNorman". It may have been a little rigged but "Monster House" won. 

The first Sunday is "Monster Squad" with monster dirt cake. 

Brad does a coming soon on the fridge for the next movie. 

The next Thursday was Cujo. Not the best movie but it was okay. 

Our next Sunday/treat movie was Hocus Pocus, had witches brew (Sprite, flavoring, cream and a worm), 'fingers' (little smokies and bacon)and painted pumpkins. 

For the Thursday movies, we have three and vote on them. Then per vote each movie gets, it gets a spot on a wheel and then it's randomly chosen. 

Found footage night, 

"Cloverfield" won this night. It wasn't bad but wasn't great. Not the best found footage movie. 

The next Sunday was "Scream" with killer cupcakes. 

The next Thursday was Scary Not Scary and "Tuck and Dale vs Evil" won. I love that movie. It's pretty cheesy and just mocks scary movies, but it's one of my favorites.

Sunday then was "Silence of the Lambs." Such a good movie. Not really a scary one but still a really good one. The kids wanted Oreos, so we made scary Oreos. 

Our last Thursday movie was Monster theme and "The Thing" won. 

To end the month we watched "Thanksgiving " and had apple crisp with ice cream.  

It was a lot of fun and we think we'll do it for Christmas movies as well. 

More Wedding Pictures

 I got some of the professional pictures back from the wedding I was in. They turned out really well. Here are a few more. 

Aging or Maturing?

 I don't remember how old I was, but I clearly remember my dad coming home and he got a new leaf blower. I can't tell you much about it, other than how excited my dad was to get it and how cool he thought it was. Last week I messaged Brad when I was at work and said I know it doesn't sound that cool, but I really think a leaf blower would be a good thing to get. It would make cleaning the garage easier, blowing the leaves off the front porch and getting the leaves out of the flower bed. Maybe even blowing snow away if its not too thick. It took my quite a few years, but I get the excitement of a new leaf blower. Our flowerbeds and garage have never been cleaner.

Emery's Last HOCO

 Last weekend was Emery's last Home Coming while in HS. She said it was the best one yet. She spent all day with her group of friends getting snacks. (Blogger was being annoying and wouldn't make this the right way)

Pictures from the night. They went to where Emery works for dinner as a group, then the dance, then McDonald's for a snack afterwards. No pictures at our hour this time. But she loved it. We'll see how college HOCO is next year!

She got cold and took one of the guys jackets.