Love Notes

This was the sweet little note that I found from my so sweet little boy! He put the sticky note on the side of the bowl and then ran off to play. At least he was kind enough to leave me a note!

Annual Easter Egg Hunt

A few weeks ago we went to the Annual Easter Egg Hunt for Foster and Adopted children. We have been taking Camden to this since he was a baby and it is always so much fun. We get to see a lot of friends and how much their kids have grown. 

 Some cute little bunny butt cupcakes. How sweet!

 The kids were told to stretch out before the Egg Hunt and Camden took this literally.

And then he was off like a mad flash...

 Here little girl, take some eggs, please....

Next Camden wanted to learn how to juggle for some reason. One of the parents was very proficient at this and gave some good advice.

 Our day ended with this...Mr. Grumpy Pants. He was one tired little pup but he had so much fun!

 One more little perk from the Vegas vacation that I forgot earlier. I finally hit four Aces on a poker machine. I told Tim that I would not leave Vegas until I got it and I did. It's the next best thing to a Royal Flush and I knew I would never ever hit one of those!

 
 
 

Some Camden

Camden has been learning how to carve things out of soap with the Boy Scouts. Obviously he is very serious about this, hence the gloves. They have to learn with a "safe knife" which is plastic. He is getting pretty good except for all the soap shavings that are left behind!

As we were taking a drive one Saturday Camden was sleeping in the car. He lifted his head and asked how much longer until we got to our destination. I told him it would be awhile so he could just go back to sleep. He said, "I wasn't asleep! I was just in darkness. I couldn't see anything and I couldn't hear anything. Maybe I was asleep. I don't know!" We don't worry about him....much?!!?

  This is how he came out dressed for church today! Silly boy!

Don't Make Fun

The Vice President of the company I work for had a little accident with a ladder. He fell off and his face landed on one of the rungs. His sun glasses broke into his forehead and he was left with seven stitches. He also broke his finger. Well, I just couldn't let that one go. I gave him all kinds of special names like, Gimp, Frankenstein, Stitch, etc. The next day I continued having fun with him. I even convinced him to email me a picture of his stitches. I used his picture as my screen saver because it was so funny. I then reconsidered and said, "You know I shouldn't be making fun of him because something might happen to me!"  

Wouldn't you know that very evening I started to take Bentley for a walk. I wrapped his leash around my hand several times and stopped to throw trash in our garbage can outside. I felt the leash start pulling thru my hand and looked up just in time to see Bentley taking off after a cat in our neighbor's yard. The leash ripped thru my hand. I was afraid to even look at my hand because I knew it was really bad. I ended up with burns, a gash, and a sprained finger. I was really lucky that it wasn't more severe! And I learned a good lesson: Don't make fun of others!

 The black mark on my finger is actually some fibers from the leash charbroiled into my skin! I love that dog!

Our Old Base

On one of our exciting adventures in Vegas we grabbed some In & Out burgers and headed over to Nellis AFB. We were very dismayed to find our old base house had been torn down. Every time we would visit in the past we always drove by it to see how much had changed and walk down memory lane. Now it is just desert.

 This is the street entrance to our old house or what used to be our old house! It was sad because we had so many great times there!

 This is one of the jets that Tim used to work with.

 Here are just a few of the many others that are on display.

 This is the incredibly huge new gym that is right across from the park that we always took Chesapeak for walks. We walked around the park and watched the Thunderbirds take off. That was a definite blast from the past!

 Then we headed over to visit our old church. Still the same and I wish we could have visited with some of our fellow church members.

  It was a fun day at the base and we got to do a little shopping at the BX as well.  I picked out a beautiful dining table, but it just would not fit in my suitcase!

Fremont Street

While in Vegas we also had to get our Fremont Street Experience. It was definitely an experience. It has changed since we last visited. Tim was delighted to see girls dancing on top of the bars. Well, maybe not delighted, just pleasantly surprised. We stopped to check out several bands playing and take in all of the sights. Tim got harassed by a drunk Spider Man. He thought Tim touched him while he was bending over putting his things in a bag. Tim never batted an eye lash at him which was a good thing because I thought it was going to get ugly! Wow!

 We found this great little place to eat but we were not even hungry so we passed. I wish we would have tried it out though! If I'm ever over 350 pounds I will most definitely go there to eat FREE!

 How about a butterfat shake or a coronary hot dog? No!

 We had a great time and we can't wait to visit again. Tim wants to do the Zip Line next time. Another restaurant with Beef, Booze and Broads. Who could pass that up?

 The shows were just as fabulous as we remembered.

 

The Neon Museum

While in Vegas we visited the Neon Museum. It is the boneyard for all of the old neon signs. It was pretty neat to see all the history and get to hear some behind the scenes stories about the signs! The above sign is made out of some letters from famous casino signs...the E is from Cesears. 

The oldest sign in Vegas...from the 1930's.

The Strip

This was the beautiful view from our hotel window. Things have certainly changed since we lived there. Our favorite restaurant of all time is no more and this caused us some grief. We soon got over it and discovered some new and exciting things to help us cope! I can't believe I paid four dollars for this cute little box of cereal but check out the milk containers...

 We wondered aimlessly up and down The Strip to look for a little restaurant called Earl Of Sandwich. It was well hidden inside Planet Hollywood and I was about to pass out from starvation by the time we got our food. It was fabulous as always! After that we just took in some sights and we found Elvis serving drinks. Who knew?!?

 I found a Louis Vuitton store and decided to check it out because I do love some purses! I found out that when you go into a store and there is not a price tag in sight that is your sign to exit quickly!

 This little bush is actually a man. He would reach out and grab people as they walked by. It was so fun to watch the reactions!

 This was a broken glass pane on the over street cross walk. I thought the sign was hilarious considering you would drop straight down onto the street below. I guess you have to be thorough!

 We spent some time in this little place. I could just move in here forever! It was that fabulous! Loved it! It truly is a mile so don't wear heels to shop in!

 Of course we had to check out the water show at Bellagio. We had only seen the night show, but the day show was just as grand!