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Vegas 2010!!!!

Last weekend we went to Las VEGAS!!! It was such a wonderful vacation!! We stayed 5 days (the longest trip to Vegas so far) and it was great. Usually I'm good for 2-3 day Vegas trip but it was nice to relax the last day and we definitely were not in a rush by any means. I seem to enjoy the vacations where I'm not living out of my suitcase but rather stay enough days to use the hangers, closet, drawers, etc.

We stayed at Harrah's with some friends and my dad & stepmom stayed at Caesars...on the 43rd floor overlooking the Bellagio. It was an amazing view!!

Here are a few highlights of our trip...

• Legends in Concert
  
• Mac King Show
• Vinney Favorito
• lunch at the Pink Taco
• Lounge & Dinner at Voo Doo Lounge
• little bit of Keno & little bit of slots
  
• Wine Cellar & Tasting Room at Rio
• shopping at the new City Center
• Mojitos at Rum Jungle
• Roomservice
• Bellagio fountains
• visisted LOTS of casinos up & down the strip
• spent lots of time with dad, s-mom, friends & hubby

Here are a few pics from the trip...

Amazing view from the 43rd floor!

All of us!!

Yep, we met him!! But he wasn't the REAL one. Still fun! :)

Me & my daddio. Poor quality, taken with my camera in the dark setting.

Uh-MA-ZING mojitos at Rum Jungle!! Definitely one of our fave spots!!

drinking beer from a mason jar at Toby Keith's Bar

Private tour of the wine cellar at Rio. Pretty impressive!

dad & Mike at The Wine Cellar

Mike & I outside the Venetian

Finally a King!

We finally bought a King size bed! I'm SOOOO excited for this thing to be delivered...next Saturday! We went to The Dump on Friday for the first time and fell in love with our future bed! :) We have heard good & bad things about The Dump...I can see where both opinions are from but in the end, the place worked out for us! We also got a Four Seasons mattress! Oohhh, Ahhhh...I can't WAIT!

Today I went out to get our bedding. Of course it was picked out before we purchased the actual bed. I had my eye on it and finally went to pick it up today! It's pretty neutral but our walls are brown & our furniture set is dark brown too...so I think this will lighten up the room a bit. If you look closely you can see the texture, it's kind of lacy & frilly. I love it! I plan on having some accent colored pillows but haven't decided on those yet. Pics will come soon.


It rained pretty much all weekend. It was nice to stay inside, cook delicious meals and go to church. Today I went to see movie The Last Song with Miley Cyrus. Loved it but I bawled my eyes out, non-stop. And now I'm finishing up the weekend with a glass of wine while flipping between the Mavericks playoff game and the Country Music Awards. Perfect-O!

Handyman List!!!

I've been thinking recently what I can do around the house to make it prettier! I think it's the beautiful weather that puts me in this kind of mood. So here's my list...

• brick our flowerbed out front (professionally)
• brick around the 2 trees in the front yard (professionally)
• plant lots of flowers in the new beds
• grow tomatoes & bell peppers in the backyard
• replace our 2 chandeliers in our entry way
• paint the guest bedroom
• upgrade to a KING size bed and move our queen to one of the guest rooms
• give away the bedroom set in guest bedroom
• upgrade our sink in the kitchen

My goal is to get all of this done in a few weeks?!? I better get BUSY.....

Busy Bee!

In addition to the amazing concert this weekend, we managed to stay very busy! Thursday we went to the last Dallas Stars home game. Mike is a HUGE hockey & Mike Modano fan. This is potentially Modano's last game as a Dallas Star since his contract is officially up. He has not decided if he will return for another year. It was a very emotional game...Modano cried his eyes out. It was really sad.

Saturday we painted our hallway! This was both of our 1st time to paint...anything. It wasn't hard at all!! Well, Mike did all of the taping off and the stuff up high. It was a workout...for my right hand only. It turned out great and now our hallway matches the rest of our house!! (Not sure when we got the rest of the house professionally painted why we didn't just do it ALL...who knows?!?)

Sunday we went to the Texas Rangers game with our neighbor friends. We had a blast! The weather was perfect...not too chilly & not too hot! AND it was FREE hat day! So we all came home with a souvenir! Can't beat that!

Chris Tomlin!!!!

SqEEEEEEE!! Last night I went to see Chris Tomlin in concert. It was SUPER amazing! The first 4 rows were saved for sponsors...and I was in row FIVE. The whole night was pretty surreal to me. This is my all-time 2nd favorite artist...next to Michael W. Smith (who I've seen in concert 18 times!!!!!).


A definite FAVE!!!

Happy happy Easter!!!

We had such a wonderful Easter weekend!!!

Since the weather is beautiful outside we've been going out on neighborhood walks every night. That was the first thing we did after work on Friday, it was nice to wind down from a crazy work week for Mike! While we were out our neighbors stopped us to invite us out for barbecue at our local FAVORITE spot, Big Daddys! We couldn't decline, of course! Dinner was delish and it was fun to hang out with our friends!
Saturday was non-stop for me! I volunteered at our neighborhood Easter Egg Hunt & Festival. I was in charge of the 0-3 year olds for the egg hunt and also the ice cream freezer for EVERYbody! It was absolutely nuts! I figured 'Sure...I'll had out Popsicles...no biggie!!!" Boy, was I wrong. I didn't realize there was a MENU of free ice cream for everybody. We had everything... drumsticks, jolly rancher pops, moo bars, crunch bars, fudge-cicles, ice cream sandwiches, tropical Popsicles....I was basically like the ice cream truck lady minus the truck!!! The line was super long so luckily I was able to recruit some friends to help me out! Anyway, no complaints from the customers...who can complain when you get free ice cream!!! :)
I was also in charge of 'hiding' all of the eggs for the youngsters. We had over 4,000 eggs and we broke down the areas of the park into various age groups. It was pretty smooth. We had a DJ, 4 HUGE bounces, balloon lady, clown, popcorn stand, bottled water stand, ice cream stand (ME), and lots of kid music. I won't lie, I'm pretty sure I sang along to Miley Cyrus & Hansen! haha!
From there I rushed home at 4pm to change clothes and speed over to Valley Ranch for a Easter Dinner party that my friend, Lynda, hosted. She did a fabulous job!!! We didn't expect anything less because she is a FOODIE! She's an UH-MA-ZING cook and she sure showed off for us for the party! There was 15 of us and she had a beautiful set up outside. The weather honestly couldn't have been better!!! So perfect!! I offered to bring some munchies and this is what I brought...

Deviled Eggs with Hummus instead of Mayo!! They were SO delish! I'm a huge hummus lover so it was right up my alley! (here's the recipe!)

Fresh mozzarella & tomatoes (marinated in olive oil, salt & pepper). These were a big hit too! Perfect size and easy finger food for the outdoors!! (here's the website!)

Today Mike & I went to the early service at church and once again were amazed how awesome our church is! To say the least, it was a superb Easter service. After church we went to breakfast in downtown Rockwall. It was yummmmmy. We came home to rest for a bit then went to Plano for Easter dinner with my mom, step dad & step brother. It was great to spend time with family and just relax. Came home...went on a walk...and now I'm here drinking a glass of wine!

That's what I call a wonderful Easter weekend! Hope you had a great one too because Jesus died for ME and YOU!!!