Vegas Day #2

Day 2 started with a trip to the Luxor for Brunch. It truley was "all you could eat" at this sitting...I think we were all looking forward to a nap when we left.

Then it was off to Sam Boyd Stadium for the Vegas bowl. BYU vs. Arizona. The Cougars started off with the"Haka" dance to get in the fighting spirit...then played the worst game of football I have seen in a long time. The game ended Arizona 31 BYU 21 but it was never really that close. I guess there is always next year.

Lauren spent most of the game "going to the bathroom" which meant she was just walking around because she dont care about football. It was a cold night for Vegas. The display in the car said it was 44* when we left but it felt like it was 34*. There was a cool fly over by two F-15's who lit up the after burners as they passed over the stadium. It was very cool and very loud. They were moving way to fast for pictures, but it was nice.
The armed forces were on hand to roll out the field sized flag for the national anthem, which was sung by the great star of stage and screen ....David Hasselhoff, Yes the Hoff himself was there....nothing but the best for the Vegas Bowl.

After the game was over we were all thinking we should have stayed longer at the Luxor. Oh well tomorrow is day three and who knows what adventures lay ahead?

Vegas Night Life

We were pressing our luck with all our drinking while the LVNMPD was out in force. We sampled 16 flavors of the world at the Coke store..some were good....some not so good.

It was cool to see the mounted patrol stroll by and the traffic guys were out in force as well.

First day in Las Vegas 12-19-2008

Well here we are on the Strip for only a few hours and Robert is allready caught up in the high stakes world of fashion. He felt the blue bag went best with his eyes......

This was taken in the middle of Lauren's desperate plea that we "buy this for Deanna" and the look on her face should let you all know....Deanna did not get a shiny trinket from Las Vegas...

While walking on the strip we discovered that the night life is full of stars...."Jacko" was more than happy to pose with a few fans....

Wathcing the water and light show at the Bellagio. It almost looks like they were getting along and not fighting with eachother and getting yelled at all night.

And for all of you who wished you were in Las Vegas with us for our pre-Christmas getaway, don't worry, we got you a few gifts....

A Long Overdue Update

Well, it's been a long time since we've updated our site and sure you have all missed us. Lots has happened. We have gone to on many trips and done many things. Above is a picture of Virginia in the botanical gardens in San Francisco. This was a great trip we took in October. We went with our friends the Greco's and had a great time.

This is another shot from the San Francisco trip. On the first day of the trip we unpacked at the hotel then took a long walk to the warf. Even though its been a long time since we've been to S.F. it seemed just like old times.

As you can see the kids are getting older and bigger. I guess they figured since they are acting like they are going to be dealing with the police alot in the future they should try and blend in so the used some of dads old uniforms and "5-0" for halloween.

This was from the Neh Hampshire trip in June. This was a day trip to Maine to look at light houses. We stopped for a mid day snack and as you can see Lauren found out that she likes yogurt in any state.

On the beach in Hampton New Hampshire. There was a lot more that happened since the last time we updated and we are sorry we have not done a better job. There was trip to New York for Virginia, a trip to California, a visit to the BYU-Idaho campus to visit cousin Megan. lots of new hair colors for Lauren and a new puppy,(Snoop), that is now the size of a small horse. We have lots of other things planned such as Jeff, Lauren and Robert taking a Trip to Vegas in December, all the holliday and new years stuff and much more and we promise not to leave you out this time.

The HOLY WAR 2007

BYU 17 Utah 10

What a day for football.........I've seen Michigan vs Ohio State, Nebraska vs Texas, Penn State vs Notre Dame, USC vs UCLA, and all I have to say is BYU vs Utah is perhaps the best rivalry game in college football. this game had it all, trick plays, personal fouls, late hits, trash talking, taunting and most of all DEFENSE DEFENSE AND MORE DEFENSE. If you have never been to a BYU vs Utah game you are missing one the best stories in sports. It was cool, 40* but the sun was out and both teams came to play. This was a dog fight and again it came to a last second touchdown from 11 yards out to give BYU the final go ahead score, but Utah fought until the last incomplete Hail Mary Pass to the endzone with no time left on the clock. Great effort by both teams but the Cougars were just to much for the Utes. GO COUGARS!!!!!!

Grandma's Funeral

Well after 84 years grandma has moved on. We will miss you but we will see you again.

Ginya's 39th Brithday

Well it happened, Virginia had her 39th Birthday.....how did she spend it, Well she slept---a lot, she had a cake, she worked, she went of for La Frontera nachos and she went to the movies....All in all it was a regular day except for the nachos and the movie. She would love to hear a birth day wish from anyone willing to remind her how OLD she is...... she didn't like it when I woke her up at 5am to tell her before I left for wrok, or when lauren woke her up at 6am to tell her or when Robert told her at 7am....she said we got her up early on purpose..and she was right....