Weekend in Vegas

This past weekend Leah, mom, and I flew up to Las Vegas (sans kiddos) to visit the little sister Kathleen. Her soon to be inlaws were throwing her a bridal shower, but it was to be held in Bakersfield, CA. We arrived in Vegas and immediately hit the road for a 4 hour drive to Bakersfield, where we met most of Brandon's family at a local mexican restaurant. After the bridal shower the following day, we all loaded up in the car and made the long trek back to Vegas. Finally, the gambling could being. As I had never really gambled before, I promptly lost a bunch of money on the roulette table and quickly figured out that I am pretty lucky on the slots. I hit a $45 jackpot on the nickel slots, and later hit a few more smaller jackpots. Oh man, I am I hooked. We had a blast.

A little bored on the drive to Bakersfield

Now starting to go a little crazy

At the bridal shower

Might be a little early for these two

some little fruit stand on the side of the road

Little Kathleen and her future in-laws

And finally we get to it, the roulette table. I kept betting on 17 (for Sadie's birthday), and as soon as I would bet on something else, 17 would hit. This happened 3 times, I nearly barfed.

Snake sighting

I saw this dude in the field the other day. I'll admit that I was a little shaken up afterward, but thankfully I had my snake leggings on.

Ah dang, Dixie Carter.

I'm not totally ashamed to admit that I positively loved the show "Designing Women" when I was a young girl. The shoulder pads, the big hair, and oh yes, the sass. Julia Sugarbaker was a force of nature; extremely proper and extremely unruly. She was a feminist without being uncouth about it, and if you were racist, sexist, a cheat, or general wrong-doer, she would put you in your place with her sharp tongue and hell-bent attitude. I was sad to hear about her passing yesterday. Her piercing stare and stomping high-heels will likely never be rivaled. Thank you Dixie for teaching young girls to stand up for what's right and not be bullied by big men with over sized egos.....booya!

Sadie's circus trick

This is daddy's favorite thing to do with the kids, and it always scares the holy bejesus outta me. Grandma Marcelle captured this classic shot in our back yard. Sadie obviously loves it.

No more sweets!

So today I went home for lunch to help David out with the kiddos, as he was playing Mr. Mom. I asked Jonah what he wanted for lunch and the conversation went like this:

Me: Jo, are you hungry?
Jonah: Nope (his new favorite word)
Me: Well, its lunch time. What do you want to eat?
Jonah: My sucker
Me: Sorry, no sucker. It's lunch time.
Jonah: Cake?
Me: How about noodles?
Jonah: Ice cream?
Me: You're getting noodles.