Viva Las Vegas!

Josh and I recently returned from Las Vegas. We had so much fun! We visited The Grand Canyon and the Hoover Dam while we were there and loved it! I really think it was the highlight of our trip. We had a few obstacles, but nothing too serious. My parents have never flown commercially before and so I knew we would have to slow our pace down for them a little. Everything started out great until our flight was delayed in Pensacola. Our layover in ATL was only an hour, so I got really worried when we were only going to have 20 minutes to get to our next flight. Once we boarded our flight in P-cola it was delayed another 15 minutes and now I knew we would probably miss our flight to Las Vegas. I was constantly telling my parents that we were going to have to RUN to our next flight...(my dad would just smirk at me). We finally landed in ATL and they would not let us off the flight, ultimately missing the flight to Las Vegas (we could have made it to our flight in 5 minutes if they would have let us off :) haha). Anyways, a couple a weeks ago I got a new phone and remembered that I could check flight status' on it. So, i proceeded to do so and behold our flight to Las Vegas was delayed 20 minutes!! Need less to say we made it and directly boarded our flight. YAY! After that stressful (probably only for me) situation, we were stress free for most of the trip. (except my mom broke her toe on the couch in the hotel) :( She was a trooper and didn't let it bother her. Josh and I roamed the strip while my parents gambled most nights. We ate at a couple of the Casinos for lunch and dinner. My dad and Josh really enjoyed their prime rib at Ellis Island. As for me, meat is not my thing right now, which limits me on what I eat. All in all it was a great trip and if your headed to Las Vegas I definitely recommend splurging and going to the Hoover Dam and Grand Canyon, it is well worth it! Here are some pics from our vaca...
Eagle Point at the Grand Canyon

The Colorado River

The Strip in Las Vegas

Josh and I at the Hoover Dam.

The Hoover Dam.

Updates

Update 1:

Josh and I are headed to Vegas (along with my parents)! We will be flying out of Pensacola next Friday morning and then catching a flight in Atlanta! I am so excited and soooo ready to go! We have decided to take a trip out to the Hoover Dam and Grand Canyon while we are there also.


Update 2:

WE are soooo EXCITED about some FOOTBALL! WAR EAGLE! This has to be our favorite time of the year! We went to our first high school football game last Friday night and it was great! We plan on going to the Auburn vs. West Virginia game in September and I cannot wait! I guess you can say that are weekends are booked from now until December!

Random

Last year a friend of mine at work gave Josh and I a plant as a housewarming gift. She brought it to me in a five gallon bucket and my first instinct was that this plant will not last a week! My green thumb is probably a light shade of yellow. :) Anyways, she told that this was a unique plant and that it only bloomed at night. A moon plant ???? Weird, yes. So, I took the plant home and tried to decide where I needed to plant it. After we bought our house in June of 2008 Josh went around and pulled up all the azalea bushes because he hates them! Well, this left a perfect spot at the back corner of our house for this plant and so there it remains. At first the plant didn't look so great and Josh noted several times that he thought he might need to pull it up, because it looked like a weed and heaven forbide we have anything that looks like a weed or an azalea bush. :) A couple of weeks later it started to blosom and yes it only bloomed at night or dusk. It is the most beautiful plant (at night) and we absolutely love it! Anytime we pull into the driveway at night and the plant is in full bloom Josh always has tell me how much he loves that plant. Here is a pic of the plant last night. It normally has a couple more blooms, but it is still very pretty.


Another interesting thing about this plant is that after the summer is over and the plant is done blooming, weird medium sized spiky balls start to appear on it. My friend told me that they held the seeds, so if anyone wants a moon plant I will have some seeds in the fall!

Recent

Now for more recent activities...
My family just returned from our annual trip to the beach. It is always hectic trying to get all 15 ( including children) together. We had a great time even though sometimes it can be stressful. We grilled hamburgers the first night and then went to the Crab Trap to eat the second night. Last year we hit up the water parks, but we decided we just wanted to relax this year. No plans! On Saturday night after eating a wonderful meal at the Crab Trap we decided to go the Race car tracks and putt-putt golf course. We all had a blast acting like kids again. Even my parents rode the rides! :) We also enjoyed staying around the condo doing some fishing. Here are some pics from our weekend .

Aubrey and Neil smiling for the camera.

My mom and dad.

Charles

Amanda and Cade waiting to eat.

Shannon and his Amanda waiting for their food

The kids (minus Gavin) waiting on a table.

The kids with Jennifer.

Aubrey playing in the sand at the beach.

Riley enjoying the beach...showing off his muscles.

My brothers, dad and Josh looking at the crab they caught.

Josh showing off the crab.

This bird stayed for a long time.

My brother fishing.

More Catchup

In June of last year Josh and I bought our first house. We absolutely love it! Here is a pic of our house when it was for sale and also a pic of our first christmas tree in the house.

Catch up

The pics above are from the our vacation in the Bahamas April 2008 and the pics below are from our wedding December 2007.

NEW!

I decided to give blogging a try. Maybe I can keep it up! :)

This is Josh and I on our cruise to Key West and Freeport, Bahamas in May. We had a great time. We originally were suppose to go Mexico, but because of the swine flu we were rerouted to the other destinations.