Weekend Roadtrip...

Friday morning the 17th Scott, Brady and I headed to Logandale NV.  Brady has been looking forward to this for a couple of weeks now.  We arrived at Reid and Laura's house around 6:30.  We unloaded, ate some yummy Korean Beef Laura made, visited for a little bit and then Scott and Reid headed to Las Vegas to go to a Tool concert with Zac Cleaver.  They said it was really cool and unlike any other concert they have ever gone to before.  Laura and I and the kids had fun watching 3 chick flicks.  I haven't done that in a long time and really enjoyed it.  I miss having Kacie to do those kind of things with.

Saturday we slept in and had a yummy breakfast.  We then headed to the Valley of Fire.  It was really cool.  We would have spent more time there but thought we would go back on Sunday.   

 We did spend a little time at the visitors center.

We we got to Las Vegas we went to Sushi Fever for some yummy sushi.

Brady had pork ramen and chicken teriyaki

Monica Roll

Sexy #2

Carrot Top

So fun and soooo good!

Something about ally

Ultimate Shrimp

We didn't get a picture of the garlic tuna or the crazy horse roll.  It was all so good!  After we ate Laura went back home and Reid and Hanna went with us to travel on i11.  Brady was so excited to travel on this new interstate.  On our way we drove past the new Raider's Stadium being built.  It should be done sometime this year.  It looks pretty cool.  They said that on one end you will be able to look at the strip.

After we drove to Arizona we stopped at Nielsen's Custard on our way back before going to the strip. 

 We had to stop at the Bellagio to watch the fountains and look at the garden.

Chinese New Year...year of the Rat I guess.

Reid was driving our car and didn't want us to have to pay for parking so he parked behind a gate across from the Bellagio in an alley.  He knew the code to the gate from parking there with his service truck so he thought we would be fine.  However when we were walking back to our car we panicked a little when we saw to cop vans parked in front of our car.  We thought for sure we were going to get in trouble so Reid walked back to the car and the rest of us keep walking a block down to have Reid pick us up.  Luckily it worked and we were able to hop in the car while he was stopped at the light. haha!  Reid said they were doing drug testing and said one cop went to follow him but when he saw him get in the car he just let it go.  

Sunday we went to church, had yummy tacos and just enjoyed great company.  Later in the evening Laura made some yummy cookies and nachos.  We had a great day. 

 These two are so cute together!

Monday we packed up and headed home.  We were fortunate to have clear roads all the way home and arrived around 9:30pm  We had a great trip!

January Birthdays...

Sunday the 12th we all got together to celebrate the January birthdays.  We had another yummy rib roast with Yorkshire pudding my favorite.  Can't believe Tyson is 8 and Ryan will be 16.  Wanda is now 75 and looks younger than ever.   It is always fun we when get together.

 

 

Later in the week Tyson had a fun party with all his friends.

Brady is a Priest...

 Brady was ordained to a Priest in the Aaronic Priesthood today.  His dad gave him a very special blessing.  It is hard to believe this day has come already.  I asked him how well he knew the sacrament prayers and he had them pretty much memorized he just needs to slow down a little a pronounce the words a little clearer and he will do great.

January 11th...

Scott had fun geese hunting with Ron, Ryan, and some buddies.  They almost got their limit.  He got home around five and we ran over to Costco with Brady and then to Cafe Rio for dinner.  We then spent an hour visiting with Harlan and Kendalee at St. Luke's.  They are really hoping they can go to Salt Lake next week for his bone marrow transplant.  They are just waiting for his red blood counts to come up before he can go.  We had a great visit with them.  We sure love those two!

Wheeler's Cute Apartment...

 Jan 7th while Cole finished getting his hunters ED Kacie went to Hobby Lobby and got the cute Eat sign and white dish.  It is so fun seeing her add more to their cute little apartment.  The signs below she added above her bed were from Brenda & Mark Hartley.  I love how they always keep the blanket she made Cole for his first birthday together on their bed.

Juliene had this dish made for their wedding and she just dropped it off at our house.  It is crazy how they keep getting presents and it has been over 4 months since they got married.  haha!

Caleb's Snowman...

This has to be one of the coolest snowmen I have ever seen.  So happy for Caleb, he is so cute!

New Year's Day...

Scott and I had a really quiet New Year's Eve.  We went over to Ron and Stacie and had Chineese food and watched Utah get beat by Texas then we left around 10:30.  It was nice to spend some time alone and even managed to stay up long enough to watch the ball drop in New York's Times Square.

New Year's Day was even more relaxing.  Scott and I watched a movie together and then three football games.  I might have even staying in my pajamas all day. haha!  It was fun to see pictures of Kacie going snowboarding for the first time.  She said she had fun but boy was she sore after.