The only reason I work.

Some of you may or may not of noticed I have been slacking on the blog posts lately.  The reason for this is I have been going out of town a lot lately (plus my new obsession with reading).  I went on a wonderful family vacation a couple of weeks ago to Vegas or Vegas Vegas as my nephew Justin calls it.  We had a nice carpool with me, my mom, Jen, Ryan, Ally, and Justin in the minivan and Heather, Jim, Erin, and Scott in the Pacifica.  The little kiddies were perfect angels considering how long they had to spend in the car.  I'm sure it helped that me and Justin had a DVD player in the back so we watched movies the whole time.  Once we got to Vegas we had two condos next to each other so we all had plenty of room which was nice.  The first day we went swimming all day and some of us got our first sunburn of the year.  It was fun to be in the hot sun all day and especially at night cuz it was still warm which was nice for a change.  We were able to eat at my brother's friends restaurant he works at Tera Rosa (or something like that). He hooked us up big time with a bunch of free appetizers and stuff.  The food was incredible I recommend it to anyone who goes to Vegas it's at the Red Rock Resort so it's a ways of the strip but still worth the drive. The next day we swam again and did some shopping.  Me and my mom and bro went to the shops at Planet Hollywood and when we got there a bunch of cameras were following around some people.  I asked someone who it was and he said it was Ludacris.  I was shocked because the guy was so short he looked like some teenager in a boy band or something.  I heard a commotion so I turned around and Tommy Lee was behind me with another camera crew.  I guess they are filming some reality t.v. show surprise surprise...who doesn't have a reality t.v. show nowadays.  It was kinda cool to see someone famous again that's 3 in one year, now if I can just find a way to meet Brad my life will be complete. ha ha.  Although I did hear on the news last night he is filming in Utah right now so my chances are increasing by the minute.  After shopping we had a nice Guitar Hero session which was fun because we have two guitars now.  Justin wanted to play so bad so we gave him a guitar and let him think he was playing when really I was the whole time.  He was so proud of himself because he passed a song it was really cute. On our way home we had to stop by In-N- Out Burger so we went by the new one in St. George.  It was so crazy the line to the drive thru was wrapped all the way around the building.  I don't eat hamburgers so I went next door to Del Taco, but I did enjoy my fries and shake from In N Out. Once I got back home I was already planning my next trip to go to Jackson Hole.  A bunch of friends had it all planned out to go last weekend but it sorta fell through so we went to Zion National Park instead.  I was excited because I have lived in Utah my whole life and have never been there.  We took a 15 passenger van there so it was only 22 bucks for gas and we had a sweet house to sleep in for our tent.  Everything worked out perfect to where I got to hike and spend time enjoying the beautiful outdoors and still get to sleep inside and have the comforts of home (like running water).  I would go camping a lot more if it was always like that.  Lets face it tents are not comfortable to sleep in.  The hike was pretty hard though.  Jodi looked up on their website after and it said it was the most strenuous one in the park and believe me my legs agree.  Once I made it to the top it was all worth it, but I was questioning why I decided to do it up until that point.  Later that night we had a campfire with two girls from Holland we met.  We had smores and hotdogs so we could at least sorta feel like we were camping.  Needless to say I love going on vacation and that is my sole motivation for work.  I guess bills should be on the list too but no one likes to work to pay bills.  Me and the girls are already trying to plan the next vacation though we are having a hard time deciding which adventure to take next.  Any suggestions?? 

I Had a Nice Quickie!!

Trip that is!! Me and my mom and brother went to California a week ago to watch my cousin Greg's boy Tristan get baptized.  It was very short trip.  We left on Saturday afternoon once I got off work and came home on Monday afternoon.  It was just long enough to visit with all of my family.  We had a nice Cuatro de Mayo celebration (since we left on Cinco de Mayo).  My uncle made his famous tacos and my aunt made an awesome chocolate cake.  And of course we were able to get in a movie and some shopping.  Anytime I get to go to Cali. I always have a good time.  I love the weather there and I love being able to spend time with my family.  I am so glad that Tristan decided to get baptized he is such a good kid and I am so proud of him.  Here are all of the pictures I took on the trip.  We talked my uncle and cousin Aimee into trying on my moms wig and got some pretty funny pictures.  My uncle didn't want to take it off....it was pretty hilarious.  He looks like he could be in Spinal Tap or something.  I noticed I was too busy taking pictures of other people to actually be in any of them!! I think there might be one of me in there but I don't think I am even looking at the camera.  Oh well I have enough pictures of myself already.  Me and the fam are headed to Vegas on Wednesday so I will make sure and get some more pics then.