What Happens In Vegas.....

So long friends and family, we are off to VEGAS BABY!!! A few days to not care about life, just lay by the pool, go to shows, gamble (within reason of course), spend time in the hotel room (who's proud of me for not coming right out and saying what will happen in the room!!)
And just relaxing!!!

I wish you really came back with lots of these fun colored chips!!! Usually it's empty pockets and lots of memories though!!

And a HUGE thank you to the mommy's of my children for the weekend!!! My kids are Brains for the first half of the trip...

And Hammer's for the second half....

FOR REALS?

It's been pointed out to me on a number of occasions that I say, "for reals?" A LOT! Now that I'm aware of it, I realize that I really do. When the kids tell me something I'll answer, "For Reals?" Or when I'm trying to get my point across about something I'll say, "No, For Reals, that really happened".

My cute Brandon is in 1st grade and at the age where you sound everything out to try to spell it. He came home from school today with this Mothers Day card for his Grandma.....

"I love you Grandma so much
For Reals, I'm not Kiddin'
wow, super, wow
Love Brandon"

FRILS, is that the cutest thing ever?!!!

I THINK A TATOO IS SOMETHING TO BLOG ABOUT!!!!

So, every time we go to Vegas Steve talks about getting a tattoo. He has always wanted to do a bike chain around his ankle. We've even ventured into some of THE scariest tattoo places in Vegas and decided maybe not a great idea.

Well, the other night he got it in his head again (maybe because of our Vegas trip in a couple of weeks) He figured out what he wanted to have done and the two of us ventured out to find the tattoo parlor.....


Here is his nice clean non tattood leg...

Happy as can be. Almost looks like I do when I have an epidural and I'm waiting to have a baby...

But right when that needle hit his leg, he was dieing!! You should have seen his face, it really must have hurt! He said it felt like a sodering iron on his leg (not that he's ever felt that before!)

A little tattoo action...

40 minutes later and Voila..... A Lotoja bike symbol is Steve's forever!!! It's a great accomplishment for him to remember forever, riding LOTOJA 5 times and getting 1000 miles!! Even though he'll probably ride it more than 5 times! (for those who don't know, LOTOJA is a bike race from Logan UT to Jackson Hole WY 206 miles)

And for those of you who don't believe in tattoos, or want an object lesson for your children about "why you should never get a tattoo" just show them this bloody picture!!!


A little video footage of the tattoo action.....