Lovey Dovey

February is a busy month for us. We've got Ry's birthday on the 13th, Valentine's Day on the 14th, and our wedding anniversary on the 16th.

With all these lovey dovey events within a week of each other, we usually have one big celebration to honor Birthdavalenersary. This year, however, we opted out of doing anything since, ya know, the whole Euro trip has kinda sucked our funds dry. We figure we'll party enough on that vacay to honor the next 3 Birthdavalenersaries to come.

So in lieu of any fancy dinners, boxes of chocolates, and romantic couples massages, I've simply compiled a rather hackneyed list of some of the reasons why I love, appreciate, am attracted to, and generally like my husband.

In no particular order:

-He knew I was high maintenance and still willingly married me

-He rocks a mohawk

-He buys me anything I want at Victoria's Secret (Though I'm pretty sure this is a selfish gesture on his part)

-He buys me makeup

-He buys me anything I want

-He is an amazing father

-He took me to the temple

-He puts up with my loud and obnoxious family

-He hates cats

-He appreciates fashion and looks amazing in a pinstripe suit

-He lets me wear his hoodies

-He thinks I'm beautiful

-He tells me he loves me every day

-He has supported me through 2 marathons and many more to come

-He ran Redrock with me and looks forward to doing another relay

-He sacrifices snowboarding on Saturdays so that I can attend my team runs

-He's still an awesome snowboarder

-He played rugby in college

-He's educated and motivated

-He has a strong work ethic and continuously strives to provide for his family

-He's a worthy priesthood holder

-He's mine

As unromantic as the two of us are, I think this list has just enough sap in it to appease even the corniest of cheese balls.

So to my husband, thanks for all you do. I love you, and stuff.

What happens in Vegas...

WARNING!!! THIS WILL PROBABLY BE ONE OF THE LONGEST POSTS EVER!! CONTINUE AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION!!

This weekend was the big wedding for Christopher and Juliann. Since SOOOO much drama occurred through it all, I thought it'd be easier to just document the occasion via photo montage. And to just touch on the important and fun parts. Perhaps one day I'll release all the drama that unfolded. But until then, we'll start out slow.

Daddy and Poppers on the side of the road on the way to Vegas. This little girl was PEE PEE!!!







When we finally arrived in Vegas that night, we ate at a place called Hash House a Go Go. They serve down home cooking and in HUGE portions. This was my Uncle Buck sized pancake. And no, I didn't finish it all. I didn't even make a dent!!!


We then headed over to Chris and Juliann's hotel room at the Luxor. Me and Lolli hung around for a while...




...Ryan lounged around, pretending he was a porn star...








...until Jordan farted, and we needed to gas mask ourselves. Ryan, demonstrating his gas mask tactics.
After the air settled, Whit and Ryan decided to walk like an Egyptian. Since it was Christopher and Juliann's last night of freedom, we thought we'd all hit the town for some bachelor and bachlorette fun. Jordan prepared for his night out by doing a few stretches. The girls decided to go out, but found that it was hard to accomodate the under 21 crowd at 1am in Vegas. So, instead of hitting up Thunder From Down Under or LAX, we caught the tram and just went site seeing for a bit. The most exciting part of our girl's night was actually being on the tram with all the drunk people.

We thought that maybe the boys had better luck on their night out...but apparently not.

The next day were the nuptials. Everyone was getting ready.

And while getting ready, it was discovered that Christopher had a gigantic pimple that popped up to haunt him on his wedding day. We call this "The zit seen 'round the world."

We finally made it out the door and piled into our awaiting limo.

But not before we passed by Cris Angel's Hummer that he magically lifted off the ground.

(side note: Cris Angel is a loser...and he's greasy)








The limo ride was fun because it was the first time Ryan and Lolli had ridden in one.





Arriving at the wedding chapel, me met up with the Budos and the Hamptons and had a very nice ceremony.



















After the ceremony, Chris and Juliann were whisked away by the photographer to take some pictures. During this time, Jordan, Whitney and I decided to have a little photo shoot of our own. Here are some of the highlights.






On the way home from the wedding we saw this...
...which opened the door as to what the boys really did on their night out! And for only $38, too!!





Since we were all starving, we headed over to eat dim sum...and then some! I was in heaven!!!
Even Lālea couldn't resist the rice cake!



And she also helped herself to some fried calamari.
Next to the rice cake, my faves were the char siu bao and the steamed shrimp dumplings.












When it was time to pay the bill,
Jordan made it rain!







We then headed to the world's largest gift shop...



...where Jord found the world's largest pen...





...and an anatomically
correct teddy bear.














We headed to the Forum shops...









...where the boys took pictures with some lovely ladies.












While at Caesar's we saw some pretty odd things:








Some nasty guy with his TIGHT pants tucked into his boots. He was flaming!!








Some Asian dressed in a full suit of fuchsia fuzz







But we saw a lot of cool
stuff too.




And of course, there were the statues...which, I remember these being a LOT cooler when I was younger.

By the end of the day, we were all tired and ready to leave.

















After taking a short rest, we finally made it over to Mandalay Bay
































And we headed over to the Burger Bar for dinner and cake.




The evening finally ended with Teri making friends with some random drunk dude!


To conclude, our trip was crazy, anxiety ridden, dramatic, and memorable. But all in all, it was a good weekend. We had a few drinks, shared a few laughs, and enjoyed each other's company. If I had to do it all over again, I'd probably skip all the fluff and head straight to the dim sum restaurant. Forget site seeing...let's eat!!!