Sam's Town in Las Vegas

So this place I chose happens to have a Wally World right across the street. I knew it was our kind of place!

This is Mystic Park, the rooms all surround it. There was a water and light show at certain times during the day.

Check out this face watching the water show. Cute huh?!

Swimming

Three little monkeys sitting in a........oh nevermind.

I have this same picture from two years ago at a hotel in Bishop when we went to Palomino Valley to pick up Ojos the mustang for the Extremem Mustang Makeover.

Bowling at Sam's Town

I have to warn you the next few pictures may be the cutest things you have ever seen!

Sage trying not to get her legs tangled and go with the ball!

Is this stance hilarious or what?! After the ball hit he would turn around and give us the thumbs up. I tried like heck to get a picture of it but seems he caught wind of it and decided to throw us a loop and threw the ball in the wrong lane as I was anxiously waiting with the camera. The little turd.

My girl, she was surprisingly good!

Oh, and this one...........it is why I don't put him out of the truck when he decides to throw an ginormous fit, screaming and crying, biting and kicking cause he was tired of being in his carseat somewhere just outside of Barstow and all the way to Boron. And he could not be reasoned with.

Oh and here is the tunnel picture from the Aquarium. And out in front of them was the touch pool.

Aquarium at the Reef-Mandalay Bay

This was our trip to the Aquarium at the Reef.

This was the "touch" pool. You could touch thestingrays with just your finger. This guy was a character! I sure wish I could have understood what he was thinking. His antics sure were funny, like he knew he was cool. He would make laps around the edge so everyone could touch him and just when he had everyone leaning in he would turn and head the other way, splashing anyone close! He was cracking me up!

We were getting ready to pick up the engine and head home when we wanted to check out more while we were here. So we pulled into Mandalay Bay. Just by chance we saw they had the Aquarium at the Reef so we checked it out. It wasn't too pricey and we thought what the heck.

Despite that face he really loved it! And my sweet girl is always game, no matter what it is.

This darn shark swam right over our heads! It was so cool. There were several tunnels you could walk through and they could swim all around you. We even saw two people scuba diving in there cleaning the glass. We tried to be cool and not oogle at them. You know, act like we were there to see the fish!

The sea turtle was a hit, although a bit elusive.

Jump roping

And you thought you were going to see some kids jump roping didn't you?!

Nope, just one bad patient and his acomplance.........

Okay , so the kids did jump too.

And then things turned into tying the little rascal up. Should have heard him screaming!
We are off to Las Vegas tomorrow to pick up a Hummer engine for my dad. We plan to stay at Sam's town and have some fun. They have a bowling alley, an ice cream parlor and a pool. I am going to try to relax, wish me luck!
Oh and Thank goodness Paul is back!

Prissy wissy

Sorry the pictures are not that good but doesn't she make up for it? She is the cutest, sweetest, puppy wuppy ever! And she is sleeping on my bed right now!
Goodnight............

Looking back.....

So here we are in the recovery. We knew this would be the hard part. How on earth do you stay idle and do nothing on a place like this? You go to the antique store and buy books to learn spanish. My husband is a freak! He has been reading for days now. He is driving me c-r-a-z-y!!! I guess there are worse things! So we are holding up reasonable well. It is not easy to chase him and the kids around making sure they are not doing things they shouldn't!

I am bored tonight, and loving it by the way. Being bored I mean. So I have been looking through old pictures and found this one. It was taken two days after Jeremy had dislocated his shoulder and probably a half hour before he did it again. The date was May 3rd and we were branding our calves. You can see him wearing the brace if you look real close. It is his left arm that has been the problem. Ewwwww, I just noticed the blood on his shirt. It is not his, just in case anyone was worried. The horse is Flash a gelding we raised. He is out of my TB mare that I rode in our wedding, and that I recently lost. He is by our QH stallion. He is Two Eyed Jack and Poco Pine bred. This was his first time in the branding pen and he did really well. I was supporting the horse while he held a calf (and hoping and praying he would handle the pressure). I loved Jeremy's smile in the picture.
It seems that all I have done lately is remind myself how it could be worse. It could be worse. It could be worse.............we will get through this.