Super fun weekend - Vegas baby!

Last week was Paul's 38th birthday! (May 8th) We celebrated by going to dinner at Mo' Betta, a Hawaiian bbq joint in Bountiful.  We love their teriyaki chicken and steak that comes with rice and a salad.  I gave Paul a couple of polo style shirts and a silver pocket watch.  After dinner we ran a few errands and then headed home.  Once home I asked Paul to wait in our bedroom while I got his surprise ready.  I set up my massage table, lit some candles and then let him know he could come in.  I gave him a great massage.  We both enjoyed it thoroughly.

May10th
We started our weekend early by attending the wedding of my nephew Jeffrey and his cute bride Mary Ann.    They were married in the Salt Lake temple.  What a beautiful day!  I love being in the temple with Paul, and being reminded that we get to be together for all eternity.  What a blessing! Jeff was so handsome and sweet to Mary Ann.  I love the look of love...you know, the way a man looks at a woman when he truly loves her.  I loved being there to witness their sealing.  I am so grateful for Heavenly Father's plan and for the love he has for us that he let's us be together forever and husband and wife.  That there is no, "until death do us part" in the temple.  After some picture on the temple grounds, we headed to a luncheon at my parents ward house.  Yummy chicken salad sandwiches, salads, chips and a fabulous dessert. My brother Gordon and his wife Kristine are such great parents.  They have and are doing such a great job raising their family.  You can tell by the gratitude and love their children have for them.

May 11th-13th
This past weekend Paul and I took a little get away, motorcycle trip to Fabulous Las Vegas.  Paul's birthday was on the 8th and we wanted to celebrate by doing one of our favorite things - tour on the bike.  We are still deciding on what kind of tour bike to get so Paul rented a Harley for the weekend.  A silver and dark blue with little flecks that made it sparkle motorcycle was our transportation.  We stopped in Sandy at the Harley shop to get the rear shocks filled and Paul told me to go pick out a jacket.  So I am the proud owner of my very own riding jacket.  It is black and has a cool design and a really great red liner that is removable too.  I love it! We took our time riding and the weather was nice.  As we entered Hurricane, Washington and St. George holy cow...talk about a heat wave.  We stopped took the liners out of our jackets, drank some water and had ice cream. We took some deep breaths and got back on the bike.  Our ride into Vegas was beautiful, but I won't lie, it was hot!

By the time we got to the Excalibur, the bike was so hot.  We checked in and took cool showers.  Becky and the kids were as excited to see us as I was to see them so we headed over to Beck's house shortly thereafter.  She made us a yummy pasta and salad dinner.  I love Rebecca!  The kids were so cute and hugged both Paul and I as we came through the door. We had fun talking, eating, watching, The Princess Bride and making plans for the next day.  Becky cut Paul's hair too.  We were a bit tired so we didn't stay long.  We rode back to our hotel and went right to sleep.

 The next morning Paul and I went to breakfast and then went over to the Luxor to go to the Titanic exhibit.  It was really amazing.  There were all kinds of artifacts that had been pulled from the ocean depths.  Dishes, silverware, playing cards, leather bags, jewelry, metal vent grates, floor tiles, a tiny pair of glasses, tweezers, and a huge piece of the ship. The exhibit was set up in a way that I felt such a quiet reverence.  They showed 1st, 2nd and 3rd class cabins and replicated the grand stairwell.  They even had a chilly balcony with a starry night sky.  There was a huge piece of ice to feel the temp. of the water that At the beginning they gave us all a ticket with an actual Titanic passenger's name on it, what class their ticket was for and a short bio.  At the end of the exhibit there is huge wall that lists each class and who survived and who died.  Both mine and Paul's tickets had people who died.  It was kind of a sad and a huge realization of how many really did not survive that fatal night.  I am so glad we went.

After our dramatic exhibit visit, we met Rebecca and the kids up at our room to get ready to go to the pool. We changed and walked down.  The pool area was huge.  There were 4 different pools, one with a water slide, one that was like a foot deep for little little kids and one that was basically a huge jacuzzi and one adult only pool (where they let the partyers can take their drinks in the pool).  They had a DJ playing music.  It was pretty packed when we got there and it took a few minutes to find a home base with some chairs but, knowing Becky she did it.  The kids loved swimming and loved the water slide.  Carter is hilarious and loved jumping into the water to Paul. Marin is so cute and had fun helping watch the kids and taking Carter on the water slide.  Janet is sweet and swam for a while then would go cuddle with her mama.  We spent about 3 hours at the pool and had a ball.  Paul even took a short nap on a lounge chair.

That evening we went to the Tournament of Kings with Rebecca and the kiddos.  We sat in the Russia section.  We were served a small chicken, a few potatoes, some broccoli, and a biscuit. They did not give us  silverware, we got to eat with our hands.  Paul and I got pina coladas in the cool, take home, silver goblets.  Merlin welcomed us as Ladies and Lords.  The show was great!  Horses, sword play, kings, knights, jousting, death, fire, dragons. It was so fun to especially watch Janet and Carter's faces. We ended the evening by going to the Belagio and to the Paris for a yummy dessert.

Sunday morning we had breakfast at Becky's and then hit the road.  Just before we left Vegas we stopped by a Harley shop.  Paul bought the device for the rear shocks and a denim Harley vest.  We looked pretty hard core in our gear.

When we got to Cedar City, we headed West. It was fun to be on a country road and see something other than highway.  We stopped in small towns, saw a few antelope, and enjoyed the scenery.  We rode through Delta, where Paul went high school.  He even drove past the high school :0 We headed to Lemington to where Paul's Aunt Marsha lives.  Uncle Dan had already gone work so we didn't get to see him.  Marsha made us dinner of ham, potato salad and rolls.  She loves to talk and is so energetic.  I really like her.  I also met Paul's cousin Dawn (Marsha's daughter).  After our visit we headed home via Tooele.  The last two and a half hours were dark and cold.  Finally at 12:15am we arrived home.

Hooray!!! What a wonderful trip!!  We loved the time we spent together and with Beck and the kids!! Yay!!