DMB

The Dave Matthews Concert was awesome! we had sweet seats, about 5 rows up on the left side of the stage. I have never been that close before! Here are some pics from it, my camera doesn't work so hot at concerts though.

snow!

I love living in Minnesota. You can't really tell from this picture, but it is snowing right now.

Vegas Baby! (Friday)

Our trip to Vegas was great! It started off with us being switched to a nonstop flight to Vegas...that was really nice. We got to the hotel, checked in, and got ready for a fun night out. This was the first of what was to be many self portraits this weekend. The ballroom was set up with different stations that had different types of food. It was yummy. There were bars everywhere and a special martini bar. Nothing like a lemon drop to start off the night! Here are Steve and Stephanie with the amazing martini's! Mikey with the shrimp. I made friends with one of the waiters and he brought us out two plates of these gorgeous shrimp. Yum.
Ted and Mike. Two of my most favorites.
yet another hold the camera out shot.
outside the mirage, on our way back to treasure island. It was late (or early, depending upon how you look at it).

Vegas Baby! (Saturday)

Saturday morning we got up around 8 am, went downstairs to breakfast, then headed over the the Mirage for the morning session. It was way better than anything I had hoped for. They entertained us with BMZ bikers, trampolines, dancers, drummers, etc. There was a great video of interviews and stuff about CH. And of course, Tony Robbins was really really good. He has some good stuff to say about getting yourself psyched and ready. Then the employees left for a photo and us spouses headed to the ballroom for lunch. That was awkward. I made some friends and then the employees joined us. Here is Mike with his friend Joe from LA North. Then we had some time to explore...so we checked out the venetian (oh my is that huge!).
and it had a canal and you could take a boat ride!
the Wynn was pretty cool on the inside...starting to decorate for Christmas!

Waiting for the Sirens of TI show to start. Not really worth the wait, but nice to be a hotel guest and be right up front. We stayed at Treasure Island...very nice people, nice room...I would stay there again.



I like this picture of us. I was so tired at this pointin time, but Mike looks great!
Oh my...that desert was really good. It was chocolate mousse in a chocolate coffee cup. But the best part was the white chocolate CHRobinson logo. It was phenomenal! After we ate, we saw some amazing jugglers and then David Spade...he was hysterical. Attempting to get a good Christmas card photo...right outsided the Mirage...before and during the Volcano!

The winning spin of $1000. We were not on it, but it was really fun to watch!

Vegas Baby! (Sunday)

Sunday was the perfect day. We slept in(on a Sunday!), checked out, and booked it to breakfast. Then we had the whole afternoon to walk around and just be together. It was great! We explored a couple of hotels and casinos, gambled a little (got spin three times!), had lunch at Carneige, and then boarded the bus to the airport. Here are some of the best pics from Sunday.

ahh, Ceasar's Palace. The sprawling casino/hotel/mall that we only got lost in once! the ceiling at the Bellagio is stunning. this pic just does not do it justice.
One of our standard hold the camera at arm's length shots.
The fountains at the Bellagio were amazing. We caught the very end of one show and stuck around for half an hour to see another. It was set to the anthem from Titanic...My Heart Will Go On. It was simply breathtaking.

Paris the hotel was pretty cool. This is a shot I took while we were walking on Sunday.And this was a shot of the lobby. I found some earring there that I loved...saphires and diamonds. But we didn't win quite enough!

no such luck

nope, they were not on my camera still. I tried to delete almost everything off of the camera so we would have lots of room on it for tomorrow's trip to vegas! I am super excited to go, especially since neither one of us has ever been to vegas before. I'm sure we will be absolutely exhausted when we get home, but I'll try and get some pics up on Monday.

In the meantime, check out Isaac's site for pics from our wedding as well as tons of other cool pics.

or, look at Lauren and Jace's wedding site. I get to be a bridesmaid!

slacker

so yes, I am a huge slacker. I have some really cute pictures to put up from Mike's coworkers wedding, but alas, they are not up yet. They are actually stuck on the common at work, becuase they are wiping my laptop so everything went on the common. So truthfully, I cannot even get to them to post them, but yeah, I could have done it before I let them clean my computer.
Oh well.

Actually, I wonder if they are still on my camera.

another wedding...

another wedding, another weekend. this one was fun cause it was with mike's old branch and i don't get to see them much anymore. they are good people. and thank God for snack bars and peanut butter m&ms.

KMO and random roommates past...

Tonight we went out to Gerbs place in uptown for some party. Didn't really know anyone there, so after awhile we headed out to meet KMO for her birthday. Some random, hole in the wall bar is where we met. It was fun to see her and hang out on her birthday. I was at the bar buying a shot when out of nowhere Tori shows up! It was fun to catch up with her briefly and meet her boyfriend. And then, tomorrow night, Tracy is staying with us. It is the weekend of roommates past.

last nights concert

The concert last night was phenomenal. I really do love live music. OAR was amazing, as was the opening performer, Toby Lightman. She was really really good...I want her CD for Christmas but I might not be able to wait that long. Be sure to check her out!

Anyway, here we are at the concert. Actually it's Lauren and Jace and then us.

go wayzata go

here I am chillin last night in my new wayzata trojans sweatshirt. I really love my husband.

not ready

So one of my very best friends dads passed away this week. You would think in my line of work I would know exactly what to say and how to respond. I didn't. I was speechless and I just hurt for my friend. I can't even begin to imagine what he is going through. I can't even begin to imagine how one things about putting together a service for your father, about calling family members to tell them that their father, brother, son, friend has died. I feel hurt for him. I wish I could help him grieve, help him heal. I wish I knew what he needed and knew what I could provide.
I feel kind of guilty that I am thinking this...but I am just not ready for my friends parents to start dieing. I'm not even close to ready for my grandparents to pass on, so how can I be ready for my friends parents to pass? I know there will be a time in our lives when we will go to a lot of funerals of our friends parents, but I am not there yet. I'm only 26.
It is All Saint's weekend at church. As part of the prayers they read each person's name in the congregation that had passed away this past year. After each name, a bell tolled. It was a good thing I went to church tonight and not tomorrow morning, because I was crying by the end of it.
Here is my buddy Dane. Please pray for Dane, his brother Chad, and him mom Linda.
We love you Dane!

30 minute meals

I love that Rachael Ray is on with 30 minute meal everyday from 5-6 pm. I just wish it inspired me to actually cook, instead of just being a bum and watching. Here's her website...Rachael Ray. I didn't know she had a magazine...add that to my christmas list!
I have to go get ready now for the Wayzata vs Maple Grove football game. This is the biggest game of the year for us! I have to say it...Go Trojans! I will be proudly (?) sporting my new Wayzata sweatshirt. I'll try and get a pic up later tonight.

and the big news of the day....

LAUREN AND JACE GOT ENGAGED

that gets a big woohoo!