Viva Las Vegas!

Vegas was a blast! I just had to help my "Twinnie" celebrate her 30th birthday in style, so despite my apprehensions about being in such close proximity to the "X," I went anyway. I am so glad I did, because it was by far one of the best vacations. Given my slightly schroog-ish ways, Her birthday came at the perfect time (12-26)! We actually left town on Christmas, well we were supposed to leave on Christmas, but ended up grounded on the plane for three hours do to weather and eventually rang in her b-day in the air.

We stayed in a Suite at the Palms, I loved it, I will definitely stay there again. It had everything we needed including a movie theater. I won $180 at craps! And you can't beat having three great clubs to pick from, just an elevator ride away from our fully stocked, private, birthday bash bar.

I had so much fun getting lost with Jimmy, trying to find an obscure cupcake joint. Thank Goodness we found the place "before we hit the mountains." I would have hated going back to the hotel without those FABULOUS Pink Coconut Cupcakes.

Friday night we all got dressed up, rented a limo, and went out on the town. We had dinner at CUT, a steakhouse at the Venetian. It was a dining experience I wont soon forget. I fell in love with my new favorite bottle of Champy...Dante Rivetti's Muscato d'asti...mmmm!!!! so good. We even took the limo around Vegas to pick up Jimmy's friends from Boston and Nissa's cousin Justin from the airport.

Saturday we played on the strip. I had some fun girlie time with Nissa at the Forum Mall. The boys found drinks so big they required a neck strap and poor Jimmy stayed at the hotel and slept since he came back down with Strep Throat.
That night we had a blast hitting Club Moon, The Playboy Club, and Club Rain. They were all such different experiences, but all apart of the Vegas Experience. Its amazing how in Vegas, staying out until 3:30 A.M. is nothing, it was easy. I loved getting dressed up! I loved the escape that Vegas is and I didn't go to jail, get married, or punch a certain someone in the nose! I can't wait to go again and live the life of a rockstar for another couple days.

My new bedroom situation!

I have a couple of passions in life and decorating is one of them. I know its a typical girl thing but I love being creative and I love color. My bedroom has been seriously neglected for a while now. I kind of just got lost in the routine of things. But with my old life's routine so severely disrupted, I noticed how LAME my bedroom looked. The very first thing I did was rearrange the the furniture. I put my bed at an angle in the corner, but was kind of freaked out by the open space behind my head board. I came up with a fabulous solution; a tension wire/ hanging hook set up from Ikea and some beautiful, aqua blue, sheer, curtains I found on clearance. I had my favorite handy-man, Jimmy, come over and help set it up. I also acquired a fuzzy, shimmery, brown body pillow. It looks great with the blues. To top it all off, I made a really cute 16x20 stretched canvas that says "Sweet Dreams" and I used little pictures of all the things that give me sweet dreams around as a border.

A Family of Black Sheep

Of all Christmas traditions, both past and present, this is by far my favorite. Every year the "Black Sheep" of the family get together for fondue and FUN!!! Instead of letting a judgmental few, control how we all got together, we decided make our own family xmas party where everyone is welcome as long as they are willing to accept people for who they are. I love that as a family we can get together, have a blast, and support each other, as all families should do. I love my family of Black Sheep!

Women's Ministry Fundraser Dinner- a little asian flare

I had such a good time hosting this table at the Women's Ministry Fundraser. What can I say, but that I am a sucker for parties and decorating. It was wonderful spending the evening with amazing women who all touch my life in so many ways.
*** a special note: I have a whole box of fortune cookies with your name on it ;-) so hit me up for some!

My Broken Heart!

If anyone want to see what my broken heart looks like, here ya go! ha ha!!!

The Festival of Trees

I am so excited about Emmabug's Miracle Tree.

Emma was diagnosed with "Metopic Craniosynostosis" on January 17th 2006. They felt at the time her case was mild enough that she would not need surgery to correct it.

They went for a follow up appointment on June 8th 2006 and her skull deformation had progressed at an alarming rate. They told them they would need to operate in order to correct her head shape and prevent any brain and eye damage! She was scheduled for surgery on July 19th 2006..

The Surgery lasted 8 1/2 hours. She was in the hospital for 2 1/2 weeks. She surpassed all expectations and started walking and talking after just a week.

Today she is one of the sassiest little 3 year olds I have ever known. I just love Emma and I am so thankful for her miracle.

If you want to see our tree, we are in spot G-103.

Craniosynostosis is a Cranial disorder in which the sutures of the skull plates close prematurely - before the brain is through growing.This disorder has the result of an abnormal skull and deformation of the shape of the head.

The long wait is finally over...or has it just begun??

Carla, Kellie, Nikki, Me, and April

Nice Seats!!

April "work'n" the phone

I WON, I WON!!!!!!!!!! I was hoping for a life sized
car but this will do. In addition to my cool car,
I won an amazing bottle of perfume.

Tori and Annette
Owe, Owe! Nikki
Trouble! Nikki and Carla
My feet were killing me in this picture.

I had so much fun at the Twilight Event! There were a total of 15 of us. It was just great to get to walk around to all of the activities and vender's. I purchased a super cute necklace that says "Be Safe." It is a line from the movie but it has much more personal meaning for me. I'm by no means going to give up being daring or adventurous. It more to remind me to take care and be good to myself. Is so easy to feel hurt or worthless in a situation like mine, but that just isn't true. There isn't a sole on this earth that can change my worth but me. And I am going to continue to show myself respect and love.
As for the movie, it was great! It took me a bit to get used to the differences, they had to cut out some stuff, But Edward really grew on me.