May Dayz...

May is over already - wow.

Spent a few days in Utah around Mother's day, so I was able to attend church with my son's family and see his little girls sing.  They made dinner for us later - that's always a treat!

 Jennie is so clever - she had built some little garden boxes that go up the back fence, and the girls had each planted their own choice of plants in one of them.  I wish I were more creative with things that are actually useful.
It looks something like this, but in smaller sections...

(via Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/pin/131378514105073535/ )

We took some flowers up to the cemetery, since we wouldn't be there for Memorial Day...

 

We also drove through the cemetery in Aurora, where hubby's family came from - you can find his whole genealogy there...

We then stopped and had a visit with my sister in Richfield.  Haven't been able to do that for quite a while - we went to lunch and had a nice visit - never enough time though...

  Had a few fun events the past couple of weeks.  :-)  A week ago Friday, our Stake had a musical presentation in conjunction with our Stake Conference.  Hubby got off work just in time to go.
It was really inspiring, and showcased some great talent down here!

Saturday, hubby's sister & brother in law came down for vacation.  The Helldorado Days Rodeo was going on,  and hubby had free tickets, since his store is a sponsor.  I spent a lot of time at rodeo's in the good ol' days as a kid, so it's always a fun thing to do...

Sunday we took them to church with us - it was our stake conference here, it's always so inspiring and uplifting :-)  Then we took some Kentucky fried and went to the "dinosaur" park for lunch.  (It has a dinosaur themed playground.)  It was the perfect day for it - just breezy enough to make the temperature mild.  We watched all the turtles and ducks in the pond, and walked around the waterfall - pleasant afternoon.

Monday, Mark drove us downtown to visit a store he's been dying to see.  On the way, we stopped to do something very touristy...

We had to stand in line to get a picture here (but luckily it wasn't too long...)

Bass Pro is a giant sporting goods store, but it's kind of amazing with all the taxidermied animal displays...

Giant fish tanks (with giant fish!)

Even a full size giraffe!  (Cute clothes too!)

It was quite the adventure...

After that, we grabbed a quick burger, then drove up to the strip.  We try to avoid that area, but that's what most people come here to see.  *Sigh*

We took them to a few of the places the kids showed us when they were here -
Cesar's Palace...

The Noble Roman himself...

The Conservatory at the Billagio...

The Billagio's Chocolate Shop

Various sights from the strip...  (Love that dome - picture doesn't do it justice)

...And, after all the times I've been down there, I finally got to see the fountains go off!
Tuesday, they had plans in the morinng, but we went to the casino for dinner and a movie later...
Then, they went on to San Diego to visit a sister.

Last saturday, my friends invited me to go down to Henderson to go to Hobby Lobby.  It sure makes me appreciate my past life in a small community, where everything is close - and the traffic is tolerable...
Later that afternoon, we got back together at my friend's house to cool off in her pool, and to barbecue.  This is the first time since college that I have had friends to go play with like this...

Fun!

It's always a let down when company leaves, but I have kept myself busy the last couple of weeks - I've read two books, attended church socials, and crafted my brains out.

It's getting seriously hot now, so anything to stay inside...
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