LIFE IS GREAT: vegas

Sunday, October 12, 2014

We'll miss you Annie

Unfortunately the time came what we had to say goodbye to our wonderful Annie Gail. The boys were so sad to see her go. Hank still looks for his Annie to come home to give hugs to. We are so very grateful for Skype so we can still see her and talk to her. She was a wonderful blessing to have in our home. She showed our boys what it means to be a true friend. They loved to meet her when she walk in the door. She allowed hide and seek to happen under her bed. She was wonderful at letting the boys bother her while she was trying to do homework. She was always willing to watch the boys so Dan and I could get away for a few hours. We wish her well with the all the great things she has in her future and can't wait for the day we get to go visit her in Sweden.

Annie and Tova

Annie fell in love with the neon lights of Vegas

Disney movie night and snuggling

She was the favorite story reader for all the kids in the neighborhood

Hank loves his Annie

The Day we had to say goodbye. Not a happy day at the Neville house

Saturday, February 25, 2012

Presidents Weekend

We got our first visitors to see our new digs over Presidents Day weekend.

Dan's sister Deborah and her husband Matt came to hang out and enjoy the warm sunshine!

Unfortunately, we aren't terribly exciting we pretty much just hang out on our side of town but we made a special trip to the strip just for Deb. She has never seen the fountains at the Bellagio before and I had heard the garden in the Bellagio was pretty cool too, so we loaded up and headed on down.

The garden was decorated to celebrate the Chinese New Year the year of the Dragon. They had some pretty cool dragons that moved and blew smoke. I'm sure if I had a real grasp of my new camera I would have got some great pictures but I don't and the boys were not being cooperative. After the garden we headed out the door and watched the water show. It was cool as always and as soon as it was over Logan looked at me and said 'home?' Well we saw what we wanted to see. We got the car and headed back home.

Deb was kind enough to find a zoo here and print out coupons. Monday morning before they headed out we went over to check it out. For those of you that have never heard about a zoo in Las Vegas let me assure you there is a reason. It was more expensive than Hogle Zoo and much much much less exciting. The fence around the park boasted they had 150 species of animals. Deb and I decided that if you count every different Macaw and all the pigeons they would account for at least 100 of the 150. They did have a lion though, and that is something that even the Hogle Zoo doesn't have. I was able to get a couple of really cute pictures of Logan. Since poor Logan's 2nd birthday was in the middle of transition and our favorite photographer, Amy, lives in Salt Lake; I took it upon myself to get at least one picture of him to hang on the wall.

When it came time to leave Deb got a little teary eyed and Drake asked her if she was batty. WHAT!? Where did he learn that? We all enjoyed a good laugh and Matt assured Drake that yes Deb was a little batty. When the tears really started coming Drake looked at her and asked her if her eyes were sweaty. KIDS are hilarious. Anyway it was a fun weekend and now Drake and Logan think someone should come visit every weekend.