Thursday, March 22, 2012

the things "pinterest" gets me into...

pinterest makes me want to do all kinds of crafty things, like spend 3 hours making a wreath with flowers.  i am thinking of doing a different one in some brighter spring colors.  our flower beds are more white/purple/pink/green...but this was the colors on the example wreath i had, and it was like i couldn't think outside of them.  i get stuck like that.  but i was pleased b/c my little craft endeavor would have cost under $15 dollars except i had to buy some more hot glue sticks.

 a grease splatter screen is great for tracing circles.  i knew that would be dual purpose some day! :)  the spiral is the start of the flower.  
 i had pearl pins left over from wedding stuff, so i used them as centers for the flower.  by the way, that wasn't even in the example.  i like to claim good thinking occasionally. :)
 several hours later here's what i had!  
and this morning i climbed up in the attic and found my wreath hook.  
 
the end. 

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Viva Las Vegas

weekend in vegas pictures!

we stayed at caesar's and enjoyed being right by the shops and great restaurants!  

 i wore another Granny Smith shirt while in vegas, this is a new find, I got more clothes the weekend before last and am loving them.  
we had lunch at serendipity's which is one of my fave NYC places.  it's good in vegas too.  
frrrrozen hot chocolate (before my lunch even came!)
 
this wonderful chocolate thing is at Bellagio.  yay!
 we did the zip line over freemont street downtown.  it was really quick, and fun to say we did it.  i think at night when all the lights are on would be better, but we had dinner/show plans both nights so we didn't make it down there.  on another note you had to weigh before you went down the zip line due to their weight limit, and fun fact of the weekend was I weighed a pound more than my husband.  (currently he's in the kitchen eating cake and i'm not.....so maybe the scale will tip in my direction:)
it'stime to stop eating stuff like frrrrozen hot chocolate.  
 
bryan isn't really into taking pictures so i just have him take mine...i told him when we're old he'll be glad i have all of these pictures.  
 they said caesar's sits on like 85 acres or something crazy like that and that the bellagio and the next casino down would both fit on their property.  i do have blisters on my feet from all that walking.  
 i love the decorations inside bellagio.  their fall stuff is my fave, but their spring stuff was fun too.  
 atrium at bellagio 
 view from the tram to city center
 
we also went to see Viva Elvis at the Aria.  i LOVE elvis!  It was really good, I am always amazed by cirque shows b/c people who can hold themselves sideways from a bar are crazy athletic...and when they start doing flips from ribbons hanging from the sky...i do get a little anxious, but keeps my attention!  :)

my airplane photography!  i'm pretending this is the grand canyon.  

My favorite parts of the weekend were all the great restaurants.  We snacked at Beso's which is owned by Eva Longoria, Wolfgang Puck's Pizzeria, Seredipity's, Cheesecake Factory, a random mexican place...and I had coffee's and fruit tarts in the morning from Payard's chocolate place inside Caesar's!  I practically skipped out of bed every morning to go down stairs and get one (not as good as my Mama Carmen's coffee though).  It was great.  We were suppose to eat at Tao friday night and Bryan came down with a stomach bug Friday afternoon so I dined on Sushi at our hotel while he was miserable in bed.  He felt much better by the next day and 12 hours of sleeping, so all was well.

Thankful for a fun trip!

Sunday, March 4, 2012

Lena Beth's 1!

Sweet girl turned one on friday and we had a fun time celebrating little miss.

Give me that cake! :)





LB's birthday cake made me in the mood for strawberry cake.  Here's my layered strawberry lemon cake from today!
And since i eat and make all of that cake, I do some running.  Not enough by any means, but some.  My aunt Debbie and I did the LR 5K Saturday morning.  We had a fun time!

the zip tie antenna's on my shoes made me laugh.