birthday post part II of II

Ok, I'm starting withi part II of II because I have to get the pictures for part I from the Gutts (I went cameraless). So we will start with, well, we have to start with this picture because I don't know how to move it down, but it's part of the Vegas part. Don't we look just like the statue??? And then we move on to the morning of my birthday. I mad 2 batches of salsa....my neighbors awesome recipe, and it was burning hot! So I called her, left frantic messages then decided to figure out the problem myself. I was adding a whole package of "hot taco mix" (not seasnonig...the dried hot taco mix by the mexican dried spices) instead of 1T. So I made about 8 batches to bring the burn down. And then we canned....which is where the other pictures come in....

We made apple pie filling to can, and of coarse an apple pie...which I didn't get a stinking piece of!
Ah, now on to Vegas. We left Saturday morning and shopped ALL day and got Jase a killer suit for Father's Day, which I will post pictures of as soon as I take some. Then we went to blue man group...AWESOME! The first half hour I was a little worried that we just paid 5 star prices for a high school musical, but they must have felt my let down because they kicked it up about 10 notches. VERY weird, but very cool. And if you know me, you know I don't like people dressed up in character, and especially people painted up....I was a little worried in this picture...oh, and yes, I'm turning violet.
We just took this pic because we were pretty excited to be staying at the Monte Carlo. Good times.
Um, another pretty excited picture...my new lucky's (almost love em as much as those buckles) but look at the size. woo hoo!

Ahh, now to the casinos. We always go to vegas with the Johns! We love the Johns. Good times are always had with the Johns. Amy entertained us at the Black Jack table. She was doing fine, but the dealer kept giving her crappy cards! Stupid dealers!!!!

And I just kept seeing signs that reminded me of 2 of my favorite people.....
and....
And this was at the Bellagio garden....see the face in the tree behind us?
And I had to take a picture of this because we want these shooting fountains all over our back yard.


Big birds...little guy

Um, funny story here...actually, quite agravating to someone like me! So this lady OFFERS to take our picture cause she could tell that we BOTH wanted to be in the picture with the THREE blue men. But uh, her dumb husband would NOT get out of our picture! She even said, "you're in their picture". He stood HAPPILY mind you, with his arms folded. So I went on the other side...blah. Oh, and great job with the clarity of th epicture lady! No blurriness here!!!
Ok, on to my final goal of the trip...to get some killer gelato! We got it last time we came, and it was about $6 or $7, but so worth it. I mean look at how decorated and fancy it is....
With flavors like Smores, Snickers, Mango, and seriously the best creaminess in a gelato ever. So we ordered the "mid-size". Don't do that. They don't show you the prices til you get over to the register. Let's just say 2 mid sizes = 1/2 midsize car!!!! Our total was $38! So we lingered and enjoyed it for as long as we could. I have to say it was amazing though. (ignore the backfat)



Mmm, Jase got mango (made me mad that he didn't get 2 kinds in there, how great would mango with amazing pina colada be?!) and I got half snickers half smores. Mmmmm

Then we realized we didn't have any pictures WITH the Johns. So we got one in the Forum SHoppes. We decided to all where black and white and have brown hair, oh, wait, except Amy.
The trip home. Probably one of the highlights of the trip. There was an EVIL Bon Jovi game, the annoying backseat driver (me), the many fast food stops to junk up our systems a little more before the end of the trip. And who could forget Travis throwing his drink at the window out of sheer frustration. Thanks Travis.
The most amazing thing to me though, was the fact that Dr. Jason L. Mulder ate 2 fast food burgers in one day!!! That has never, and probably will never happen again! First he asked for Carl's Jr. Then while we were at the drive through for Amy's Panda Express. I mentioned In n Out, so we went there and he got burger #2. Good job baby, way to make me feel like I'm married to a real man!!!!


Doesn't he just look soo happy?! I've never seen him look that happy with a salad.


Now on to normal, noneatting good looking Jase. I have to say, that $500 in clothes I got him over the weekend...well worth it! I'll have to take more pictures, but we got some jeans that actually look great on him, rather than ones that cost $8 (seriously the rest of his jeans are all under $16!), and mmm Mmm, he looked good....as long as you didn't look directly at him...nice....

YIKES!
Nice!
Ah, then Jase got his hands on my camera. and thought it'd be a good idea to take a picture of Amy. Here's happy Amy, one picture, fine....
Oooh, he snapped again, the hand goes up....

It stays up, but not trusting that he's put the camera down, she checks her mirror....still up.

Now she must take things into her own hands!!!




Lesson Learned!

Thanks Johns for a killer trip! See ya next summer...Bellagio Suites n Cirque!