Happy New Year!

So we have some good news....we are officially homeowners!! Ahhh!



We enjoyed the holidays we had here, but also missed our family in GA. And we look forward to what the new year will bring. We are grateful for all we have and for the blessings of the gospel. We are also grateful for the economic crisis because it has brought the Las Vegas real estate to its lowest...haha! No, it has been a difficult time but also a blessed time.



This is the beautiful view we get from our house. I LOVE the sunsets here! They are breathtaking. I also love the snow in the mountains-not on the roads!!

I will get some more pics and hopefully a video up of the house. SO, if anyone has an itchin to
come to Vegas...let us know!

I created this slide for the stairs....it was awesome! The boys loved it! Haha...

Thats pretty much what I do on my spare time.

YAY for the Holidays!

I can't believe it is half-way through December already! The time has gone by so fast. We have been able to do some fun activiites so far.....






We ran in the Las Vegas Santa RUN!! It was really fun. I am very out of shape but it was a good time. There are TONS of Santas running around!!


Can you find me?






It even snowed a little....HA. Not really! We just found out we could make it snow on our camera!




We went to the Venetian to look at what Adam has been working REALLY HARD on to create:


It was breathe taking in there! Good Job HUNNY!! I am proud of YOU!

These were huge Polar Bears made out of Poinsettas. And the sea of red is cranberries in water.



AMAZING!







My nephew is very SERIOUS when it come to judging Christmas decorations......


















Then we got to go see BLUE MAN GROUP (in the 3rd row of course) courtesy of the VENETIAN!! It was awesome!!

Octooober!

I do love the fall! Great weather=it didn't snow on Halloween! Sorry for those up north...suckers! hahaha. If you need a vacation you can come visit me! Although in July I will want to be up there...oh well. We are still enjoying it here in Vegas.

WHO wouldn't with these 2 around?!!

We went to the pumpkin patch and had fun sliding and petting the animals and smashing the pumpkins...ok we didn't smash them, but that would be fun too. We also went trick-or-treating with my nephews. They were so CUTE! I love them...they light up my life!!

They went as Nacho Libre and his tag team(don't know his name). It was so funny! Adam and I threw ours together at the last second. I just wanted to wear my mask!

Just Bored...

OK...I am so freaking bored I could shoot myself, not really, but maybe! I am WAITING for one of my jobs to go through so I am going stir crazy. I am trying to fill my days with as much as I can and be productive. It is harder to be productive when you have NOTHING to do rather then when there is a lot to do, for some reason.

I have been able to spend time with my nephews...which I LOVE! They are so cute and fun...unless they are being brats...then not so much fun, but I still laugh at them.

Our camera pooped out on us a few months ago so I haven't been able to take pictures. I was wanting to wait until Black Friday when the good deals come out. But, Adam had some money saved up from some side jobs he did and it was BURNING a hole in his pocket! He had a few things in mind he wanted, like an I-touch or an upgraded stereo for his truck. BOTH were denied! So then he mentioned a camera, knowing I would go for that...and I DID!! So now I am just waiting for it to arrive....Then I can post some pics and let you know how it goes!

SO... I just wanted to share an awesome deal I got the other day. I was browsing the clearance section at Michaels and found a cute scrapbook for $6 so I thought I would get it since I have been able to get a lot done all the time I have at the moment.

I slide my card and she asks if I have a penny and I am like why, she says it is .01 cent! I am SHOCKED............ ONE CENT?

Well, of course I had to go back and get some more!! She said they were discontinued and thats why they were so cheap. AWESOME!!

I also just have to say how much I LOVE this ice cream. It is Amazing!!

Thats all.

5 YEARS!

We celebrated our 5th year anniversary over the weekend! I can't believe it has been that long...not that it is LONG, but you know! I love my husband more than anything and I know that I will always be happy as long as he is around.

We had a wonderful CELEBRATION where we said "Happy Anniversary, I LOVE YOU"! And that was about all we could afford. Best Ever.

BUT, we found out that same day that Adam got a JOB! He is the newest member of the Horticulture dept. in the Venetian. WOOT WOOT!! We are WAY WAY excited! I am hoping this means free Blue Man tickets...haha.

I am so proud of him. He has worked really hard and been through a lot. We were really BLESSED to have gotten a job so quickly here. We couldn't find one for 6 months in Dallas and we are given a great one within 2 weeks of being here. The Lord has His hands in all things. We are grateful for all we have learned.

We had a BBQ for family night and it was so much FUN!!

This was the 1st Marshmallow turner....the more mallows the better...

But then he found THIS...the fire was too HOT...this worked well!!

I tried to use this TREE...but I couldn't get it...darn it



Adam ran up the hill to explore...so of course the other 2 had to so they wouldn't be shown up, they just didn't move as quickly!

Fabulous Las Vegas!

So, we finally made it to VEGAS. It was quite the trip! It was hard to leave all our good friends in Texas but we know that this is where we need to be now. FUN times were had there though that is for sure! We had water volleyball tournaments, we went to a youth activity at the water park(we always enjoy the youth activities more than the youth) and got in trouble for being too rowdy in the lazy river, yard sales, games etc.

One really awesome thing that happened before we left was our truck got ran into...in our parking lot...by a guy on a motorcycle...days before we had to leave...GREAT!

I was driving behind the guy and saw him run into it. I was in shock. I quickly got out expecting to call 911 b/c he busted is head open. He was up and I asked if he was ok and he said yeah so then I said well you ran into my TRUCK! He said oh man. Uh, yeah! So I went to get Adam and show him the damage. THe guy just about took off the bumper. Then the neighbor came out and was wondering what happened and I pointed to the front bumper of her REALLY nice BMW where it was all mashed in and then I pointed at the motorcycle guy(he did it)! It was not a good day.

Whats really great is the guy was test riding the bike and the bike owner has NO insurance, so of course the ins. company decides to go with the guy who has no insurance and we have to pay for it! We were rushing the insurance b/c we had to move and kind of have to have a bumper that can pull a trailer and the guy says, "well Mr. Kelley you really shouldn't schedule your moving dates around mechanic repairs." Ha ha! What an idiot. Adam tells him that we did not PLAN on our truck getting ran into RIGHT before we have to leave.

Well, now we have a shiny new bumper! It came late but with the help of my parents and our good friend Scott Crappa we were able to get everything ready for the big move. It was nice having my parents with us to give us company and trade off drivers. We stopped at some amazing ANTIQUE stores! And we just HAD to stop in Pecos Texas and get their famous cantelopes! It was fun.