Hayley and her Future Husband

This is Hayley and Ashton, her future husband.

Hayley doesn't know she will marry Ashton, and Ashton doesn't know he will marry Hayley. Ashton is one of Jacob's best friends.

This picture was taken during our Labor Day camping trip. Ashton's mom and I totally set it up so that we could display it at their wedding.

Baseball Game

Three nuns were attending a baseball game...

Three men were sitting directly behind them...

Because their habits were partially blocking the view, the men decided to badger the nuns hoping that they'd get annoyed enough to move to another area...

In a very loud voice, the first guy said, "I think I am going to move to Utah. There are only 100 nuns living there.".

Then the second guy spoke up and said, "I want to go to Montana, there are only 50 nuns living there."

The third guy said, "I want to go to Idaho. There are ony 25 nuns living there".

One of the nuns turned around, looked at the men, and in a very swet and calm voice said,

"Why don't you go to hell. There aren't ANY nuns there!!"

What Color are You?

I did this "What color are you thing" after I saw it on Kandi's blog.

You Are a Green Crayon

Your world is colored in harmonious, peaceful, natural colors. While some may associate green with money, you are one of the least materialistic people around. Comfort is important to you. You like to feel as relaxed as possible - and you try to make others feel at ease. You're very happy with who you are, and it certainly shows! Your color wheel opposite is red. Every time you feel grounded, a red person does their best to shake you.

What Color Crayon Are You?

I am NOT green. I like green, but my favorite color is red.

I went to Las Vegas with 2 friends from here, J and S and one of S's friends from Portland.

The whole intention of the trip was to get away from home, cut loose and have fun. We certainly accomplished that goal.

Because we live in small town Oregon there is no way that I could ever get totally drunk and silly and still be able to maintain my professionalism and reputation. And for S, it is worse. Her husband is a principal.

Going out of town is great for that reason alone. Just being able to check inhibitions and have a shot or 3 of tequila was fabulous.

The hangover? Not so fabulous.

I Left Las Vegas

Las Vegas was very fun. I am broke and tired.

This is the view from the room at The Paris. The fountains at the Bellagio are something else. Love them at night.

These guys are everywhere passing calling cards. If a person were so inclined, they could pretty much get whatever kind of hooker their heart desired for a price. There were even women hawking these cards.

We went to the dueling piano bar at the Paris on Friday night. What a great time.

I paid $8 for a freaking Bud Light or 3.

That was a lot cheaper than the tequila shots we were having with them at $13 a pop.

Saturday was a much slower day. Much of the day was spent reviving and recuperating. Room service was lovely. Later that afternoon we shopped (more). The shopping in Vegas is phenomenal. Especially for me because i just don't have that many shopping options here in Douglas county, Oregon! It is really too bad we opted to just carry bags on the plane and not check luggage. Because i had no room to get things back, my shopping was VERY limited.

I did manage to get more than a few things. My suitcase was a little sausage on the trip home!

Does anyone else take pictures of things when they are out shopping? I saw this Christmas decoration, but it was very $$$ and much too big to haul home. I know I can make it for less, so I took a picture to jog my memory.