VICTORVILLE...............

Can you see the lovely Donuts & Deli....next to it was a little gem hiding,  and their food was so delicious........

The hand printed menu......

Carne Asada......ummmm

Tacos

We licked our plates clean.....

Road Trip.....1st stop

Well, this year for our 32nd anniversary Mr. Mr. and I decided on a road trip.  We started by going to Jakity-do-dah-day's missionary farewell in Washington, Utah.  It was great, so many family members were there to support him.  He is leaving to go to the MTC in Mexico City, then it's off to the wild wild mid-west of Oklahoma City Spanish speaking mission.  He will be AWESOME  We stayed in a condo with Travis & Mandi and those Lloyd kiddos...it was fantastic!  Such a great way to stay rather than a hotel.....Mr. Mr. was a bit apprehensive but it turned out GREAT.

Then we left and headed to Las Wages (Vegas)  It was Boyd's birthday on the 27th and I purchased tickets about 2 days prior...in such a panic of "what do I get this guy" mode. So we went to

see Cirque "Love" show.  But before we could go to the show we needed to eat.  We went to a yummy burger joint. BLT Burger in the Mirage.  The waiters had shirts that on the back it said: "Tip waiters not cows" we thought it was pretty funny.

We hit the gift shop that had all Beatle-mania crap  stuff and purchased Mr. Mr. a T-shirt and a tie.  He's pretty excited to wear the Tie to church....

This burger was B-I-G, even too large for my mouth!

I think the Las Vegas strip is a sewer and this trip did not do anything to change my mind.  We stayed at "South Point" about 10 miles south of all the nuttiness on Las Vegan Blvd. it was inexpensive and fit the bill.  I will stay there again....yeah like in 5 years when I forget I have Vegas and end up there again!!  That being said, the show was amazing.  We so loved it, and look forward to another Cirque show.  Happy Birthday Mr. Mr.  I love getting him presents that I get to enjoy with him!!

There was absolutely nothing that wasn't impressive in this show.  Save your shekels and get yourself some tickets to this show.....no regrets.....;I would so do it again...and again.

Beginning of a Road Trip......

We headed to St. George for Jakity-Do-Dah-Days missionary farewell and stayed in a condo with this goof.

No trip with Lance is complete w/o a concrete...

I thought the place was extra stinky,

and so not worth the wait or the $$

shenanigans.......brotherly love...

A sweet mermaid in the tub.....

Elder Paxman

Today, I had the opportunity to go thru the temple

with Jakity-do-dah-day and his parents. 

Jake is getting ready to serve a mission in Oklahoma.....yee-haw

I've never been in the Provo Temple, so this was a first for me. 

It was lovely.

Ah.......the Angel Moroni always make me happy.

She's STUNNING

Oh goodness, Betty is blooming

(I name all of my gardenias Betty,

that was Boyd's Mothers name,

and her favorite flower was a gardenia)

The smell is intoxicating....

like a warm summer breeze that floats over the ocean..

I don't know how long she'll last.....

we don't have the greatest climate for these beauties,

but I keep trying....they are so beautiful and they are creating the most delicious fragrance in my home.

They didn't do this to each other!!

Peggi sent me these pictures.....with the caption, "They didn't do it to each other." Man when I looked at them it made me cringe.  Dad too a tumble, it resulted in a black eye and a missing tooth.  He almost looks proud in this photo...at least he's smiling....sort of. From what Mom's been telling me, he's taking quite a few tumbles.

Now..........this is something else...Mom fell on the steps outside in the back porch......this is a real butt-pucker.....just looking at it makes me sad....the poor gal.  She has her hands full, taking care of Dad and the yard and house...Mom, on the other hand doesn't look proud....she looks put-out.

Hair cut.....phase 1

This is about as long as I can stand my hair.....stringy....

stringy...did I mention stringy....

So, I had about 4 inches taken off.....I think this is just the

start......I'll call it phase 1