Vegas Baby!

I am so totally behind, but here's a little catch up.

The weekend before Easter was quite a busy one for us. That Thursday, Jared had Lasik done. He has been wanting it for such a long time. He's worn glasses since he was 10 years old and was just sick of it. So we decided to set aside some of his profit sharing money for the procedure. He is so glad he did it, he absolutely loves it. He had no complications and his vision was better almost immediately. It was a little fuzzy the first day, then continually got better until he could see just as well, if not better, than he was able to with glasses or contacts. The first few nights he was supposed to tape some funky protective lenses to his face so that he wouldn't scratch or rub his eyes in the middle of the night. He looked pretty goofy! One night he woke up and found them taped to his stomach instead. hee hee I was supposed to take pictures of him for his sister Julie, but I forgot and he has since thrown them away. Sorry Julie! Anyway, he just went in for his two week follow up and everything looks great.

The day after having it done he had to go in for a check up real quick in the morning, then we were on our way to Las Vegas. My super cute cousin Jennifer was having a baby shower for her first baby so we decided to take a little mini vacation. I love Vegas, I'll look for any reason to go! Her shower was so much fun. All of her friends did a great job planning it and she is an absolutely adorable little preggo lady.

While we were there we got to visit with so much family, it was wonderful. My parents were there along with my aunt & uncle and grandma from Cali. Then we got to see my aunt & uncle who live in Vegas along with 4 of my cousins and their cute families who all live there. My brother and his family also stopped by for a few hours on their way home from Sacramento. It was like a Martin family reunion. There was only one of my cousins who wasn't there. I love my mom's side of the family. We all lived close growing up and got to see one another often. We have all stayed fairly close as we've gotten older, I only wish we could see each other more often.

Some good friends of ours had us over for dinner on Sunday night and we got to see their little guy for the first time. What a cutie pie! The kids all had a fun time playing together while we got caught up on each other's lives.

We also got in some fun shopping and good eating while we were there.

It was fun just driving around to different parts of town that hold fond memories for us. We showed the kids the church building we met at, the casino we went to on our first date to see a movie & play in the arcade, the Temple we were sealed in and our first home.

Every time I go back to Las Vegas it's so hard to leave. I forget how much I miss it until I'm there. Not to mention the weather was beautiful while we were there. It was really windy the first day (that's to be expected in Vegas in March) but the rest of the weekend was perfect. It was so sunny and warm. That's part of the appeal, especially after a long winter in Utah. But believe you, me, in just a couple of months I'd be wanting to come back to Utah after not being able to walk outside without blistering from the heat. Maybe we'll just get a winter home there and come back here in the summers. A girl can dream can't she? =)

Oh yeah, one more thing. We all know how great I am at forgetting to bring my camera places right? Well, I actually remembered to bring it with us! The only problem is that I couldn't remember where I put it. I searched through all of our stuff but didn't end up finding it until we unpacked once we got home. Oh well, what do you do?