Thursday, November 5, 2009

Vegas Girls Trip






We had our Vegas Girls Weekend a couple of weekends ago to celebrate myself, Wendi, and Deanna turning 40. We stayed in the same time shares that we did for Kim's b-day weekend. Wendi, her mom, Kim, myself, Elaine, Deanna, Amy, Trish, Pam, June, and Jennie all were there. Many more gals were invited, but sometimes life gets in the way, and as we all get older life gets more complicated. I appreciate everyone who came, we had a blast. Kim, Elaine and I drove up Thurs. night. It was a nervewracking drive as Kim likes to tailgate and is afraid to pass on some of the two lane roads. We made it safe and sound at around midnight. After settling in to sleep, Deanna, Trish and Amy came home from clubbing in the wee hours of the morning. D was so excited to see me, since she lives in FL and our visits are few and far between, she began jumping on me and yelling loudly about their evening. Yes, they had been drinking. The next morning some of us went out for a wonderful, lazy, kid free breakfast, with time to enjoy our coffee for as long as we liked. We headed to the mall where they have an awesome Macy's. As I realize I am going into too much detail, I will summarize the rest of the 4 day weekend as best I can.
U2 & Black Eyed Peas Concert - amazing
Bette Midler - in awe of her humor, voice, and humble manor
Gambling - not so kind to most
Brunch at the Rio - could hardly move after
Outlet Shopping - spent too much
Laughs with Old Friends - priceless
We are planning to go in Oct. 2010 if anyone wants to join us!
It is the time with the girls that regenerates me and reminds me of where I come from and who I am. Thanks for the memories gals!

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Trick or Treat 09





Another successful trick or treat night for the Phipps kids. Alex and Ben came over and we all had pizza and then the kids went out to get their candy door to door. Bella started off in this dinosaur costume after refusing to put on the adorable tinker bell costume I had purchased for her. After Tater kept biting her tail, she decided to take the dino off and was going to go trick or treating in her t-shirt and nothing else. I finally convinced her she had to wear a costume to get candy, so she put on Markie's old pirate costume, which looked great on her. The little ones just did one loop and settled in with a movie. It was cool enough for a fire pit this year, so that was nice. The kids had a great time and all got lots of candy, which they ate all day Sunday....I love Halloween, as I got the candy nobody else wanted! I just wish they hated reeses...