Hello, my lovely friends! I just had to do a blog post and share what a wonderful past week I had! The week of June 27th through July 3rd was a pretty fabulous one for me! It started in Vegas, one of my very favorite cities, where I was vacationing with three other girls in celebration of my friend Brandie's birthday. It was my fourth trip ever to Vegas, second this year--but the previous trips have been for a yearly photography convention held there. This one was purely for fun, so I was stoked! We stayed at the Wynn, which is so nice! As I mentioned, I looove Vegas! Everything there is so crazy and fun and extravagant and, in my opinion, pretty! Anyway, I remember after my first trip to Vegas several years ago, I remarked that if I were rich, I would go to Vegas every three to six months, just for fun. Well, I am certainly not rich, but I thought it was funny that I was going to Vegas this time just three months after I was there last! Sure, I might drive an old, crappy car that is losing it's air conditioning and sounds like it has cowbells attached to it, but I will travel, dang it! :) Here are a few photos from my trip...
Brandie sitting in the window of our room at the Wynn...
the view!
ahhh, the pools! *sigh*
A couple of point and shoot pics of myself and the birthday girl! On the right, you can see the Bellagio fountains behind us. :)
After coming home, I was a little deflated. You know that feeling you get after being away on vacation, right? Like, back to reality. But I couldn't stay down for long. You see, my family had been contacted about being in the Freedom Festival parade here in Bethany, OK, in honor of my brother Jack! He graduated from Bethany high school, and they wanted to honor his memory by having my family be the Grand Marshalls of the parade. Very cool! Obviously, I had never been in a parade before, so I was a tiny bit nervous about the whole thing. But I figured if I had my camera as protection, I would do fine! :) And when I saw my sweet ride, everything was cool! ;)
Here I am in the 2010 Corvette...
Have I ever mentioned that Corvettes are my favorite car? :)
It was very cool getting to ride in the parade in honor of Jack! When people cheered and clapped and waved their appreciation, I definitely had to swallow the lump in my throat a few times!
The night before the parade, I made these t-shirts for us to wear. The photo is one I took of Jack at his Special Forces graduation ceremony. I simply created the design for the shirt in photoshop and then printed it out into iron-on transfer paper. My sister Amber helped me iron it onto all those shirts!
Here's my family, plus my cousin Caleb who is visiting for a couple weeks from Iowa...
The skies opened up right as we were coming to the end of the parade route, so we sought shelter in a tent for a bit, then headed over to my mom's house for the afternoon. We came back up to the festival that evening after the rain stopped.
My nephews had fun riding the carnival rides...
I have always loved carnivals!
After it got dark, we sat and listened to the band play off in the distance...
We ended the day by watching the fireworks show, of course! :)
Overall, I would say that's a pretty fab week: I started it in Vegas and ended it by being in a parade! :) I am blessed!
~abi~
Brandie sitting in the window of our room at the Wynn...
the view!
ahhh, the pools! *sigh*
A couple of point and shoot pics of myself and the birthday girl! On the right, you can see the Bellagio fountains behind us. :)
After coming home, I was a little deflated. You know that feeling you get after being away on vacation, right? Like, back to reality. But I couldn't stay down for long. You see, my family had been contacted about being in the Freedom Festival parade here in Bethany, OK, in honor of my brother Jack! He graduated from Bethany high school, and they wanted to honor his memory by having my family be the Grand Marshalls of the parade. Very cool! Obviously, I had never been in a parade before, so I was a tiny bit nervous about the whole thing. But I figured if I had my camera as protection, I would do fine! :) And when I saw my sweet ride, everything was cool! ;)
Here I am in the 2010 Corvette...
Have I ever mentioned that Corvettes are my favorite car? :)
It was very cool getting to ride in the parade in honor of Jack! When people cheered and clapped and waved their appreciation, I definitely had to swallow the lump in my throat a few times!
The night before the parade, I made these t-shirts for us to wear. The photo is one I took of Jack at his Special Forces graduation ceremony. I simply created the design for the shirt in photoshop and then printed it out into iron-on transfer paper. My sister Amber helped me iron it onto all those shirts!
Here's my family, plus my cousin Caleb who is visiting for a couple weeks from Iowa...
The skies opened up right as we were coming to the end of the parade route, so we sought shelter in a tent for a bit, then headed over to my mom's house for the afternoon. We came back up to the festival that evening after the rain stopped.
My nephews had fun riding the carnival rides...
I have always loved carnivals!
After it got dark, we sat and listened to the band play off in the distance...
We ended the day by watching the fireworks show, of course! :)
Overall, I would say that's a pretty fab week: I started it in Vegas and ended it by being in a parade! :) I am blessed!
~abi~
2 comments:
My goodness the boys are growing like weeds! So, um, JEALOUS about Vegas ;) and so excited your family was able to represent and honor Jack in the parade. I agree... what a fabulous week!
I was wondering why you were in a parade when i saw your pic on facebook, and I'm excited it was one more way you can honor your brother. I think the shirts look fabulous! Thanks for sharing your week.. it looks like it was a blast!
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