Baby Shower
We decided to do a Build-A-Library baby shower for Sarah, at her new home. As Dr. Seuss says, "Fill your house with lots of books, in all the crannies and all the nooks!" The baby [...]
NY Eve in Vegas
It was cool and breezy, but just a few steps away from our door was the Stirling Club - now reopened and in full on party mode. We stayed at the party until 11:30, then [...]
Las Vegas Bowl
The Boise State Broncos played the Washington Huskies in Vegas. Our friends Butch and Jerri Henry (Boise State alumni) are just about the biggest Boise State fans on the planet, and treated us to great [...]
Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona
This park is huge! It takes a while to see 221,390 acres. Bonus: Petrified Forest National Park is the only national park that contains a segment of Historic Route 66.
Atomic Energy in Abuquerque, MX
Atomic energy and its resulting weaponization has always been extremely controversial. The National Museum of Nuclear Science and History is a great museum to explore both the dark and the lighter sides of the issue. [...]
Route 66
Route 66 was our route through Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico and Arizona before we cut north to Nevada.
Oklahoma City National Memorial
A sobering day seeing the Oklahoma City National Memorial, honoring the victims of the 1995 domestic terrorist bombing. Until September 11, 2001, the Oklahoma City bombing was the deadliest terrorist attack in the history of [...]
Oklahoma City, OK?
We took a rest from our car trip in Oklahoma City, then played tourist at the Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum.
St. Louis, MO
Someone had the brilliant idea 💡 of buying a car in St. Louis and driving it back to Vegas 🙄 Oh, wait. That was me. Snowy ❄️ road trip here we come! We'd planned on staying a few days in [...]
Christmas Tea in Seattle
Our annual Christmas shenanigans in Seattle!
Turkey Time in Moline
Fun time with family in Moline. It was pretty cold there, so we mostly stayed inside.
Playing in Seattle
We like to pack in the events when we hit Seattle - this was a great three days of friends and family.