Relaxing Weekend

After a couple of busy weeks back at school and a big vacation last weekend, this weekend was a much slower pace.  We cleaned the house, took care of grocery shopping, and caught up on sleep.  Sunday afternoon we were happy for football to return and even grilled out some burgers.

Adi and Daddy relaxing and watching football.

Love the fire pit!

First time I've ever seen a praying mantis "in the wild".  It was hanging out in our backyard.

We were washing out Adi's doghouse and saw another praying mantis hiding in it.

The best part of the fire pit...Smores!  Don't feel too sorry for Adi...she got a marshmallow.

We call this one "Senior Portrait."

Viva Las Vegas

 The Ticer clan traveled to Las Vegas over Labor Day weekend to celebrate Mom's recent milestone birthday.  We had a fabulous trip!  Here we are outside the Bellagio waiting for the dancing fountain show.

This is at the MGM Grand.  We took in a couple of shows while we were there.  Ka (a Cirque d' Soleil show) and David Copperfield.  Both shows were good, but I think David Copperfield was everyone's favorite.

 The shopping was also awesome.  At the Nike store they had a mannequin dressed out in every NFL uniform!  Very impressive, and a fun way to get pumped up about the new season.

Dancing fountains at the Bellagio.

Here we are squeezed in for a couple of group shots before the David Copperfield show.

                           Here is Bryan under the glass flowers in the lobby of the Bellagio.

 I'm posing with Bumblebee and Allan (with Baby Carlos) from the Hangover.  Ok, so we didn't realize until after the picture that you were supposed to tip them...rookie mistake.  And below is a picture of me at Coca-Cola world beside the wall of coke from all over the world.

Here is one of me in the gardens at the Bellagio.

 Here is Dad with the birthday girl outside the Bellagio.  It was a great show of the dancing water.

 Here's Bryan near the wall of M&M's at M&M World.  They even had his new favorites...raspberry M&M's and the dark chocolate and mint M&M's.

 Since the MGM is famous for it's boxing matches (and the movies/lion logo) we took a pic of us duking it out beside the ring containing the gold lion.

 We checked out the shark reef at Mandalay Bay.  Here Bryan is checking out the octopus.  Below, Mom, Dad, & Avery are waiting for the sting rays to swim by so they can touch them.

 We had such a great time!  It was fun to check out the sights in Vegas, but the best part was being together.