What Happens in Vegas... Again

Since we spent Mother's Day up in Oregon with my family, Ian and I decided to drive down to Vegas and spend some time with his family over Father's Day. The drive wasn't too bad, though gas was pretty durn expensive. Ian was sick the night before, so he slept (or tried to) while I drove most of the way. He was nice and drove into Vegas. For some reason I just really don't like driving into cities that I don't know well... then end. ANYWAY...

Friday night we went out to eat with some of the Oxborrow family friends. We went to Memphis BBQ and it was splendid... I had a blackberry lemonade with my delectable dinner and it was delish! We had some good conversation. Ian and I sat in the very back of the SUV... and it was funny. Ian is so tall he can't even sit in the back, he had to have his head sideways the entire time... poor man. The rest of the night was spent chatting! It was great.

On Saturday Ian helped his dad move one of the ward members and then we headed out to Pahrump, NV where Ian's grandparent's live. It was fun to see the old haunts of Ian's childhood where he and his siblings spent a bit of time each summer. We also happened to be there the same time as his aunt and uncle, so I was able to meet them too! It was a lot of fun.

We picked up food for dinner and whatnot, then we headed home and watched The Princess and the Frog and When in Rome. Ian and I saw The Princess and the Frog over Valentine's weekend (as I know I've mentioned before) and we NEVER get sick of it! It's one of our favorite Disney shows! So, if you haven't seen it, DO IT! Ian's mom and sister loved When in Rome and wanted us to share the bliss... and it was hilarious indeed! :)

Sunday we went to church. Ian's mom gave this amazing lesson on the Atonement. I know her words really touched many class members and made them really think and ask questions, which is exactly what a great teacher does! After church Ian's dad grilled up some steak (which was divine), Livvi made biscuits and helped me with the pressure cooker and the carrots, and with the potatoes it the perfect Father's Day meal!

We drove home after dinner and made a pit-stop out in the desert to look at the stars. It was perfect! Ian called to some of the desert critters and they called back! It was so cool!

Monday we went up to Ogden to celebrate Father's Day with my family. We gave my dad a ninja hamster. It's hilarious. We also went and saw Ashlee's play Footloose. She did a great job dancing and singing her heart out!

Now on to the wedding weekend. Congrats to my cousin Aaron and his awesome fiance (soon to be wife!).

Hunting UFOs

So when I was in elementary school... fifth or sixth grade... I became a nerd, geek, whatever you want to call me. I fell in love with Star Wars and Star Trek. Like for real. Hah. If you're ever lucky enough to see my room at my parent's, which, I might add, is fully intact, you will notice two center calendar spreads of the starship Enterprise and that a full fourth of my book collection in that room is Star Wars books.

It all began innocently enough with watching Star Trek: The Next Generation with my parents at 10 on weeknights. Re-runs, of course. I guess it really began earlier than that. See, my school had this program called "Pegasus" where a group of about 15 students from the 5th and 6th grades in elementary were asked to essentially leave school for two days and become the crew and mission control of our very own space shuttle simulator Pegasus. It was awesome. We got to do science experiments and activities, and then conclude the adventure with an actual simulation of the space shuttle launch, mission, and landing. Fantastic, right?!

The instigator of this program was a third grade teacher named Mrs. Hanebut. She was amazing. And I blame my obsession with science fact and fiction on her. So anyway, I digress...

So I would watch with my parents and I felt pretty cool because I was able to stay up late. One of the perks of being the oldest, I suppose.

That led to my fascination with Sci-fi in general, and led me one day a book rack at Albertsons and specifically to a book for young adults about the children of Han and Leia. I was intrigued. And thus began my collection of a ridiculous number of Star Wars books.

And yet, I have fallen far from where I was going with this whole blog post in the first place. Being that it is opening weekend for the Star Trek movie, you may think you know where this is going, but, no indeed, you do not.

See folks, apparently I'm going to be working next week on the History Channel show UFO Hunters. Not even joking. It's going to be awesome, and I think that the 6th grade geek in me is going to come out with a vengeance. I'll let you know how it goes...