So we made it to Phoenix from Vegas. After too many holidays, I had to hit the laptop for two days straight to catch up on work and get the office moving for the first of the year. Many companies like ours are slow this time of year, but we rarely are. Love that we are ready to hire another developer too! Yay!! Anyhoo - Jeff caught up on much needed rest and the kids were entertained by their adorable cousins, Nani & Papa, Granny and Aunt Kiana. They ...

We left Vegas with a skip and a jump in our steps. We are super lucky to work for cool clients like the Chili Peppers and to have family and friends to both hook us up and especially to enjoy it with. Amazing adventures. We stopped at the Hoover Dam on our way to Phoenix. Jeff and I remember our family trips through the Hoover Dam. It was incredible that we all drove through the dam directly. Now there is another freeway that goes around it. There is also ...

What an amazing day and night!!! It wasn't what we had planned, but usually the best days aren't exactly that. We started out by checking out the Bellagio, and taking a tour of their gardens. We didn't really want to drive any place because the strip really shuts down to all traffic, and we didn't think we could get back into our hotel garage. So from there, we decided to take a taxi over to Circus Circus, where the kids and I planned on hitting up the amus...

The Vegas strip was happening last night. It would have been fun to come just as a couple, and I feel bad that we aren't really able to hang out with Hollie or Narci, two of our favorite people, but I have to admit it is a blast with the kids. Jeff was able to sneak away after we all hit the sack and have some fun with the adults. We saw lots of sites and scenes all around the strip. We drove over to Stratosphere on our way back from Pawn Stars, and that p...

Pawn Stars is a favorite of all of the boys, and they were geeked to go to the spot. It is actually a pretty small store, We saw some cool silver dollars, jewerly, and mostly high end merchandise in the store, not like a typical pawn shop. It looks like they sell more memorabilia and on e-bay more than anything these days. There were several items from episodes in the store, including a really cool white Studebaker. None of the stars of the show were there,...