Kelsey's Birthday Party

Our cousin/niece, Kelsey, celebrated her 7th birthday last weekend with a big birthday bash at a park in San Francisco. We joined in on the festivities and had a fun afternoon enjoying the nice weather and sunshine.

In other news, the house selling is going well. We've been on the market for a little over three weeks now, and are generating a ton of interest. We've gotten around 15 groups of people at each open house, and there's probably half a dozen showings during the week where realtors bring in interested clients. We've had three offers, and have countered two of them. Fingers crossed. :)

So Big!

Cassie is growing quickly and learning lots of new tricks. One of her latest is "So Big!" where she raises her hands over her head to demonstrate how big she is.



Note that YouTube now support HD videos. If you have a VERY fast internet connection, you can view new videos that we post in glorious 720p high definition. It's much clearer than normal, but does take significantly more bandwidth. Look for the "HD" button in the lower right hand side of videos for the option to switch. Also, occasionally YouTube will give an error that the video is unavailable. Just refresh and try again, this is usually a server-side problem.

John's Hockey Team Wins Championship

John's hockey team finished up its first ever season on ice with a championship last night. We beat our league rivals in back-to-back wins to take the best of 3 series. John finished the season with 6 goals and 3 assists, putting him in the #5 spot of 23 players for total points. Our final record was 15-6-4.

Fun Vegas Trip

Our trip to Las Vegas was a ton of fun. April Fool's jokes aside, John actually did do really well at the Blackjack tables. We had amazing food, including our anniversary dinner at 2 Michelin star-rated Alex Restaurant. Carrie got to enjoy the world-class spas, we spent time relaxing at the pool, and we got to catch the really fun Blue Man Group show. This picture is the view from our room at the Wynn Hotel, obviously breaktaking. Not only did we have amazing views of the strip, you can also see the famous Wynn waterfall in the middle of the picture.

Shopping at Manolo Blahnik

One of the highlights of going to Las Vegas is that Carrie can go shopping at some of the amazing designer stores there. We took Carrie shopping at Christian Louboutin and Jimmy Choo, but she returned to her favorite shoe store, Manolo Blahnik.

This trip was to celebrate our four year anniversary. Traditionally, the gift for the fourth year is "fruit and flowers." Carrie got John a cool avocado plant because he LOVES avocados. John got Carrie a floral print dress from Ted Baker and a new pair of shoes from Manolo Blahnik. You can see her wearing the dress in this picture along with the shoes she ended up loving the most.

Happy April Fool's Day!

OK, so Carrie didn't actually hit a huge jackpot at slots (yet). We're just having some fun. But we are actually in Vegas. And we are actually having a ton of fun. Happy April Fool's Day everyone!

Carrie Hits it Big!!!!

We've only been in Vegas for a few hours and the unbelievable has already happened! On a lark, Carrie dropped a quarter into a Wheel of Fortune slot machine on our way out to the pool and hit a $15,000 jackpot!!!!! This has never happened before, and is especially ironic because Carrie doesn't gamble at all. Because the jackpot is over $1,200, we had to fill out a bunch of tax paperwork. But needless to say, our trip is more than paid for and we're going nuts! We're now hanging out at the pool so that Carrie can pick out all her spa services, and we're deciding on what clubs to go hit up tonight. Unfortunately, the new club at Wynn, XS, isn't open on Wednesdays. But I'm sure we'll find plenty of other fun elsewhere.