FAO Schwartz at Ceasar's Palace

It's hard to get a good picture of a little girl in a toy store, but we tried. One thing I like about living in Vegas is the strip is right at your fingertips if you ever need it, but then you can go home and pretend it's not there!

I thought this display was a bit on the creepy side. I guess you choose a doll out of the "nursery" to adopt. It just looks really strange and cost a whole big bunch.

Does anyone share my pain!!!!!?

I am so sad Pushing Daisies was canceled. If any of you didn't like it for some reason please let me in on it because I thought it was the best show to hit television in a long time. It was so incredibly unique to me. As one review states "it comes with an arch narrator and a lot of candy-colored, computer generated bucolic scenery, and that alone could discourage dyspeptics and others allergic to even the faintest hint of magical realism. But the story of Ned, a young man who can bring the dead back to life, is sweetly odd, but also oddly charming." For those of you who didn't see it, you can get the whole first season from Netflix. Let me know what you think. I'm just so upset. Maybe it wasn't trashy enough to make the cut, although Chenoweth shows a fair amount of skin. And you do find yourself craving a whole lot of pie :)

London at Christmas

London, like most children, is terrified of Santa. She was crying mid transfer to his lap.




This picture was taken in Vegas. For those of you who didn't know, we got a snowstorm here. It's like the biggest one they've ever had and it's our first winter here. Go figure. I can't get away from it!!!!!


Nika is London's only girl cousin here in Vegas and London thinks Nika is the coolest. She copies her all the time. It's so cute.

This is London's favorite present. Her and the cat hang out in it all
day!

Las Vegas Half Marathon

Tim and I ran the Las Vegas Half Marathon this Sun. There were just under 15,000 runners. WOW! It was a lot of fun. They had many entertaining things along the way to help make the long distance a little less painful. There was a huge firework display at the start, then we ran down the strip, there were Elvis impersonators everywhere, some ladies with Jesus posters shouted at us that Jesus was happy we were running, but that we should also be at church :), there was a run through chapel at mile five, and then the last four miles went down Industrial Ave... otherwise known as stripper row. So it was fun, but let me tell you, those last four miles hurt like crazy. It felt like there were nails in my knees. Luckily Tim was there to encourage me not to walk, or I might have started to crawl.... and cry. We ran the whole way, which was our goal, so I guess it went well. I did walk a few yards at mile twelve because I stopped for gatorade and just couldn't figure out how to run again. It may not have been the most scenic run, but it was a good one to do for a first marathon because it was flat the whole way. Now if I can just stop limping I'll chalk it up to a good experience!!!!!

Book Group

I've joined a book group here in Vegas and I've really enjoyed it. It started out as the Mommy and Me East Las Vegas Book Group, but since the Mommy and Me Group no longer exists, it's open to anybody. It consists of women from all different backgrounds, religious beliefs, and careers so there's always intellectual discussion from many various view points. I'm actually taking over as the coordinator for this group, so if anyone out there in the area is interested in joining, let me know. One person from the group picks a book for the month and the restaurant we eat at. We try to match the restaurant style with the theme of the book. It's really fun. The book for this month was The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne. We always discuss the history of the author before the book so it's quite informational. I think the general consensus for this book was that it's a clever story line, it's a great classical book, but it's not something you'd read for pure entertainment purposes. There's pages and pages of character descriptions that you kind of find yourself skimming over. But overall it was a perfect story for the Halloween season and I think it should be made into a movie. It also gives good insight on how the upper class could be a curse. Our next book is The Road by Cormac McCarthy. I hear it's a pretty heavy and emotional read so proceed with caution.

A little Twilight humor

Hey all you Twilight fans...or not so big of fans. This is a link for a cartoon clip drawn by my sister-in-law's sister, Ginger Armstrong. She does a lot of drawings for story books and things, but I think her comics are great. This clip made me laugh really hard! I think she's summarized things well. Check it out.




http://scargut-the-gutless.deviantart.com/art/Methinks-Bella-likes-Edward-99242138

Pictures of London