Vegas Wedding Bells

Tyler and I were delighted to attend Ethan & Becca's wedding held in Las Vegas this past Monday. Though Vegas leaves much to be desired in regards to traffic, costs and such, it was a magnificant experience. Below you can see the happy couple as Becca talks on the phone.I can now say that I've seen "first hand" and "up close" many of the world famous Las Vegas sites. Here's a view of our hotel room. We were on the 23rd floor in the Excalibur.The rest of the pictures were taken in and around the Luxor. Here's one of Mom & Dad. All these indoor shots were taken without a tripod. I had limited options: either stand still or set my camera down and hope the subject stood still enough as the flash ruined any of the images with too much directional light.My dad has the camera with the pictures I took of the happy couple while dressed in their wedding ceremony clothing. One of the traditions they used was a tradition from Messianic Judaism, that of lighting a unity candle. Truly, it was a beautiful ceremony. To the happy couple, I simple offer this wish: mazel tov!

A painted Dawn

I could feel dawn compelling me to rise, so I arose early this morning.

Reflected on every willing surface, I did witness this glorious display of light.
Proudly, the sun displayed her painted skies, and I did partake.

All That Jazz

Living in Utah has had its impact on me. I didn’t grow up with TV or even caring about professional or college sports, TV shows…yeah, all that stuff didn’t matter to me. Strangely enough, the LDS capital of the world changed all of that for me. I follow NCIS, CSI, Chase, American Idol… a few others too. I’ve also (gasp) started to watch college and pro sports with my husband.

Along with that, I have been to a total of 3 Jazz games since moving to Utah. I learned who Kyle Korver was and why everyone was always talking about Boozer, AK 47, and my favorite: Deron Williams.

But, what really mattered to me was the fact that this was a basketball team named for the best kind of music there is. And they didn’t seem to have much to do with true groove of music… that is, until this season. They changed their logo and I’m proud to say, I finally caved in and bought a Jazz hoodie.

More importantly, for a work party, we went to see the Utah Jazz take down the Bucks. My nephew, Johnathan and niece Hannah got their first taste of the NBA and were “jazz”ed about it. Sorry, but I’m punny like that sometimes. Notice Johnathan's lips are blue from the blue cotton candy. Yum!

So, go D Will and go Jazz!