Memorial Day

Memories.....

Moving.....

and much more.

Memorial Day weekend was a bit of an emotional roller coaster. It was difficult visiting Steve's grave and being reminded of our incredible loss, and void in our lives. Moving Meagan and Quinn to Vegas, in the same weekend, added another dimension of sadness. It was extremely difficult for all of us, but especially the younger kids. They are very close to their sister, and are really sad that she won't be 5 minutes away anymore.

We had a great time visiting Las Vegas. There are many wonderful things about Las Vegas, and there are many things that characterize it as "Sin City". I won't go until details about what may define it as such, let's just say, my younger kids got their eyes opened a tad.

There were lots of interesting billboards that made us laugh. One in particular was advertising Dr. Reefer. His logo was a marijuana plant, and it said, "To get legal today, call Dr. Reefer.

We went shopping at Town Square while we were waiting for the U-Haul to arrive. I had to invoke the "forced, family, fun", policy to get everyone to come. It is a fabulous place to shop! It is similar to the Gateway in Salt Lake, but ten times the Gateway. It has amazing shopping, entertainment, and great eating establishments. The boy's didn't see the attraction, probably because we just shopped, but indulged us.

The girls favorite place to shop, was H & M. They had scouted this out in advance, and would only go to a mall that had H & M. The clothes are inexpensive, and fashionable; every college student's dream.

The funniest moment at the mall, was Lizzy's experience trying on clothes. The door to the dressing room was locked, so she slid on her back under the door, only to find the dressing room was occupied. Now this wasn't just any slide. This was a lay on the floor, legs bent, smiling face, fast slide. I think she slid out as fast as she slid in when she was eye-to-eye with strangers. I'm not sure who was more embarrassed, Lizzy, or the occupants.

The boys were such good sports, but were thrilled when we finally left Town Square. We took them to the Nike outlet, for payment of enduring such agony. Mike found some great shoes, and Ben's purchase was of course, a ball. He took the ball EVERYWHERE with him. As we would traipse through the casino trying to get to our hotel room, patrons would encourage Ben to throw them a pass.

Church started at 9:00 a.m. The boys wore their basketball shoes with their Sunday clothes. I'm still wondering whether it was a wardrobe mishap or wardrobe mischief. When Ben got in the car after church, he ripped off his Sunday shirt and there was a Bountiful Baseball T-Shirt underneath. Sunday after church we went to see the fountains at the Ballagio. I am not sure that was a great Sunday activity. We parked at Cesar's Palace and had to walk through the hotel to get to the fountain. If you have ever been to Cesar's Palace you know what I mean.

We had a great time, shopping, eating out, spending time at the pool, seeing a few sites in Las Vegas, and mostly.....spending time with Meagan and Quinn. We are going to miss them so much!

We all were really happy when Meagan drove home with us to pick up a car in Salt Lake. She will be staying with us until Thursday. I told the kids maybe we can just go back and forth until she gets tired of it and moves back.