*Vegas*

George and I traveled to the seductive city of sin for a few days of relaxation and entertainment. We did not travel alone... we met up with Kelly and Chip and a few other friends. With 108 degree weather and 1% humidity, we spent the days in the pool and the nights out and about.

The first night Kel and I went to the Britney concert and the MGM Grand. Nikki Minaj opened for Brit and she shook her Coca-Cola bottle figure for a solid hour! We had a little 'intermission' before our all time favorite pop singer came to take the stage. Kel and I took to the casino where we gulped a couple drinks and had a couple jello shots. Bill Cosby would of been proud that we keep coming back to jello after all these years :) Britney's performance was so good, as usual. She gets down and dirty and wears outrageous costumes. Kel and I were in Britney heaven. Good show, and totally worth it!

Margarita's in the pool!

The Luxor 

Surprisingly I didn't get very sunburned at all during our trip! I lathered on the sunscreen on GC and myself... we stayed at the Luxor so I was hoping to possibly run into Criss Angel, but he must have been too busy doing magic tricks somewhere else...

one of the cubs at the MGM

My hubby :)

Calling all love birds!!

George and I went to "LOVE" Cirque de Solei show. It was amazing and we love the Beatles, so it was perfect. Before the show we went to Kokomo's Steak and Seafood and it was delicious. 

Being silly

GC and Chip

One of my favorite stories from our trip was that while Kel and I were at Britney, GC and Chip had quite the adventure. Gambling and drinking wound them up deciding to move to Montana and raising buffalo. In fact Chip passed out in a McDonald's restaurant. Boys will be boys haha!

On our last night we all went to Meza Grill, by famous chef Bobby Flay. The food was delicious, and the company was great too.

We had a great time!!

4th of July 2011

This July 4th George and I took Babs to the pet parade in Bend! It was a very hot day, so of course she road in her stroller and had an adequate amount of shade for her fat little body. The stroller was a hit, people expected a baby... but paper covers rock and Pug wins for the time being. The parade was fantastic, lots of dogs in costume, and a handful of wild animals which included a bull of all things... Honestly, the bull freaked me out a bit, but an animal is an animal! We ran into Steph and the girls too who were there with their black Whippet. JJ even had on a dog t-shirt, so cute. It was a family affair!

Aubrey and I at the parade 

On our way to the parade! 

We are coming through! Aubs and Babs in matching outfits!

This weekend was so much fun, we had a lot of good times with family! Aubrey was a cutie as always and new baby Bridgett visited from Denver! 

Bridgett and Mimi

Uncle GeeCee and Aubs

I even was able to make it to Redmond to visit Melissa and meet her baby girl Marley. What a doll she was! It was fun being able to hold her and I even fed her a bottle. 

my OWN baby

We had a super fun weekend! We just love being in Bend and enjoying all there is to do outdoors and even indoors is fun. 

Fresh Clothes at Last!

So to my recent knowledge, Tide detergent doesn't leave my clothes smelling or feeling very 'fresh'. Not only do I now know this from first hand experience, but I also found some interesting info online about how Tide does not cut dirt and bacteria on clothing and towels, leaving a musty and almost sour scent. GROSS
This has only happened when I use Tide brand detergent, not any other brand.

We have some really thick high quality bath towels... and of course I want them to last us a long time! Plus I love the color of them, dark taupe. There are times where I feel like after washing them they are not very clean... not very fresh smelling. I starting adding baking soda along with my detergent to see if it helped at all, and it did some. This also happened a few times when I washed work out clothes that were super sweaty and gross from the gym.

I knew something wasn't right though, and that is when I started looking online to find if anyone else had a similar experience.
This site has some interesting stuff regarding Tide
Anyway, they say there are a few reasons why this can happen... but I started using different detergents and haven't had any more issues! I really like Arm&Hammer. Now we have a he washer so I have been experimenting so we will see what happens. Keep it 'fresh'!!!!!!