Spring Break woo hoo

It's been a long and busy week. One of those weeks that start out so awesome and exciting that you never want it to end, but then of course by the end you are so happy to be getting back to normal life. Except that Aaron, who is studying for test right now (hopefully his last for awhile), would probably beg to differ.

We spent the first several days of Aaron's spring break catching up on chores and just enjoying spending time together without being glued to the computer. On Wednesday morning we hauled off to spend a couple days in Las Vegas for a quick R&R (with a baby? Is that possible?) We got a good deal on a hotel we've always wanted to stay at, the Venetian. It was a pretty fun trip but I was happy to come back to the non-smokey air. The drive is pretty terrible though. There is bumper-to-bumper traffic during two parts of the drive that takes about an hour each to get through. I have to say that as great as the inner-city freeways are in the Greater Phoenix area, they need to seriously work on the freeways out of the city.Inside the hotelOutside the hotel, by the pool areaWill loved the bed. After his bath he would crawl and jump around on it nude. Inside the new Palazzo hotelOutside the Wynn. We have a picture in front of this waterfall from our honeymoon.On the deck of the Fashion Show Mall with a giant TV screen that only played the Ipod commercial over and over and over...Looking at the giant fish tank in Caesar's Palace, Will loved it.Blue Man with creepy eyesAnd at last, inside the conservatory in the Bellagio.

After Vegas, we welcomed my friend Tracie and her husband Austin to stay at our house for a couple of days. She's pregnant so this was their last childless trip. We didn't have that much time (or energy) to do a ton of things but we did get a babysitter for Friday and enjoyed Cheesecake Factory with them. Then Saturday we went to the San Tan Mall and walked around and then went to the temple grounds in the evening. And of course Aaron accomplished his single goal of getting my friends hooked on The Office (yes, we were totally shocked they have never watched it.)This is Will's "Cheese" faceAustin and Aaron being very patient while I shopped a bit.Our beautiful temple, the 7th one built. It really is a cool temple and very beautiful inside. It used to do live ordinances and now it doesn't, but you still have to move to a different room to go through the veil.

I am looking forward to the next several weeks. I have some interesting projects that I wanna try out and some other activities planned. Plus Will's birthday is coming up so I've been planning that a little bit as well.