Tuesday, February 19, 2008

A Fun Weekend

Amy brought her roommates , Kaylee (from Iowa) and Aleks (from Alaska) home for the weekend.

Neither roommate had ever been to Las Vegas before so they took in all the sights on the Strip. They visited the conservatory and the dancing fountains at the Bellagio, the shops and moving statues at the Forum in Caesar's Palace, and were serenaded on a gondola ride at the Venetian.

Sunday we went to church, had the family over for dinner, visited and played "Apples to Apples" and watched "Father Goose."

Monday they had to drive back to school, but before they left we walked across Hoover Dam.

Living so close to the dam, we tend to take this engineering marvel for granted. It does us good to visit with guests once in a while to remember how incredible it really is! Over 700' high, built in the 1930's, finished BEFORE deadline, and under budget. You don't hear things like THAT anymore! What an amazing piece of engineering and construction it is!

Kaylee took this cute family photo of us on the dam.

The girls made it home safely and it was fun to have them visit!

1 comment:

Allyson said...

What cute pictures. It sure was fun having Amy home for the weekend. How many days until she is home for the summer????