Vegas Baby!

Last weekend Dusty and decided to go to Vegas with his cousins, Mike and Katrina. We left on Wednesday and got back Sunday. We had such a good time, and the weather even cooperated with us. It was cold and windy the first day, but we were out in the pool the other days. Then we came back to Utah and hit a snow storm just prior to Cedar City...

This picture was taken at a Bass Pro Shop. It's similar to Cabela's but way better and bigger! We stopped here first- we hadn't even gone to our hotel yet.


Here's Mike and Katrina.


They had a pretty big aquarium equipped with little sharks, manta ray, and other pretty fish.


Oh- and don't forget about the mermaid.


That night we walked the strip a bit. These are the lions at MGM- apparently they sleep 20 hours a day. They sure do have a tough life.




That night, Thursday, we decided to go see Ka, which is a Cirque de Soleil show. It was different, but so good! I've never seen anything like it. We were sitting on the back row, but I think that was the best seat because we were able to see everything.


On Friday night we went to Fremont street. First we ate shrimp cocktails at Golden Gate. Those are about the only shrimp cocktails I've ever really liked (maybe it's because my dad would take us there every time we went to Vegas as kids; of course the place is not kid friendly anymore).

Then we walked down the street and waited for the light show to start.


It was pretty cool. The video went along with a song by Don McLean - American Pie. That song has constantly been in my head ever since- problem is that I only know the chorus.


Saturday we got up early (around 10am or something) and went to see Hoover Dam. I've seen it many times before, but it never ceases to amaze me. The new bridge is still under construction, but it looks amazing! I can't wait to drive across it someday.










Saturday night we went and saw Phantom of the Opera a the Venetian- my first time. I've wanted to see it since I was 1.5 years old, but just hadn't yet. AMAZING! Holy cow! If you haven't seen it you need to. The singing, music, stage/sets was all so good. I loved every minute of it. These pics were taken in the Venetian.




The gardens at the Bellagio








We also saw the Bellagio fountains. It's so crazy how they do that.


The pretend Eiffel Tower- so pretty at night.


Sunday we had to come back home, but it sure was nice to have a little vacation.

Another Oven Mistake

Apparently you aren't supposed to pam ALL pans.

For Christmas Dusty gave me these really nice mini bread loaf pans. I've used them many times before, but yesterday I pammed the pan for some reason. A few minutes after I put the bread in the oven I began to smell burning. I couldn't figure it out at first...until I saw the smoke filling the oven. I figured it was too late to fix the problem so I just had to wait it out. The inside of the bread was super good, but the outside part (that was touching the bread pan) was completely black. Guess I won't make that mistake again.

Blond Moment #3

So apparently you aren't supposed to put wax paper in the oven...

Honeymoon- So Much Fun!

Dusty and I left for our honeymoon on August 30th. We flew to LAX and then got on our cruise ship. We went on a 7-night cruise to the Mexican Riviera. We had a blast. I think a cruise is the way to go because you don't have to find things to do, all the food is free, the pools are nice, and the entertainment is awesome. We were ready to come home and get back to life after the week, but we enjoyed every minute of our vacation.

Our first day there- we were both so tired!


Each day we had a different cute creature made out of towels. This is cute creature from Day #2


On our third day (Tuesday) we hung out on the ship and then went to the formal dinner that night. The food was good, and the cheesecake for dessert was to die for (but not literally).


Cute creature Day #3


Day 4 Puerto Vallarta. It was super humid, and a little dirty, but the shopping was fun.










Cute Creature Day #4


Day 5 Mazatlan








Cute Creature Day #5


Day 6 Cabo San Lucas

We had to ride a boat to get to shore-our cruise ship was too big to fit at the dock.







Water taxi-pretty cool




Us after a long day of shopping and relaxing on the beach.


Cute Creature Day #6


Faces and animals carved in fruit??? Who's ever heard of such a thing?


Day 7. Oh- how cute!

Wedding Day

Dusty and I got married on August 28th at noon in the Draper Temple. Dusty showed up 30 minutes late becuase he got stuck in construction. I was freaking out at first, but then it was so nice becuase we didn't have to do any waiting. We got in, did the paperwork, and then were married/sealed. It all went by so fast. But it was such an amazing experience. After the sealing we took some pics, and then went to get everything set up for the reception, which we had from 6-8 pm. The reception felt like it was 30 minutes long it went by so fast. I loved every minute of it, and I'm glad I now have pictures to remember it all. Enjoy. :)

Getting my hair done.


We're Married!!!
















The Reception! This is my family.


Mom and Dad O'Neal


Mom and Dad Hafen


Jen and Mar- the ones that set us up. Thanks guys!


The Hafen Family (minus Brady who is on a mission)


This is a good picture of Dusty's brothers... and Dusty looks sooooo good in this picture.


We had raspberry cheesecake instead of wedding cake- it was delicious.


Throwing the bouquet


Dusty's turn... yikes. :)


Looks like Wes caught it.


I love being Married!