Mini Vacation

So since Mike had President's Day off of work we decided to take advantage of the extra time and head to Vegas to visit Merilee and Mark. It's nice having some family at least a few hours away. We enjoy spending time with the Andal's because we just relax and eat a lot of good food (thanks to chef Mark). It is also fun watching Emma and her cousin Annadele interact. They are only 3 weeks apart in age, but so different from each other. Annadele is a lot more calm and Emma is very inquisitive and likes to get into everything and anything that she shouldn't. She is the instigator of trouble, but so cute.:)

They got matching pj's

We also decided to bring our dog Rusty along. We sure love our pets, but it is always a struggle trying to decide what to do with them if we ever want to get away. We found a reasonable kennel in Vegas and decided that if he was having too hard of a time that we would just put him there for a couple days. I, especially, was so happy with how well he did being around other people and in a different environment. The Andals were wonderful to let us bring him and were so patient, which helped a lot. We also discovered a hidden talent of his. We didn't realize that he is part sheltie, part seal.:)


I also wanted to show this other video because it just cracks me up. Emma, and Annadele, are both really into dressing up in dresses. I didn't realize that Emma was in this stage until we got some cute new dresses from some friends of ours and this is the first thing she did after I put it on. She knew she looked so pretty, and just loves to dance and twirl around, especially in front of the mirror. Unfortunately our silly dog likes to get in on the action as well. For some reason he hates twirling dresses. Oh boy, girls are funny.




Emma sure loves Rusty


Just another cute pic of Emma