Backyard Fire

One of our great investments was our fire pit. We bought it a couple of years ago for the back yard. Its nice in the spring and fall when we are not camping to sit around the fire with family or friends or both like we did on Friday. We eat, we talk and we just plain enjoy each others company. We started the night out with BBQ hamburgers and chips then moved to habanero turkey hot dogs. I think every fire needs hot dogs of some sort. No smores because I had just thawed a Burnt Almond Fudge pie.

Jenn will now demonstrate how to put a hot dog on a stick.

Why is your tongue out?

Why the smirk?

Now, Pam will demonstrate how to put a hot dog on a stick.

It looks like Pam is planning something EVIL!

Pam really loves hot dogs.

We have good neighbors to the back of us which makes it easy to have friends and family over.

Hippies

When I was a little girl I wanted my mom and I to run away and become hippies. I wanted a pink and purple van with big flowers on it. I would beg her all the time and she would tell me that we can't but the sad thing is I don't remember why.

This is the closest picture I could find to my dream van.

For some crazy reason I started to think about it and posted it on facebook. Here are the comments that I've received.

Theresa Gleason Adams has always wanted a pink and purple van with big flowers on it. I wanted to run away and become a hippie

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Penny Crittenden Stewart likes this.

KyAnn Bradshaw Checketts
I'm in! Let's do it!
Wed at 5:52pm ·


Carley Adams
can i drive! hehehe
Wed at 6:14pm ·

Courtney Adams
ill go where we runnin away too? :)
Wed at 6:21pm ·


Josh Brotzman
U Damn Hippies!!!!
Wed at 6:23pm ·

Angela Esteves-Scribner
You couldn't survive as a hippie...KyAnn couldn't either! No make up, natural hair color, hairy pits and legs...YUCK!
Wed at 7:57pm ·

Jeff Sanda
So you ran to us to live the dream! I'm still mad at U..
Wed at 9:04pm ·

Rachelle Clements Joseph
Its never too late to live your dream Theresa!!
Yesterday at 8:13am ·

Penny Crittenden Stewart
Foe some reason I can see this! LOL.......
Yesterday at 12:36pm ·

Burke Tice
sounds like my work van
Yesterday at 5:23pm ·

Now I will reply to the comments but only on my blog:

KyAnn - I agree with Angela, I don't think you could handle it. No science fairs!
Carley - Yes, you can drive but we will have to take the back roads because you don't have a drivers licence.
Courtney - I will count you in. I think Oregon or Washington will be a nice place for us to become hippies. They are very natural up there.
Josh - Love and Peace bro.
Angela - The only thing I would have a hard time with is the hairy pits but I am sure over time I could get use to it.
Jeff - WHAT??
Rachelle - Your right!
Penny - Me too.
Burke - LUCKY!

The picture below could totally be me. I think I would make an AWESOME hippie. I could totally rock the Crystal Gayle hair and I already look smokin hot in glasses.


My dogs could even be hippies. If this dog was black it could totally be Gunner.

Shane said he is all for us becoming hippies. YEAH..to bad it's not still the 70's.

Peace

Las Vegas day 1 - 04/09/2010

VEGAS..BABY!
The Adams' and Thomas' decided to head to Las Vegas for spring break. We arrived the night of 04/08/2010 extremely tired. We stayed at Circus Circus.

After we checked into the hotel we went to the midway to watch one of their "World Class Circus Acts" (the quote is from Circus Circus, not me).

Friday was 80 degrees and we were lovin the weather. We ALL wore shorts or capri's and the girls wore flip flops for the first time this year. HUGE MISTAKE!!

Water fountain outside the Venetian

Mike, Jenn, Me and Shane

Carley, Maddie, Courtney, Austin and Cassie

Madame Tussauds Wax Museum

I was trying to kiss Harrison Ford and Jenn was trying to look into his eyes, we both failed!

Me, Harrison Ford and Jenn

Maddie, Harrison Ford and Carley

Austin, Whoopi Goldberg and Cassie

Maddie, Whoopi, Carley and Cassie

Jenn, Whoopi, Me and Courtney

This was a real man posing like Yoda. If you want a picture with him you have to tip him. I told Shane if we lose our jobs we could move to Las Vegas, he and Carley could play the guitar, Cassie and Courtney could dress up and I would sell water for $1.

Yoda

M&M Store

We watched the 3D movie - I lost my "M" in Vegas and stole the 3D glasses. Yes, you read right, we stole them.

Shane and I

Me, Red M&M and Courtney

Coke Store

Really had nothing cool in it but we posed with the Coke Bear. Cassie was too cool to get in the picture and Shane didn't hear us yell his name.

Mike, Jenn, Carley, Maddie, Austin, Me and The Coke Bear

Can you tell who and where the real person is?

It's me!! I'm the 4th butt from the left. I know its was hard to tell.

Carley found this shirt and wanted a picture by it but was afraid to stand by herself so I posed with her.

Carley and I

Outside the Mirage, a gold statue of Siegfried and Roy with a White Lion.

This was the first place we stopped to get band aids for Carley and Cassie's feet.

Treasure Island show Sirens of TI

By the end of the day this is what my feet looked like. OUCH!!!!! I wore flip flops, Stupid Me!!
Can you see that my toes are all swollen?

Tomorrow will be a great!

Las Vegas day 2 - 04/10/2010

We started off the 2nd day with sore feet so we decided we would drive more and walk less. Our first stop, after coffee was MGM Grand.

Courtney, Me, Carley, Shane and Cassie

Rain Forest Cafe
I think maybe this Dragonfly should be my next tattoo.

This big snake was trying to eat Courtney! Don't worry, I was there to save her!

Courtney and the Snake

Holy crap!!! Why does everything want to eat Courtney?

Courtney and the Iguana

Carley, kissing the Iguana

Here are the Lion and Lioness

The Statue of Liberty outside the New York New York.

We are outside of the Riviera posing like the Crazy Girls. Jenn said and I quote "stick your butts out". Why was I the only one that listened?

HOLY BIG BUTT!!!

Jenn, Maddie, Carley, Me and Courtney

REALLY...Mike and Shane look like they are enjoying themselves. This picture should not surprise anyone.

Le Reve at the Wynn was the highlight of our trip. Carley thought the show was called "liver". We sat on the first row (splash zone), seats 1 thru 9. These are the only pictures I have of the show because cameras are prohibited. I took these after the show walking out.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_R%C3%AAve_(show)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45SW5LdYGZ0

Carley and I both caught carnations that were thrown at the end of the show.

After Le Reve we had an SUV limo take us down to Fremont Street. Courtney, Carley and Maddie saw their first transvestite.

The Fremont Experience show was KISS.

We found another limo to take us back to the hotel.

Cassie, Shane, Me, Courtney, Maddie, Carley, Mike, Austin and Jenn

I had to sit on the floor.

On our way home from Las Vegas the next morning. Carley loves Courtney!

We had an AWESOME time in Las Vegas!