MaryJo and Mario... "forker's"..
Mario and Tommy resting after a hard day's work...ahhh, it will all be worth it when we get to eat them in a couple of weeks!!
"Eeeck, Grandpa, what the hell is THIS"..

"That is a Brandy Manhattan"

"Gross, I am sticking to beer"..

Traci and Emma....

Holiday Party!

All the peeps below I met when I first began the real estate gig! We all worked together and a large part of my success has been because of them! With the exception of Deb, they have all moved onto other companies... I miss them, but it is so awesome that we all keep in contact!
JoAnn and Deb
Barb and Tom
Billy and Susan

Yes, we do the White Elephant exchange and every year it is quite amusing!
Billy picked this box because he thought it was liquor...surprise it is your very own magnifying glass.


No No Dick...those are EAR rings!!
I think Dick's gift was quite fitting.. "Sex, Death, Money" book, "The 40 Year Old Virgin" Dvd and a box of condoms!!
Dt was lucky #13.... I'll second that!!
Ryan received a foot massage...with it's own Sony remote control??? We thought it was a bit strange until we heard JoAnn yell out "Holy CRAP...that is where it is.. I have been looking for that EVERY WHERE!".. she accidentally wrapped the remote in with the gift.

Tom liked the bag more than what was inside!!
JoAnn is Mainstreet's new MINGO caller.. she is bringing this gift to the cabin where I am SURE we will all be invited to play :)
Last year Beth got a candy bra...this year she gets chocolate body frosting... I sense a theme here!

Ahhh, The Last Vacation For A While :(

The Saturday after Turkey Day we headed off on a little vaca! The 6 of us went to Vegas for 3nts of F-U-N! Here we are eating breakfast at our favorite greasy spoon, 'Bill's'...formerly and will always be 'The Barbary Coast' to us!




In front of the Wynn...where we didn't WIN! The weather in Vegas was sunny and 60, so no complaints... Unfortunately none of us were big winners...but after being up and down the entire 3 days I ended up walking away from Vegas with only $59 less than I brought. Not bad Nicholas...not bad!

After Las Vegas, Mario and I rented a car and drove 2 hours north to my Mom and Step-Dad's place in St. George Utah for 4 nights. It was beautiful scenery.. We spent 2 days hiking in Zion National Park (pictures below)... the last 2 days we got massages and watched many a re-run of Law and Order on TNT!

Mario decided he wanted our first hike to be the "Emerald Pools".. little did I know it was a 3 mile hike at an extremely steep incline. This is me about half way up saying "WTF am I doing?? I am in my 7th month of pregnancy"... I am not saying that I was in shape prior to pregnancy, however I have never worked out and felt my heart beat out of my neck before...is that bad?

Here I am clinging to the tree for my life...
This is Mario rubbing it in.... he was really in his glory hiking and seeing wildlife.
After 2 hours of watching Mario build this I was getting crabby and wanting to go home...... I am sure the wind blew it over right after we left!