There and back again

We were able to take an extended trip to Vegas on this trip. Starting with the Labor Day weekend, we were able to stay in Vegas for a week, which was good because at my size (at 8 months) it takes a while to recover and want to back into a car for another seven hour car ride. The purpose of this trip was to support Paige, my youngest sister, as she was getting baptized. The bonus was that Amy, my older sister, came down from Missouri for the week as well. Double Yeah!

Eleanor and I are not in the picture because she decided to throw the BIGGEST FIT EVER and would not calm down at all. Most the week was spent just visiting and relaxing. I did support Amy as she chopped about eight inches of hair and transitioned to a more natural brown. (Amazingly, her hair was still long enough to hit just at the shoulders.) She looks fabulous and if she ever sends a picture, I'll attach it. I think we ate at Macayo's three times. I love the chips and salsa, but overall I think we decided we don't go there for the food, but to bask in fond family memories (while eating really good chips and salsa). We did spend a day with the Davis fam at Red Rock Canyon. Sydney was being a bit of tortured soul. "I can't walk someone...It's too hard...Someone needs to carry me..." Luckily she has two sturdy young uncles that are willing to do just that. She did have fun rock climbing when we got to a more shaded spot. (I have no pics because the camera battery was dead. This is happening a bit too frequently and I might have to deal with this soon.) Before / After-that is pic from a cell phone and really doesn't do the cut justice. Okay so the funny story with the picture on the right is that my dad had said it was not a very flattering picture of the three of us, Kristen,Myself and Amy, because of the angle that it was taken. Dad said, "It makes you all look heavy, except maybe you Sara." And then Travis joined in, "Yeah, and your the biggest one of them all," which is true because I was eight months pregnant. I did laugh at the comment, lucky for him, because it was just so funny how matter of fact he said it. And then everyone turned at Travis out of a look of astonishment and he turned beet red. He is still young, 17, and needs to learn there are some things you just don't mention in regards to a girl, and one them is weight, particularly how big she is. Better for him to learn with me then answering wrong when his first girlfriend asks if what she is wearing makes her look fat.

Zach enjoyed the peaches the most, besides being with the fams. Inez had received her truckload of peaches just the week before. So the peaches that had not been canned needed to be eaten. He was the man for the job and when those were gone, he was sampling the freshly canned jars. Really he was just doing a little quality control. They are really good peaches though from Inez's uncle's orchard in Utah. Also Matt, Cherie and Caleb came down. So most of the Romeo family was together for the following weekend, all except Megan. We were able to have a nice family birthday dinner with Matt. Happy Birthday Matt. It is always fun too have all the cousins together. Eleanor is more interested in following the older girls around, but soon enough there will be another boy cousin and Caleb won't be the only one playing cars. Lastly, Barb threw a baby shower for "Oscar". We haven't really settled on a name yet, but that is what we have been calling him and that is what Sydney now calls him and gets a little upset when we start talking of other possibilities. Both Great Grandma's were there as well as cousins and aunts from both the Romeo and Davis families. This was the first I was actually excited for a boy because my cousin had brought her month old son. It was just to so cute when Zach was holding Landon and they were wearing matching blues. And I thought, "Oh, he'll have his own little son." Cute, cute. Anyway, I feel well prepared thanks to everyone's generosity.

Here is the matching baby blues-ahhh.

These are Zach's cousin's Amy and Melissa and Aunt Peggy in the background.

My sister Amy, Great Granny and me.

My friend Shauna, who was actually due that day.

Baby Landon, sister Kristen, cousin Elizabeth, Amy, and me

Thank you again to all the family and friends there!