Mom's Surprise Home Makeover

The Workers

Chrissy patching our mistakes!

My brother status post hanging the new light

Sara and Chrissy peeling wallpaper

I got into some tight spaces!

Before of the piano room

After of the piano room

Before of bathroom #1

After of bathroom #1

After of bathroom #2

Before of living room

After of living room

Before of dining room

After of dining room

The part-timers :)

So we decided that for mother's day, we would do a surprise home makeover while my mother was on a cruise with family. It took a lot of planning, more shopping, and tons of work, but it was well worth it when we walked out the door. Sadly, we weren't able to stay long enough to see my mom's reaction, but I hear Chrissy was able to record it all. Now I need to start working on my house! ;)

Elton John/Billy Joel Concert

Christina's 16th Birthday

Chrissy stayed at our house while my mom was on a cruise. She celebrated her birthday with us. This is her reading Twilight @ 12 am on June 2nd.
And this is Thuc after we sang Happy Birthday, made noise, & popped champagne poppers!

Birthday dinner at the Cheesecake Factory!

Even Avery was pooped after all of the celebrating!

HAPPY 16th BIRTHDAY, CHRISTINA (#6)

Melanie's Graduation

My dear sister Melanie (#4) graduated from Nursing School this past May. I had the honor of pinning her during the nursing pinning ceremony. It was special. I'd like to think that she's following in my footsteps?! :)

Hey Baby, Let's go to Vegas!

Thuc decided that for his Birthday, he wanted to go to Vegas. He had received an offer for $109/night at the Wynn and just couldn't pass up such a great deal!

The hotel was fantastic. They gave us a room on the 56th floor which provided a great view of the strip! Each night we saw fireworks from our bed that were at the show at Treasure Island across the street.

We were able to see several shows when we were there. The first night, we saw "Dirty Hypnotist Unleashed". Since we got in that day, the "1/2 price tickets" were few & far between. Needless to say, it wasn't our favorite. They even pulled Thuc up to get hypnotized but he said it didn't work. He could have fooled me! It probably helped that they took his glasses & so when his eyes were open, he couldn't see anything!! They asked him to point to someone in the audience and say what they were "into". The just flung his finger out and when they asked who he was pointing at, he said he didn't know. They thought that was soo funny :).

Our favorite were Mystere & Le Reve. Le Reve was originial in that it is in a pool stage. Sometimes the floor was there and at other times, they were dropping people from the top of the arena down in to deep water. Crazy. We were also impressed with how well they held onto eachother to do their stunts when they were wet. Impressive.

We also saw Wayne Brady who is so talented! He's good looking, funny, intelligent, and a great singer. It sounds like he's trying to break out into the music world & so half of his show was basically a concert. He has a great voice.

It appeared from our window that their "China Town" was within runable distance. We laced up our shoes and began running up the street until we ran into the interstate. We probably had to go a mile out of our way to get around it! Regardless, we made the trip on 2 seperate days to enjoy authentic Vietnamese food.

We only had pool weather on Monday and Friday of our stay, but we took advantage of every minute we could! Overall, a great idea for a great vacation!

I'm An Aunt... Again!!

Along with being called a wife, I also inherited 2 nephews & 1 niece - giving me the title of Aunt for the first time. However, on Monday, March 23rd, MY sister had her first child, Avery Victoria - giving us our first niece/nephew on our side. She is beautiful & perfect in every way. Mom & baby are both happy, healthy, & excited to go home tomorrow.

Spring Break!

Being the Creighton Bluejay Basketball fans that we are, we made our annual trip to St. Louis to watch them compete in the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament. We barely won our first game against Wichita and were spanked by Illinois State in our second game. AND today we learned that they didn't get a chance to play in the NCAA tourney, either. It's been a depressing few days.

After St. Louis, to lift our spirits, we went to Denver! We got to spend some time with a lot of my friends & also spent a day on the slopes. Some of our highlights included staying with my good friend Michelle, playing with her son Justin, brunch with my old work ladies, and a visit to the hospital where I used to work. When we walked out, I told Thuc that maybe I should take a 13 week travel assignment there. Being the unselfish, supportive husband he is, he said, "whatever you want". :)