We Got Walls!!!

Yesterday, I was able to drive out to our house to see how far it is. I haven't been able to see it for about 2 weeks and I was anxious to see where it is. All the drywall is up and has been mudded and taped. It is nice to start to see it come together. All the rooms look smaller then they did when it was just the framing but I'm glad to see it all come together. The stucco job looks to be finished be there still is scaffolding around the house.

This weekend was also a good poker weekend. I was down to my last few dollars and needed to redeem myself for last weekend in Utah. I took $60 dollars out on Friday night to begin my adventure. My best hand I got that night was on a Kill pot ($3-$6 game) and I had pocket Aces with 4 other people in the pot. I kept raising and they keep calling me. It ended up being Heads-up with another guy who had pocket Kings (which was pretty upset that I had Aces). That pot ended up being about $100 dollars and I ended up leaving the casino with $120 (up $60)

I decided to got out again Saturday night and only taking $60 with me to avoid getting in trouble with Katie. No particular hand stands out, but I increased my earnings slowly throughout the night. I ended up coming home with $160 (up $100). I was pretty pleased with my weekend. I felt I played very well with no stupid calls or bets. I also had plenty of good Lay-Downs to help me stay out of trouble. Being up $160 in a weekend definitely puts a smile on my face (especially Katie's)

Take a look at our photo album for the pictures of the house.

Back in Las Vegas

I had a wonderful chance to fly out to Utah this last weekend to visit both my family and Katie's family. Katie and my sister came to the airport Thursday Night to pick me up after their last few days of HELL (You will have to ask Katie about it because I know I will leave out some of the key facts!!!) The next day we had a family dinner at my parents house and played some games.

Saturday morning we left Springville to go to Heber to spend the rest of my time with Katie's family. I got to see my little niece for the first time and also have my wife tell me she is baby hungry. I was thinking, if I had one dollar for every time she mentioned she wanted a baby, I would have the $10,000 buy-in to the Worlds Series of Poker!!!!

Speaking of poker, we had a family home game in which Katie won. It was her first big tournament win and she was very excited. She beat our brother-in-law Travis. Katie get VERY sick of play poker for long periods of time. Travis had A-Q 0ff suit and went all in. Katie, who was chip leader, had Q-4 off suit and thought about it for a while before she called. So basically, it was an Ace against a 4. A Queen came out on the flop, so Travis was still winning. The Turn was no help to Katie. She was down to only getting a 4 to win and she Rivered a 4. Only three 4's were left in the deck and she got it. Nevertheless, Katie was excited to win the $190 pot and Travis was flabbergasted and speechless.

Sunday was a day to watch NFL. I did have a Poker Heads Up match against Katie's mom and she could not loss a hand. Every time I had 3 of a Kind, she had a Full House, so basically I had a loseing poker weekend. Katie, Braydon, and her family took me to the airport and I am now home in Vegas.

Check out our Photo Album for pictures of Braydon and our new niece Hannah.

No Pictures!!!

This update on our house will be without pictures. No, not because I forgot the camera but because I have been using my friends camera and they have been up in Utah for the week for a birthday party. This means they had their camera with them.

When I arrived to our house, there was a stack of drywall on pallets (which I'm glad I don't have to install!!!). As I got to the garage, I realized that all the insulation was in the walls and it actually started to look like a house with walls. It was weird not being able to see through the framed walls and it looked so closed in. The entire outside of the house has scaffolding around it getting ready for stucco and the tiles for the roof have been put in little piles throughout ready to be installed at the roofers discretion.

We won't have pictures of the house for a few weeks. I will be going to Utah this weekend. I fly out of Vegas on Thursday and then fly back in on Sunday. It will be good to see everyone in Utah since I haven't seen them in two months.

I will let you know how my visit goes next week!!!

And it All Came to an End with a Crash!!!

The last day that Katie and Braydon will be with me here in Las Vegas and we spent the whole afternoon in the UMC Quick Care. I got a call on my cell phone just before lunchtime while I was with a patient and could not answer it. Another call about 30 seconds later. One more about a minute later in which I was able to answer from my friend that we are living with telling me Braydon had just split his head open and needed stitches. I got off the phone and asked several co-workers where we could go in Henderson. He was playing in our friends living room when he fell and hit his head on a rocking chair. He was wearing some kid safety glasses on this head so Katie don't know if he actually hit the chair of if the glasses cut his head.

The problem was that our friends had an appointment for a minor medical procedure and Katie was without a car. I talked to my boss and she told me it was alright to leave for the afternoon (even though we were busy). I met them at the hospital close to our friends house. Katie was still trying to figure out where our insurance worked so the stay "in network." I then drove Katie and Braydon the Quick Care. We spent the next 2 hours waiting to get a few, simple stitches (in which I could have done with the right, sterile instruments.)

He DID NOT like the fact that he needed two shots to numb the area before procedure would begin. The doctor wrapped a sheet around him with his arms at his side, like a little burrito, screaming his head off, with me holding his head still so he would not move. The doctor then draped a sterile cloth over his head with a small hole so he could work on the little area. He ended up with 6 stitches over his left eye brow.

Katie said he was very brave with very little crying (and to mention little blood). For his bravery, he got a special toy. He wanted a new cell phone, ipod, and bluetooth ear piece transformer set, which he loved and wanted really bad.

I put some pictures of his war wound in the photo album. I know this is a quick update from our last post so if you have not read our last post, keep on reading.

Late Holiday Upate!!!

These last few weeks have gone by fast. Labor Day weekend came and went without much excitement with it. We did sit down to watch our beloved BYU Cougars win there first game of the year against Arizona. I had to work a half day on Monday so we didn't plan anything that day. I worked the rest of the week as usual with nothing much to say about that. We watched the Cougars try and pull off the upset over the #13 ranked team in the country, UCLA. I was very disappointed on how the cougars began the game. They definitely didn't come out to play in the first half. They did spark an interest in the game in the 3rd quarter with two quick touchdown that got them in the game but didn't do much after.

Our house is coming along as planned. We have fixed up some minor details that we wanted changed. They (KB Homes- Our builder) has come back to us to "make-up" for some of the earlier problems with a 10 x 12 cement pad in the backyard and a nice credit towards our home to lower our base price. I was like Christmas when we heard all of that. We are all getting excited to have our own place and our first home. Check out the pictures in our photo album