Viva Vdara!

We're back! Have been for about a week now, but have slowly been getting back into the swing of things. We went to Las Vegas last weekend, April 8-11, as a pseudo-family vacation. We met up with Jeane and her boyfriend Matt, and Greg & Collette (Grant's parents) at the MGM Grand on Thursday. When we arrived, we were even upgraded to the MGM Signature Towers - no objection here! Thursday night we walked the strip a couple times and feasted at the MGM Grand Buffet. Friday morning, we went out to Greg and Deb Wolfram's house for breakfast - it was nice to see something off the strip! If I remember correctly, Deb is Collete's cousin. During the afternoon, we walked all over the strip, ducking in and out of casinos, from the Wynn back to MGM. Friday night, we ate at Todai, an amazing seafood and sushi buffet. Mmmmm! Saturday, we walked around even more, and scored some free tickets to Blue Man Group from Bill Lager, a close friend of Greg's. Thanks Bill! I've posted a lot more pictures on my facebook profile, most of the ones in this post deal with the following paragraph...

Saturday morning, we cleaned up our room and the MGM, and Grant and I headed over to Vdara in CityCenter for our one night there. I worked on Vdara for my first 2 years at Leo A Daly. It was so amazing to see something you draw stand before you in built reality! When we checked in, were were upgraded (again) due to availability to a panoramic suite! Basically, a room with 3 walls of glass, 270 degrees of views! Check out this site to see a description and floorplan of our suite: http://www.vdara.com/suites/panoramic-suite.aspx. Enjoy these, and check out facebook for more from the rest of the weekend!

Vegas!

As of noon today, we'll be off work, leaving for a weekend in Las Vegas! I've never been before, so expect to see a lot of pictures on a following post. Jeane (Grant's sister), her boyfriend Matt, and Greg & Collette (Grant's parents) are all going - so I'll have plenty of qualified tour guides!

Happy Easter!

Last Sunday, we celebrated Easter in Lincoln with my extended family. As you can tell, it took four men to operate a grill (sometimes up to eight), and we all had plenty to eat!

Paul, George, Grant, & Ken checking one piece of steak. :)

My cousin Natalie McCormick, her husband Bill, and the boys Caleb and Jared.

My cousin, Nichole Mulcahy, and my niece Emilie.

Emilie eying mommy's food! (My sister, Dianna)

My grandparents (Granny & Pa), Leonard & VeraGene Hill.

Entertainment Center: Wiring and Gyp Progress

Little by little, we're making progress on the Entertainment Built-In. As long as I stay out of the way, Grant gets work done. :) He has run flexible conduit throughout the component shelf for surround sound speaker wires. He also wired (with a little phone help from my dad) a small spot on the left wall for future wall art or a photograph and a recessed rope light under the component shelf for "mood lighting." Following all the wiring, he started hanging all the gyp board (last picture). We're actually all done with gyp board, and he's already started taping and mudding the whole built-in. Kinda messy - and I definitely dust way more often with all the sanding going on!