Is it Spring yet?

If I hadn't looked at the upcoming weather forecast of snow flurries, I would have thought it was Spring based on our front yard:

Weekend Wedding.

The highlight of our weekend was Chris and Megan's wedding! Chris grew up across the street from me and was like the brother I never had (he used to hang me upside down by my feet). Chris has finally matured (or I have gotten too heavy) and he married a lovely girl on Saturday night.

The ceremony and reception were at Windows on the River in Cleveland. It was a wonderful view of the river and city. The food and drinks were great and I had a lot of both!

Congratulations to the Chris and Megan!

Vegas Trip.

This trip to Vegas was more successful than the last few we've been on. Joe and his dad played in two tournaments at the Wynn over the weekend and Joe got 5th in one of them! He played well and was happy to come home with some money!

As for me, in the past I haven't really been much of a gambler (much to Mrs. Patrick's dismay). However, this trip I found that I have a love for video black jack. I can put $20 in and have at least an hour of fun without losing too much.

An aerial view.

While flying into Vegas yesterday, we had a great view of the Hoover Dam. We have never flown this close to it so I had to take a picture.

It's all coming together!

Looks better with chairs, doesn't it?

These climbing men were too unique and fun to pass up.

Pillows

Whilst doing some online perusing for pillows for our couch, I came across the one pictured below which I really liked! However, it was $63.00 for a single pillow and that was the on sale price. Yikes!
I went with my mom to Joann Fabrics and we found the same exact fabric - I was ecstatic! As long as my mom does not charge for labor, we should hopefully get the same quality-made pillow for considerably less.

I'm a brick...house!

In order to jump start my attempt to begin consistently working out again, I took a kickboxing class last night at BrickHouse Boxing. It was nothing like the cardio kickboxing classes I took for a few months in New Castle. In New Castle, it was pretty much an all women's class with a few men from time to time. This class was all men with just Suzi and I. I'm really glad she came.

The BrickHouse class focused on form and proper technique which I really enjoyed learning about. However, I was used to kicking the heavy bags with my foot which is wrong. You are supposed to hit with your shin since it is one of the hardest bones in the body. My shin did not like that:

Apparently I am not a brick house, I am a peach. I suppose I need to wear some shin guards or build up a tolerance to abusing my shins.