Mamma Mia! (Dot Dot Dot)

I finally got to go see the musical Mamma Mia!! I have been wanting to see it for about a year now. Shaun (one of my friends from high school) and I have been talking about going to that musical for awhile now. He finally came out to Las Vegas and we got to go! I give it 3 1/2 stars! I loved all the dancing and singing, especially from the Aunts. HILARIOUS! However, the end really bugged me and that is why it did not get 4 stars. If you have seen it then you know what I mean! I am now excited to go and see it in the theaters (and to see it with my husband!).

The Dream Team!!

One of the benefits of living in Vegas is that there are so many fun things to do. You can never run out of fun things to go do and see, but you can run out of money while going and doing all the fun things! Last weekend the Dream Team (USA Men's Basketball)came down to Vegas to play against Team Canada. At first I was torn between who to cheer for. However, after the first couple of minutes my mind was made up and USA it was!! By the way, USA stomped all over Canada! (that in no way influenced my decision...) HA! The Thomas & Mack was pretty much packed. There were a lot of famous people there like: Jamie Foxx, Bill Gates and Ludicris.

I am so excited for the Olympics to start!
Lets go TEAM USA!!

I CAN SWIM!!! (with the little kids)

So, I am not much of a swimmer. O.k it pretty much freaks me out! However, this last weekend I am proud to announce that I actually got in the water and did a little swimming of my own. I got to play alligator with the kids and chase them around the little kid pool.

Teagan loved me carrying her out into the deeper end and we would jump up and down. I think it's safe to say that I had a successful weekend of swimming.
Maybe next time I will dunk my head under the water??? Or maybe not?

Pirate Josh

While my sister's kids, Kelty and Teagan, were in town they would ask me, "where is Josh?" I told them that Josh had gone bye, bye...far, far away. They didn't believe me and thought that he would show up everywhere we went. But, they believed me when I showed them the skull and told them that it was Josh.

I explained to them that the skull was Josh. Kelty's eyes got really big and was scared to touch the skull at first. Teagan on the other hand thought that Josh being the skull was really cool and couldn't wait to touch it!

She kept saying this is Pirate Josh! Pirate Josh!!!

The Dagley's in VEGAS!

So..since my husband is gone I have been cheating big time. No, not on him, but by actually being alone the full six weeks he has been gone. I have been recruiting visitors. Come on, everyone wants to visit Las Vegas! Last week my mom was in town (yea for mothers and helping daughters stock back up on food). Next week my adorable sister in law will be in town with a few of her friends. Can't wait for you guys to come down! This week my two sisters were in town, bringing along with them my cute nieces. Yes, Steph they are so cute!! It was a total girl weekend!! No men allowed(although I could of done with a visit of some testosterone).
We did lots of swimming. Yes! I got in...the kiddy pool. Anyway... we also went to the shark reef in the Mandaly Bay Hotel. Amazing! I had fun looking at the fish, sharks, and lizards. I even had more fun watching Kelty and Teagan get so excited. Kids are so cute! At least they are for two hours, after that, they can start pushing their luck. Ha!
Here are a few pictures from the shark reef:

Exercise in Las Vegas?

Las Vegas is known to be hot and during the summer you can practically forget trying to do anything active outside (trust me I have tried). Yesterday, I had my first physical therapist appointment for my knee. I was again told to stop running on it!! This is hard news to take when all I really like to do actively is run. The physical therapist told me I could bike...bike? The only bike I have is from my mission and it's probably not the best bike in the world. Actually I know it's not. My boss who is a majorly obsessed bike connoisseur has had my bike for a couple of days fixing it up as best he can. I got it back today and it actually looks like a whole new bike. Well, at least it feels like a new bike!! He also is letting me borrow his biking um... contraption (for lack of a better word). You stick your bike on it and peddle. The bike doesn't move! I tried it out today and I have fallen in love with it! I felt strange however, biking on my mission bike and not wearing a skirt. HA!

P.S. Josh, this is what it looks like.

The Good, The Bad & The Ugly!

2 Ne. 2: 11 "For it must needs be, that there is an opposition in all things..." This has never been truer! Let me explain:
This past weekend was good, bad and ugly all at the same time.
The Good:
After two weeks of separation I got to see my very amazing husband! I really think that up in Heaven I won the husband lottery!! I must have gotten lucky and won because that is the only way I can see myself ending up with him. It's true he is like a snickers bar and satisfies every time. ;)

Josh and I met up with a couple of other people from his grad program and drove out to Lake Tahoe. Out of Josh's whole graduating class Mike probably lucked out the most. He is doing his clinical rotation in Lake Tahoe and gets to stay in a cabin for free!! So we all decided it would be cool by us to crash his party. We spent our days being completely lazy, going to the beach, swimming in ice cold water, eating yummy turkey burgers, hiking (my personal favorite), walking through the town (I was elated when I saw a Hard Rock Cafe!), and of course watching the most exciting fireworks show I have ever seen. In the fireworks show they had stars, smiley faces and hearts! How cool?!


The Bad:
On Friday as Josh and I were leaving the cabin, Josh started backing down the hill and ran into a little wooden post- making only a slight scratch on the driver's side tire. We joked about it as we drove into town and I told him he had to take care of my car because I loved it. Later on as we got into the town we turned into a parking garage and were waiting in a line of cars for a parking spot when all of a sudden I hear Josh yelling, " HEY! HEY!" and then BANG! A car smashed right into us. BAD NEWS for my SUBI. Needless to say my car is not as pretty as it used to be. Good news for Josh is that the little scratch will now be getting fixed.

The Ugly:
After an awesome 4th of July weekend on Sunday I had to make a long 6 hour drive back home to sweltering hot Las Vegas and leave my husband all over again.