Our Life In Vegas

It is snowing in Las Vegas! hadn't snowed in

10 yrs. but we caught the joy of it one

"winter."

Our glorious pool with cascading rock fountain..

The Red Rock Canyon, just right up the road

from us.

One of my favorite sights on the strip..the Eifel

Tower!

Our condo on Jade Creek
and Clubhouse

Living in Vegas for the first four years of our marriage was spectacular! We learned so much about life, adjusting to a different city and it's customs, and how to weather any storm together; to lean on one another. With a few near mishaps, we thankfully ended up buying our 1st choice of condos that was located just 1/4 mile from where we both taught at a wonderful private school. Tim taught math and I taught social studies. We loved living in sunny Las Vegas, beautiful blue skies, not a cloud around, lush landscaping, beautiful stone and stucco buildings and my favorite, palm trees everywhere you looked just swaying in the breeze. While only 20 minutes away from the oh so fabulous Las Vegas Boulevard "the Strip", we were peacefully located on the western mountain range of the Spring Mountains in a nice part of town. It was tough to have a "bad" day there! Sometimes after a challenging day teaching, we'd unwind at the pool with Milano cookies in hand and doze off in the warm sun with the sway of the palms in sight and sound. We made some great friends, had fun nights out and in too, always had a flock of out of town relatives and friends that came to visit, it was great! We managed to make 3 turkeys, every Thanksgiving we'd make all the fixins' no matter if it was just us or not. Life was fantastic but still very real. I had my first baby out there and experienced all the highs of that as well as the scary moments as I went into preterm labor at 28 weeks. I was "sentenced" to bedrest for 3 months. We lost 2 Grandpa's and an Uncle back home in the St. Louis area and lost a baby of our own; all on our own. I've come to realize all these hardships and joys have really woven us together closely. It's no joke ...for better or worse, in sickness and in health...Vegas a great experience to learn and believe in these very things.