Las Vegas!!

Sunday, December 4th, Brad and I flew out of Memphis headed west! We had a short stop in LA {which ended up taking twice as long} then on to Las Vegas!

The view from our room!

Another view

The reason we were IN Vegas! Brad accepted his award! :)

Ignore the goofy face-- see the red splotches all over the left side of his head? He burned himself with grease!!

The lights were my favorite part!

Look at that view!

Stratosphere!

View from the top of the Stratosphere

Love.this.view.

 The next pictures are taken with my phone...

Waiting on our next flight from LA to Vegas... Brad wasn't too happy!



Vegas at night all lit up



Brad accepting his award and posing with a guy from BASF and the 2011 President of the NAAA

He was interviewed! You can find it on www.agwired.com.



The ladies took a trip to Saks Fifth Avenue for a little shopping trip. We met Jo AND the $400 candle... $400!!!



I know nothing about betting, but the Hilton had this little area stashed in the back- complete with comfy chairs and these gigantic tv screens!

We also toured the Cowboy Christmas Expo next door and I found these!

Fremont Street! {Old Vegas}

He was missing his four front top teeth and smelled awful... OMGeee awful.

This tree was in the Treasure Island Casino {We went to Gilley's} and will be the inspiration for my 2012 tree!



What I had waiting on me when we got back... :(

 MERRY CHRISTMAS AND I PROMISE TO CATCH UP SOON!!!

Fort Pierce, Florida

Brad applied to an Ag school in Fort Pierce, Florida a few months ago! Basically, you go to the school and they teach you how to fly a crop duster rather than a regular plane {and be safe about it!}. Our plans changed at the last minute and we went from a trip planned for 4-5 days to one for 9-10 days!! We ended up renting a car and driving a good bit on Monday {Halloween}. I had to work that day so we headed out as soon as I got finished at work and got changed. We drove from Corinth to Dothan, AL and stopped for the night then drove the rest of the way on Tuesday. We did make one pit stop in Daytona Beach though :) From November 1st- 8th, Brad was busy with classes and practices and learning and studying! But we did find time to visit the beach twice, eat at a few local joints, do some shopping and enjoy our time off! Wednesday, November 9th was his "test" and he passed with "flying colors" :) Haha! We loaded up the little rental car and headed North! Our plans were to stop 1/2 way and rest for the night since it was 4pm when we left the Outlet Malls, but Brad decided last minute to drive through the night. Talk about TOUGH!! Let's just say the ole broken butt bone wasn't too happy about this little decision!!

I'll spare the other details for now and leave you with a few lot of pictures!

US Coast Guard

South Beach in Fort Pierce

Remember the captain that was kidnapped off the coast of Somalia? This is what they took him in! More on this later.

Ginormous crab!

Brad practicing with the fancy schmancy GPS on the golf cart :)

Lake Okeechobee

15 mph winds!

Brad's first crop duster solo! 11/7/11

Brad is the tiny speck-- this was right at daylight!

My present for myself ;)

I'll be back next week with more. Being off work for two weeks is great, but then you come back to two weeks of work waiting on you! BLAH!