Vegas, part 1

We went to Vegas back in May, it was a lot of fun! We went to several shows and ate at many different places!

The first day we at breakfast at Mr. Lucky’s 24/7 in the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, where we stayed. We got in SO early that we had to wait for our room, it took several hours, and we were both SO tired we didn’t want to roam around, plus we weren’t as close to the Strip as we thought we were going to be. So we sat around the hotel. When they still hadn’t called us, hours after we checked in, we decided to go see if we could get a room. Luckily they changed our room and got us in earlier! For lunch that day we got burgers from room service. And went to Cravings at The Mirage for dinner, it’s a buffet, and since it was Mother’s Day I can’t remember if I ate for free, or got a good discount! After dinner, we had some time, so we walked around before we saw Cirque Du Soleil The Beatles Love!

Day 2 – We slept in, we were exhausted. We ventured out to Heart Attack Grill on Freemont Street, then we walked over to the Pawn Stars Pawn Shop. For dinner we headed over to the Venetian and ate at Postrio which is a Wolfgang Puck restaurant. We had some time before the show, so we walked around the Venetian and took a fun Gondola Ride. We saw Phantom – The Las Vegas Spectacular (unfortunately it is no longer running, it closed last month, which is a major bummer, it was AMAZING!)

The LT in his hospital gown at Heart Attack GrillMy Chocolate Butter Fat Shake and his Coke                      Gondola RidePhantom

Day 3 – We slept in again this morning. We went to Maggiano’s Little Italy for lunch. It’s at the Fashion Show Mall, so after lunch we walked around the mall. For dinner we went to Shibuya, which is a Japanese Teppanyaki Restaurant(Hibachi style) at the MGM Grand and then Cirque Du Soleil: KA!

                      

 

More to come tomorrow……

The LT & The Mrs At Fort Jackson

We are moving to Fort Jackson, South Carolina in a few months. We were suppose to go to Fort Sill, Oklahoma. I guess I should go back a month…

The LT was up for promotion in April, the board came back with the list in August, unfortunately the LT wasn’t on it. We knew his name wasn’t going to be on the list, but it didn’t make it any better. We were very disappointed, but knew that this was just God’s way of telling us that the Army just might not be the place for us. We were set to leave Hawaii in Dec and go to Fort Sill for Captain’s Career Course, but since he wasn’t being promoted, he was now going to be an XO at AIT at Fort Sill. Last week he met with his Branch Manager, and he told the LT that he couldn’t get orders for Fort Sill right then, but that there were openings at Fort Jackson. The LT called me and we talked about it, and we both felt that Jackson would be the best place for us at this time. We aren’t going to be able to take much leave, and we wanted to go home for Christmas, but just didn’t think it would work with driving from Oklahoma to Georgia/Tennessee. And Jackson is quite closer to our families. So, now the LT will be an XO for a Basic Training unit. We aren’t sure how long we will be at Jackson, and the LT will be up for promotion again in April, which means we will know by August where we will go. If he gets promoted it’s off to Fort Sill, if he’s not, then we will stay at Jackson until his time is up.

We are so very excited for the next chapter. We are going to miss Hawaii so much, but this is a good thing. And we are so excited for a change!