Las Vegas

I have had my fair share of fun in Vegas back in the college. I would drive down from SLC for a Morrisey concert, Cranberries concert, and Indigo Girls concert. I also met up with my two awesome uncles, Glenn and Ed, at Red Rock to do some multi-pitch rock climbing. Oh, and once I ran into Julia Roberts and George Clooney filming Oceans 11. This time, we got to see KZ get married and spend quality time with family!

Las Vegas is not my favorite place. But if it is your first time, the strip is worth an hour of your time. Claire and Elizabeth had not been there before and it had been 40 years since Mom and Dad had been there. So after the wedding, we went to the Bellagio fountains, gardens, and Venecian canals.




From Collages

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McKay and Craig Whittaker

December 29th

Las Vegas Temple

Sealed for time and all eternity

From Collages

McKay was a beautiful bride. It is crazy to think that she is all grown up and married. I love her so! I am also happy to have a new fun brother, Craig.

As the youngest, McKay has always been picked on and her wedding day was no exception. We did our family tradition and made a roast song. I messed up the video, but here are the lyrics sung to Jonathan Coulton's Skullcrusher Mountain.

Welcome to this wonderful Webb Whitaker wedding

We hope that you've enjoyed your stay so far

We guess you've met with the bride and groom

She is stunning--- He is brilliant

But we assure you that they are not all they seem

We have some inside information

Let us fill you in on some juicy details

Here's our roast song for you

McKay, we like this one

So much more than the other 34

How did you kiss so many faces?

Better thank mom and dad for braces.

Craig, she loves you more

Cuz she's not going to Salvador

Now your mission is together

You have a companion now,

try not to kill each other

Craig, you better study hard and make straight A's

You better get to know the stuff yourself

You can't always rely on your iphone

Take care of KZ

She's your princess

Don't give her brownies for every meal

Please remember to do the chores like:

cooking, washing, cleaning, sweeping

Cuz she won't do them for you

McKay, we like this one

So much more than the other 34

How did you kiss so many faces?

Better thank mom and dad for braces.

Craig, she loves you more

Cuz she's not going to Salvador

Now your mission is together

You have a companion now,forever and ever.

FOREVER AND EVER

FOREVER AND EVER

Las Vegas with the Henriksens

I recently went to Vegas for the 4th of July weekend to visit some friends. Steve, aka Elder Henriksen, was a missionary in Bainbridge way back in the day. Shortly after his mission, he married the greatest girl from Australia. Their courtship story is amazing. They met on line; he flew out to Australia on Friday, engaged on Saturday, married on Sunday.

They are so generous. They actually bought my ticket for a fun get-a-way weekend. We had a great time . I especially loved the Bellagio fountains.

Layover in Las Vegas

Our flight to ATL from PDX was canceled on Tuesday, so we got to lay over in Vegas for seven hours on our rerouted way back home. Cheyney showed me the strip and caught up with some of Cheyn's friends for dinner.

BYU Wins The Las Vegas Bowl

And we were there. BYU 38 Oregon 8. It was so fun to see great Cougar football. And what a season with the Cougs finishing in the top twenty for the first time in ten years! After the game Cheyn and I rushed the field. My favorite part was seeing Cheyn chant BYU. The conversion process has begun.

Cheyn bought me tickets as an early Christmas present. We drove up to Vegas with our friend Dan who also attended the game. We were in the Oregon section and their fans were nice, but disappointed in their team. BYU was on fire. After some hard years, the program seems to be back.