Vegas, Volleyball, Very Good 1st Day of School

Here is cute Alyse on her first day of school. She is really excited about most of her classes. Below is Alyse in her Kappa Shirt. It is LDS Sorority Rush this week and she has been very busy with that.

Annie had a great 1st day of school! She attended each class for 25 minutes, got her yearbook picture taken, then got to come home until she had to go back for volleyball practice.

Annie's High School Volleyball team had a tournament in St. George last weekend. As soon as we dropped her off at the school to ride the bus down with the team Kim, Alyse, and I headed to Las Vegas. We had a good time in spite of the heat. My only complaint was walking 2 miles in 115 degree heat from our hotel to get down the strip to where all the fun hotels were. Oh yeah and then walking back 2 miles in the heat to get back to our hotel when we were done for the evening. ( I don't recommend doing that) Below is a picture of the 3 of us in the fun M&M store.

Kim is riding the roller coaster at New York, New York. He's right in the front. Can you see him? Alyse and I were too short to be allowed to ride. You had to be 5 ft. 4in.

Alyse and I at New York, New York.

Alyse at our hotel Circus Circus. They had a fun acrobat show we watched.

Kim and Alyse at The Bellagio.

Alyse and I at Caesars Palace.

Alyse over looking little Venice.

Alyse and I at Treasure Island.

We stayed over night in Las Vegas and spent the next morning there also. Can I just say that the early morning 90's were so much better that the 115 temperature of the evening before. Then we headed back to St. George for Annie's tournament. We got there with an hour to spare before it started. Annie's team played well and they had fun. This year Annie is the team setter. The tall girls took her spot as outside hitter. She is a good little setter and an awesome server! She's #24 in the setter's crouch on the floor in the picture below waiting for the other team to serve the ball.

Great set

Watch the serve

Get ready

Calling the ball

Awesome serve

Go for it

Dig

Rest

The tournament ran Friday afternoon through Sat. night. Annie was released to us at the end of the tournament and we spent the night in St. George. Kim and I ran over to Hurricane and surprised one of our former missionaries by attending his wedding reception. Sunday morning we attended the dedication of the Oquirrh Mt. Temple in St. George. Then we headed for home so Annie could get some rest and be ready for school which started the next day. It was a fun little get away. A big thank you to my son Andy and daughter in law Annie for the fun overnight in Heber City at the Zermatt Resort. We just got back from that today and enjoyed it. Alyse and Annie survived just fine while we were gone.