Auntie Amber

One of the very cool things about living in the Las Vegas valley is that people actually want to come visit. Well, DJ helps with that, too, but Las Vegas is much more a place people want to come than New Albany, Indiana. (No disrespect, New Albany, but Vegas has you beat when it comes to places to visit. But I still love you!) Not only that, but because Vegas is such a tourist attraction, many companies and organizations have conferences here, which means eve more people come. Granted, we're like 30 minutes from the action on the strip, but that's close enough for it to count.

Amber had one such conference, and she decided to stay with us, which we were wicked excited about. She came a few days early to hang out with us, which we loved, and was here for 5 days before we lost her to Utah again. Obviously, we loved having her here and had an amazing time, and obviously, DJ thought she was pretty much the greatest thing that's ever happened to her. And now, I shall tell our story in pictures.

Collage! Pic 1: DJ and Amber selfie. Pics 2 and 3 contain shots of our sweet tats that we got at dinner the first night. We went to a restaurant that had those temporary tattoos in their kids' menu. Obviously, DJ is too little for a kids' menu, but we weren't complaining. I mean, only good moms give their infant sons bicep tats, right?

I tried to make Amber a cheesecake for her birthday (which was a few days before she came to visit). The one on the left is white chocolate. Obviously, there's a reason I made a second one, a lemon raspberry creation, that was salvageable. We laughed so hard at the black-white chocolate cheesecake. Oh dear.

We got massages for Amber's birthday present. On the way home, we had to swing by the grocery store, where we found these chips. A few years ago, my sisters, parents, and I went to Hawaii, where Mom bought some of these and threatened to cut off our boobs if we ate any. So we took a shot for her so she'd know who to cut!

We went swimming a few times in the backyard, but that wears you out, so Deej and Amber caught some zzz's together.

He likes to share the handle of his binky.

"Now listen, Deej, this is my phone!"

These two had a great time just hanging out and being best buddies.

Amber is a Zumba instructor, so we did some Zumba. DJ got antsy, so I just strapped him on and kept going. 

We got matching watches. Twinners!

Swimming with Auntie Amber!

Seriously, he was loving having her here (as we all were).

DJ helping Amber set up her equipment for her presentation. All that for one presentation. Amber is kind of the bomb.

Dancing around the presentation room.

"Here, eat this!"

We had a blast having her here, playing, swimming, hanging out, shopping, and watching her present like a boss. We want her to move in with us, but that's another story. Thanks for coming, Auntie Amber! DJ misses you even more than I do!