The Strip (no stripping actually involved...at least by us)

We got out of the van and the first thing he did was walk over and lean against this car. We were all like "Get away from that! Someone is gonna come cut you!"

I am wondering why we decided to take a cousin picture in front of the minivan...

I crack up every time I see this.

Poppies AND Parasols!

Hoover Dam

Thursday Kellie, Davis and I drove to Hoover Dam. It was not as exciting or huge as I thought it would be, but we had tons of fun! And the new bridge was finished. It was monumentally cooler than the dam. Jus' sayin'.

Me "Davis, at least pretend you are happy to be standing next to me." I'd say he did a pretty good job of acting. Also, I am not flipping you off, my other finger is just hidden...

They are so good about humoring me.

I was so elated to see flowers, especially the poppies. This was me in the car the whole way there "oh my gosh look at those flowers!" "yay, flowers!" "I love flowers!" "AAAAAGH! LOOK. AT. THE. FLOWERS!!!"

Shark Reef

ROAD TRIP!

That is what happened last week.

Yep. Jealous much? You should be for because I visited my awesome Mulvey relatives. Also my BFF drove down with me and even though we were in the car together for 20+ hours we didn't even try to kill each other! Amazing.

The last day we went to the Shark Reef Aquarium and it was sa-weet! I didn't get very many good photos because the lighting wasn't too great, but I loved the jelly fish and the touch table. Well, I thought the whole thing was amazing. I had never been to an aquarium before. 

I have to tell you though: the "Shipwreck" room really freaked me out. It was incredibly fun to watch the sharks and turtles swim around, but I did not like the feeling of being in a room totally surrounded by water. My stomach got all knotted and I felt a little dizzy. And, despite the fact I was already feeling panicked, I decided to walk over the glass panel that was in the middle of the floor. Not a good choice.

But it was AWESOME!

And here are the few photos that turned out (sort of) okay:

I really wanted that shark hat. But I'm a cheapskate and refused to pay $25 for it :)

(more road trip photos yet to come!)