Visit from Grandma & Grandpa

We were all so happy to see my parents last weekend, and grateful that they came from Idaho to visit us.

We had a great time at the park

We visited the Springs Preserve and the Nevada History Museum

Grandma & Grandpa brought Nora a pretty new dress

The grown-ups had a great night out at Zarkana, a show by Cirque du Soleil

 We also visited the strip and saw the Bellagio Conservatory 

We ate some good food, celebrated my birthday, and Mom and I went shopping one afternoon while Nora and Grandpa napped. We had a wonderful time!

After Grandma and Grandpa left, Nora asked about them daily and we had this conversation several times:

Mother's Day, Anniversary, Commencement

May tends to be a month full of celebrations for us, which makes it very fun!

Mike and I celebrated our anniversary with our first Las Vegas night out on the town. (Let's be honest: we were home by 9. But it was still fantastic to get out!

Mike sent me these beautiful tulips to celebrate 7 years of wedded bliss.

And dessert at Cafe Bellagio included this lovely creme brulee.

We celebrated Mother's Day with some friends from the library by going to the conservatory at the Bellagio and seeing the seasonal flowers there. Nora's favorite part was watching the fish in the koi pond.

Yesterday I went to UNLV's commencement. I was thinking about my own college graduation 10 years ago and the last commencement I went to, which was my graduation from library school 5 years ago. I love celebrating new graduates! They've worked so hard and have so many interesting things ahead of them. 

Commencement selfie

Since the semester wrapped up at UNLV, the semester also concluded at UNLV preschool. Nora is moving on to a new class!

This giant owl is in the lending library at the preschool, and every day when we leave Nora says hi. Friday she wanted to hug the owl.