365 Days with Sam

Today marks the year anniversary of having Sam. Here are some of the funny things we have learned about having a cat:

1. Cats do swear at people and talk back. For example; Sam was trying to wake us up at 6:00 am on a weekend. Katina sprays him and as he jumps off the bad gives this deep, angry meow that Katina swears he was calling her a female dog.

2. Cats know when something isn't right. Whenever Chris or Katina have been sick, Sam has laid on the bed right next to them all day. He only gets up to go to the bathroom or get a drink.

3. Cats are scared at everthing that moves. So many times this year have we scared him so bad that he has fallen off of the chair or hit the wall. It is so funny!

4. When a cat wants you up, he means "Get up now!" This morning he was headbutting my feet and knees and whining until I woke up. What did he want? Just to be petted and loved. Crazy cat!

5. Just like humans, cat hate to be weighed. When we put him in the carrier and weigh him, he fights us, but after we open up the carrier to let him out, he will lay in there for hours if we let him.

There are so many things that we have learned about cats. It has been quite an interesting year with him. We were reviewing the past blogs about him and discovered that he is a very goofy cat!

More Vegas pictures

I realized that I forgot to put a couple pictures of the free shows we saw. The first picture is of the "Birdman" who gives a free show near the Hawaiian Marketplace. He rescues endangered birds and uses them in shows. He had macaws that would talk. The last bird was white and was supposed to fly through two hula hoops. Chris was holding one of the hula hoops in the air. I was going to take a picture of the bird flying through the hoop. All of sudden it started flying right toward me so, alas, no picture. Sorry!

The second piture is of Carl "Safe Sax" Ferris. He is the awesome sax player who entertains on Fremont Street. I took a video of his playing, but since you can't hear the sound, I decided not to post it. Chris may put a video with sound on the blog.

What happens in Vegas does not have to stay in Vegas

Chris and I returned from Las Vegas on Monday. We had a great time. We dropped off Sam at the vet office for boarding on Thursday morning and then made the long trip to Vegas. We thought we were going to arrive before check in time, but they had construction on I-15 and we hit it during rush hour traffic. Once we got settled in to our resort, we went swimming and then went to Pizza Hut for dinner and shopping. On Friday morning, we went to a Worldmark presentation (we found out we are VIP members!) so we could get a $50 gift card. Then we drove to the strip. I had found this restaurant online that was only supposed to be about 1 mile from the Stratosphere. As we walked down the strip, we saw a few things in the casionos. By the time we were past the strip, we realized that it was definately farther than a mile. We finally got to the restaurant 2 miles later. We decided to take the bus back to the strip because both of us were beyond walked out. The buses in Vegas are crazy busy. We found out quickly that day that we had gone to Vegas on spring break weekend. When we finally got back to the resort, we went straight to the hot tub and soaked for an hour.
Saturday morning we went to the temple. We have found a new favorite temple. It is gorgeous inside and we really didn't want to leave. Afterwards we went to In-N-Out Burger; Chris's first time there. We then went to the strip again where we saw more casinos and attractions. That evening we drove downtown. We ate at the Main Street Station Garden Buffett where there is probably a mile of food. It was so good! We then went to the Fremont Street Experience. I thought downtown was way cooler than any of the Strip. They put a 1200 foot screen of 1.2 million LED lights and they play a show set to music. It is way cool.

Sunday morning we went to sacrament meeting at a nearby church and then relaxed at the resort. That night we decided to take the resort's shuttle to the strip. We then saw the Mirage volcano and the Pirates at TI (I do not recommend this show. It is pretty much just half-naked women dancing around). We tried to make it back to the Bellagio for the dancing fountains again, but ran out of time.

We really enjoyed our trip. We hated to come home, but plan to go to that same resort again sometime. We still want to see some things that we didn't have time for this trip. I tried to post these as an album, but had not luck. Here are a few of my favorite pictures.

A brief explanation of the pictures in order:

The aquarium at Caesar's Palace

Fashion Show Mall (it looks like a flying saucer)

the dancing fountain at the Bellagio

New York, New York

Fremont Street Experience-the screen is huge as you can see

Chris at his first In-N-Out Burger

you can't really see it, but there is a motorcyclist in that ball

the volcano at the Mirage

a view of the strip at night

the beautiful Las Vegas temple

Vegas trip

Chris and Katina are going to Vegas this weekend for their anniversary. They are so excited and plan to post pictures when they get back.

Sam's tower

We bought Sam a cat tower a few weeks ago. He loves it. We put a few toys on the top and he will jump through the top to knock them off.

this is Sam on top of the tower

'attacking' it

as he jumped through the red

tunnel, he knocked it over. It

was way funny

Another shot at making money

Katina has been so busy the last few weeks that she has not had time to post. Her back feels better, but she has been working hard at starting her new business. She has decided to give Mary Kay another shot. She used to sell it in college, but quit. After much research, she decided it was worth it again. Check out her website at www.marykay.com/katinaanthony. She would really appreciate your business and referrals for free facials. Email her at katinaanthony@marykay.com for her specials of the week.

A Nice Walk Across Temple Square

On a nice sunny day like today, one can appreciate spring. Chris gets the chance to regularly walk across Temple Square. Here are some pictures from his cell phone of Temple Square.

Not all these pictures where taken today but they have been taken this year.

General Conference Priesthood Session.

Chris was able to go to the Conference Center to see the priesthood session. Chris ran into an old friend from his home town branch that he hadn’t seen in 5 years. Chris took some pictures of the Conference Center with his cell phone; they may not look the best as it was with a cell phone. Katina knew when the men were out because of the large crowd.

6 months ago

We wanted to write a little tribute to our Aunt Judy. It was 6 months ago that she passed away. We miss talking to her, celebrating with her, her advice, and her general zeal for life. We miss you Aunt Judy!