Anniversaries!

Last week was a week of anniversaries for us. A year ago August 1st was the last day we lived in our house back in Colorado. It was also the day we finished packing up everything and started our move to California. A year ago August 3rd was the day we arrived in Costa Mesa and moved into our new home. And 4 years ago August 5th was the day I became a Wood. To celebrate our 4th wedding anniversary, we had an amazing steak dinner at Morton's Steakhouse. Talk about the best steak I have ever eaten!! It was so delicious and the service was fantastic. After dinner we enjoyed a nice walk along the beach and watched the waves crash on the sand in the moon light. After the beach we headed back home to change into some stretchy comfy clothes and enjoyed a movie.

I guess you could say that we celebrated our 1 year anniversary of living in Costa Mesa by signing a new lease on our favorite apartment (not really). Or we decided to stay put mainly because of the hassle of having to locate a new place and move everything all over again. So we are stuck in our place until next December.

Another anniversary that took place last week was my 90 days at my new job. With the completion of my first 90 days, I now get benefits, paid vacation and paid holidays. I also had a 90 day review which went very well and I got a raise and a job title change. So now I just have to make it 9 more months and then I will have my one year review which has the possibility of a second raise.

With all these anniversaries going on, it only seemed right to celebrate everything with a trip to Las Vegas! So that is exactly what we are doing this weekend. Actually the trip was planned back in April to celebrate our wedding anniversary and my dad's birthday. But we can celebrate everything else at the same time. Ross and I are leaving this Friday morning and will pick up my parents from the airport in Las Vegas that evening. We are staying 3 nights in a suite at the Encore Hotel and Resort and are going to the Le Reve show on Saturday night! Should be a pretty fun time. Ross and I have been looking forward to this vacation for months and are so excited that it is finally here! The only disappointing part of the trip is that Shaun and Amanda won't be joining us...they decided a music festival would be more fun than Vegas (or it was just bad timing and they had already bought their tickets). I guess that means we just have to plan another trip, which is something I'm OK with.


Picture of the hotel we are staying in