Lovers Day

Valentines Day.

One of Reid's favorite Holidays.

She will always be my first Valentine.

We held strong on tradition this year and opted for a delicious heart shaped pizza from Brick Oven! So delicious   We were laughing remembering last year when I was sick as a dog and surprised Reid with a heart shaped pizza and Chuck Bass for dinner.

Instead of doing homework like I should, Allison and I spent hours in the Wilk laughing about nothing and exaggerating situations beyond reality like we do best.

Rose and Sis threw a Valentines party in their PINK HOUSE.  So fun to see so many faces I love all in one night.

Luckily my real Valentine got done with his test finally so he could come hang out with me :) 

This cutie definitely made this Valentines one to remember.

And our kitchen table is literally covered in cookies, donuts, candies, and 4 vases of beautiful flowers.  Between 2 boyfriends and a lot of really sweet people, we're on a fast track to obesity over here at MC 1.

So Tommy and I have a pretty cool dating history, if I do say so myself.  We met in Jerusalem for goodness sake.  I put this little number together for this here day of lovers.

Valentines Day 2013 from Andrea Brinton on Vimeo.

Waking up in Vegas...

Last weekend I was talking to Ash about how I wanted to come visit her and Spencer at their new house in Vegas because I haven't seen them in a whopping NINE MONTHS!!!!  She threw out the outrageous idea that Tommy and I pack our bags and come down the next weekend, and we decided we would!  Thursday night/Friday morning, Allison, Anneliese, Robert and Tawni decided to join in on the weekend.

Ash threw this crazy cute party on Friday night for all Spencer's Dental School friends and their wives. There was literally probably 40 couples there!  Such popular peeps.

I just love these gals.  And these great angles of Reid.

We spent the night playing games, powning everyone in Just Dance, and EATING.  Eating alllllll weekend.

The next day was Spencer's birthday (and Groundhog's Day for those of you who are counting...)  Spence had to stay home most of the day to study for a test unfortunately, so we thought we'd hit the malls on the strip for the day until he could join us later on.

Some of my favorite humes on this green earth, as Liesey would say.

One of my favorite things in Vegas: Serendipity Frozen Hot Chocolate.  A MUST.

And then HEYO!  Stumbled upon this beautiful store for the first time in my LIFE!  Remember that documentary about MJ, the one where he's just pointing out these statues for millions of dollars and telling them to add it to his cart? (you've probably never seen it...) BUUUUT, THIS IS THE STORE HE WAS IN!!!!  Couldn't believe my eyes.  TOTALLY that exact joint.

We went on the NY New York Roller Coaster that night, and BOY was it a blast.  That and Frozen Hot Chocolate were the only things I was really jonesin to do while I was in Vegas aside from spending time with these fine people.  Fun fact: Tommy is afraid of Roller Coasters.  And I mean AFRAID.  Never seen him so scared in my life.  Conquered his fears that night, the cute thing!

Spencer really wanted to get a picture in front of the Las Vegas sign on his birthday, so off we went!  I wish Robert and Tawni were in these so we'd have one of the whole crew, but they went to a Cirque Du Soleil show that night instead.

This crazy guy was having us do all sorts of poses down there.  Actually really worth having him quide us.  Turned out super cute!

After church on Sunday Robert, Tawni, Tommy and I drove down to see the Hoover Dam.  I've always wanted to see it, but never been.  It was actually really cool to see.

We made some delicious Super Bowl FOOOOOD and sadly watch the 49ers lose the Game before we left Ash and Spencer to drive home at 9pm.  Yeah, we got home around 3:30am.  we were a little delayed because it was SOOOO foggy when we got close to home.  I literally couldn't see 2 lines in the road in front of me!  3am, 40mph, hunched over looking through the only hole that's not completely iced over the windshield, with 6 tired, dozing people in the car.

It was such a fun little getaway and I loved seeing Ash and Spencer for a few days, even though it was kind of crazy the whole time!  Thanks for letting us come visit, you guys!!  Love you both so much!

Oh yeah,

Hahahahahahahahahahahaha

AND, probably the lamest vacation video I've EVER made... but here it is:

Vegas Weekend from Andrea Brinton on Vimeo.