Our Little Baby - Barley The Beast

Little Barley is growing up and turning into a sophisticated, belching dirty beast of a St. Bernard. She's still adorable and has us wrapped around her humgonous paws! Hope you enjoy a few pictures of her as of tonight - we need to get more animated ones of her (she has a great personality - she must take after us!). She is just about 185 lbs and is standing about 5 feet tall and 9 feet long...well, if you believe me you need to get off of the computer more often, she's a St. Bernard puppy not a baby Dinosaur! She's pushing 85 lbs and can barely fit under the crotch!




Say P-U-P-P-E-R-O-N-I !!!












Look Alive Barley! Okay - we got a decent side shot of her - what else do you want?











Little Barley loves the "give me pouty" look... I think she gets it from her mama.

Trip to St. Paul

We recently just made a trip to St. Paul for one of Betsy's friend's (Kimberly) wedding...we had a great time even though it rained almost the whole time but made it to the Mall of America, had some good Irish food, ate at Mickey's Diner..oh, and partied at the wedding!



This was the view from our hotel room on the 15th floor overlooking the Mississippi River - you can see the river boats on the left (where the wedding reception was held - Very Fun!)











The Petoskey Girls reunited on the River Boat...Mighty Nice!











Betsy and Megan are sporting the latest fashions of St. Paul - wedding panchos... they are the latest fad of the midwest sweeping the nation.. one wedding at a time.










Stan and Kelly pulling Dino's tail - also sporting their fashionable wedding panchos. It's fun for the whole family.

4th of July...Where's the party? Where's the fireworks?

Our first 4th of July in Vegas was a hot one - it was a balmy 117 (I think it was a record). We had visitors - James and Brooke from FL and then Dawn and Greg came out from San Jose for a few days to party it down. It turns out that there are more parties than there are fireworks in the desert on the 4th - who knew?!?

James brought his secret Cuban Mojito recipe with him - so it turned out we had Mojitos 'in the Morning...Mojitos 'in the Afternoon...and Mojitos 'in the Evening!

The Sparkler Sisters! Coming to a casino showroom near you...

The Ladies of Polyesthers posting before the night gets started...Watch out Charlie's Angels - there's a new trio of Poly-Party'ers in town.

The crew lounging at our VIP Area in the 80's area of the club. Anyone up for a game of Ms. PacMan? What about another drink?

Who Visits Vegas in the Summer?

After Easter, we've had quite a few visitors from Cousins on both sides to friends from all over...it's been great having a houseful of guests and fresh meat for little Barley! Remember, if you plan to visit - let us know ahead of time so we can reserve a bed for you. Also keep in mind that the summers in Vegas can go up to 120 or so... but it's a "dry heat" which means you don't sweat as much - it just feels like you're being baked in an oven.


Cousins - Jodi and Mike ventured to the desert for their wedding anniversary - back to the place where they tied the knot... can you say Hoover Dam, KA, Mystere and SpamAlot..? All in one trip! Now that's a Dam trip! Detroit Rocks.



A slieu of cousins came from FL and LA - Mickey, Carla, Margaret, Mike and aunt Faye were in town for Margaret's dancer of the year competition (and she brought home quite a few trophies!) A week later Matt, Maggie, Lizzie and Rebecca flew in to party... we had a great time, ate cake and walked the strip!

James "Rev" and Brooke ventured from FL to experience the 'dry heat' and make sweet lovin' to the plastic indians we have here in Vegas. HOW!









Cousins Mandy and Barry flew in for a trip without the kids - first time Vegas Visitors - and we found beer pong tables at O'Shea's!

This was after Mandy had played one game - drink up!

I think you're supposed to leave the ball in the cup...