Friday, February 20, 2009

Valentine's Day Retreat

For Valentine's Day, Rob and I escaped from the babies and everyday life and spent the night down on the Las Vegas strip! We really wanted to get out of vegas, but did not have the time to travel. So we decided to stay downtown and explore Las Vegas. It was wonderful!!! I sometimes forget that we live in such a fun place, where there is endless shopping and amazing restaurants!

The weekend included:

A spa treatment at THE bathhouse at THE Hotel at Mandalay Bay. I have to say this place is absolutely wonderful! I don't think my two hours there was nearly enough! I plan on going back really soon! (Locals get a discount, and they have lots of cool pools and steam rooms)


After the spa treatment, Rob and I met at our hotel room, where we changed for dinner at Maggiano's. I made reservations ahead of time so that we could have a great view of the strip. The highlight of dinner was the music...there was a funny man playing the accordion! He played the song from Disney's "Lady and the Tramp." If only we had ordered spaghetti with meatballs!
We spent the night at THE Hotel at Mandalay Bay. Our room was perfect!

I don't have a picture for the Wynn, but we had breakfast/lunch at the Terrance Cafe in the Wynn Hotel. This was the first time I had been to the Wynn, it was totally different than what I expected. I really recommend this cafe! It was reasonably priced and the food was delicious!

After eating at the Wynn, we headed to Town Square for shopping and movie!


We saw the movie "Push!" It was an interesting movie, and I suggest you rent it when it comes out on DVD!
After the movie we had to head home to our three little valentines! The weekend was perfect! Thank you Rob for such a wonderful escape! I love you!

Tuesday, February 3, 2009

For Uncle Jared

We miss you Uncle Jared!
Jared teaching Emma a few tricks! The girl makes the craziest noises!

My brother Jared is just the coolest guy! He is always wanting more pictures of the girls on our blog! So here are a few for you Jared! We love you! Come see us soon!

Amanda & Rob Finlinson

Amanda & Rob Finlinson

Our Story...

Rob and I met in November of 2002 in the financial services office at BYU. After a very akward introduction, which involved me introducing myself in the third person, Rob called and asked me out. After a pretty amazing first date (its a long story-some other time), I confidently told Rob "that once he dated me he would never want to date anyone else." I really had no idea at that point that it was going to work out so well. We dated for the next five months and then one beautiful night on a bridge at Sundance resort, Rob and I got engaged. We were married four months later on August 16, 2003 in the Las Vegas, NV temple. And we have been living happily ever after since...