Vegas "Getaway"

So these past couple weeks have been full of exciting events! The end of the semester is coming and the weather has finally gotten nice! General Conference was great and we enjoyed attending sessions in the conference center and sitting down with the general authority's familys (thank you Travis!) We even got a little suntan after sitting outside, who would have thought!! Rachel attended her last class at BYU ever, and a then a last-minute 6 day trip to fabulous Las Vegas! The only thing wrong with the situation was that the trip was taken just by Tyler, as Rachel stayed home ... working and taking finals - Lame!


The above picture is a bit misleading because he wasn't leaving his wife for fun on the strip, his company had a last minute deal to go down and install their automation system in this very formal $4 million dollar home (see below) So he's staying at some random cheap hotel, down with a couple guys from the company working 12 hour days. Since it was so-last minute, they had only 2 days to completely install the house.

There is a Parade of Homes down in Vegas this month so thousands of people will be coming through this home. Tyler gets to show off what their company can actually do in this house rather than sitting in the garage with a tv like he had done in other Parades. It was a pretty good last minute opportunity, it's just been really stressful for Tyler and a long week for Rachel. Tyler headed down early Tuesday morning and is heading home tonight (Sunday) so 6 days later .. we can celebrate the end of the semester haha.

Obviously this house is pretty big, and they wanted 8 plasma TVs! I figured they just wanted one in every bathroom and bedroom wall possible, but then Tyler sent the following picture...

I don't really understand the need for 3 tvs on one wall, especially when they're all showing the same movie on all three AND they're in the "billiards room" -- which doesn't look like the coziest setting. Either way, they wanted to drop the bucks, so they're not going to stop them. There have been several people who have been very interested in the company so hopefully this crazy week will all be worth it in the end.

One last final on Tuesday -- then Rachel will officially be a BYU Grad!!

Maybe one day we'll have a backyard like this???