Father Not Like Son.

Yesterday we took Hudson to a park with his cousins Maddox and Griffin. They were all running around this play area having a good time. Then Hudson discovers this rock climbing wall area. I suspect he saw Maddox go up the wall and since he wants to do whatever Maddox is doing he thought he should give it a shot. For those who know me I am a bit afraid of heights. I don’t even like standing on chairs. Hudson apparently doesn’t realize the danger of heights and starts climbing this wall. I tried to convince him not to, but he was determined. I stuck around as a safety net just incase, but he never needed me. I’ve been told he looks like me, but apparently he doesn’t get the same feeling my body does when he is near an ledge. My body wants to fling itself over any ledge. I can barely control it so I steer clear of any open cliffs or balconies.

The Wife

I thought I should introduce everyone to the Wife. This is the girl I suckered into marrying me. Her dad promised me $5000 if I married his daughter. I saw the opportunity to make it look like that was the reason I was getting married. Somehow he figured out the $5000 was not the reason I was marrying Melanie and has since decided I will not receive the money. Either way I came out way ahead!

Stratosphere

This is NOT the pool at the Stratosphere! This is a picture from the pool at the Monte Carlo. This was a trip we took to Vegas last year. This was what my expectation was of a pool in Vegas. Well we decided to break our drive up to Southern California and stop in Las Vegas for the first night. We, or Mel and her frugal tendencies rather, decided The Stratosphere at $65 a night is a great deal, and technically still on the Strip! Well a chihuahua and a great dane are technically both dogs. I know what you’re thinking... when you go to Vegas you expect trashy/tacky. But you expect trashy/tacky in a good way. There is a difference. We ventured to pool because it was 109 degrees. I noticed walking down the hall that a lot of the people walking down the hall were Raider fans. We got to the pool and I started noticing some scars on some people that to my untrained eye looked a little like bullet hole scars and possibly a few knife wounds. Again I am not an expert nor did I think it was a good idea to stare for more than half a second to verify my suspicions. I also didn’t realize cutoff denim shorts were approved swimming attire. The fact that denim can take 24hrs to dry might be beneficial in keeping you cool in the hot Vegas sun.These Stratosphere folk might be on to something. I was also shocked to see or rather not see the bottom of the pool. The water was a tad murky. It was amazing how different it looked on their website. From the pictures I didn’t realize the palm tree near the pool was spray painted on the wall gangsta style. Despite my better judgement I jumped in the pool I started to swim. When I pulled my hand out of the water I realized I somehow swam through someone’s hair because I had a clump tangled in my fingers. If you don’t plan to use the pool and just need a place to sleep the Stratosphere is not bad. But if you plan on leaving the room look elsewhere.