I am so shallow!

I have had a personal boycott against Abercrombie & Fitch for years now, and my girls know not to even ask for anything from there because they know I will never get it for them. I have noticed that my boycott is working, at least in my family, because my girls won't even spend their own money there.

So how dedicated am I, really, when I couldn't even resist snapping this photo with my phone and sending it to my whole family (yes, even Steve) while on a birthday trip with Madi?

Aren't you glad that I figured out how to make the picture bigger? Otherwise, you'd have to look at him like this:

He really was quite spectacular to look at...Stop it! There I go again.

The rest of the St. George/Vegas trip with Madi was so much fun. She is so easy to be with and I actually like shopping with her. It feels like we are equals. Instead of being a glorified clothes hanger, Madi and I acutally helped each other pick out things to try on and we also looked at other things besides clothes. We looked out furniture, dishes, housewares, purses, jewelry, make-up, fine art, books....we had so much fun just meandering from store to store.

We went to Nordy's for lunch and shared a crepe for dinner. We tried the burgers at 5 Guys (first time for both of us) and we ate peppermint ice cream w/hot fudge back at the condo.

We saw the Blue Man Group and were blown away by the sights and sounds of the show, and the off beat humor. Madi had her birthday announced during the show via the moving text screen, and the whole audience wished her a Happy Birthday.

Sorry this picture is so tiny. We forgot our camera, so we had to take pictures with our phone. This is a picture hanging in the theater where we saw The Blue Man Group. The little men paddling the boat are The Blue Men and there is also one water skiing (to the left of the picuture). Madi and I thought that it was pretty funny.
On her actual birthday, we went out to dinner with both sets of grandparents, and then came back to the house for birthday cake and presents. We are missing Markelle and my parents from this picture:

That's my famous German Chocolate cake. It'll put you in a sugar coma. It takes a pound of butter, several cups of sugar, seven eggs, along with pecans, evaporated milk, lots of chocolate. It is quite amazing, especially the next day when it's had a chance to "ferment."