It's been almost exactly a year since the Hot Wife and I ran off to Las Vegas. That trip was for nothing more than site seeing, eating, shopping and hanging out. If you have not been to Vegas or it has been a long time you might find some fun photos in this bunch.

Vegas has come a long way since the old Elvis days but if you look hard enough you can still find many of the old strip reminders. Being a kid of the seventies I really wish I could have seen an Elvis show in Las Vegas.

While there, our morning exercise was to walk from the Venetian, almost in the middle of the strip, to either end of the strip. In two days of morning walking we pretty much walked from one end of the strip to the other. Many of these photos are what you would see walking along the strip and many things in between.

Las Vegas 2008 Photo Album
(Just click on a photo to move to the next)

Labels: Fun Events, Hot Wife, Photo, Road Trips

Remember back in the day when you wanted a photo? We're talking back when I was a kid, in the 70's. We'd either pull out our slim, black 110 camera or if we were lucky we'd pull out the bulky Polaroid Instant Camera.

Taking pictures has come a long way baby. As kids we could get instant Polaroids with the funky colors and funny border around them like the New Years 2009 photo above or we would have to send our 110 or 35mm film off to be developed. A week or two later it would return and we would gleefully rip open our envelope to see our dozen grand photos.

If you were like my friends and I, you would find a stack full of blurry photos mixed in with a few shots of your friends with their heads cut off. At that age it didn't matter much, that the color was bad, the composition was horrible and you just shelled out eight bucks for twelve bad pictures.

Fast forward to 2009 and my how things have changed. Polaroid camera you say? 110 film you ask? Those days are long gone. Today we have micro cameras that take pictures big enough for posters and they're digital! That means you get to take as many pictures as you want and you can delete the bad shots. Wow! What a deal.

No more film, no more waiting, no more photo albums... what!! No more photo albums? That's right. With the ease of today's photography many people are accumulating thousands of digital pictures without ever taking the time to get them developed and stuck into photo albums. We've all got a zillion pictures but we can't ever look at them. Wrong! Read on...

I'm guilty of not getting digital photos developed and now have a good thousand pictures taking up space on my computer. Today there are great sites like Flickr and Facebook that allow us to post our photos online. This is a great way to share photos with people a world away.

I've also recently discovered a great software called Jalbum. This software builds your albums for you and helps you upload them to their site or your own site. It's great!

I recently uploaded the photos from our 2008 Disney World trip. They are now online for the family and the world to see. Take a look and see what we were doing exactly one year ago today. Just click on the main photo and it will transition to the next. Enjoy!

The Tucker 2008 Disney World Trip

Labels: Daughters, Family, Fun Events, Hot Wife, Memories, Parenting, Photo, Road Trips

Wow! Between a mom in the hospital, a family with the flu and the holidays, I have not been able to get much updating done. But, I'm back!

I thought I would do a quick review of 2008 for my girls to look back on. For the Tucker family, 2008 was a great travel year and we have much to be thankful for.

Disney World Trip - I think the trip to Disney World had to be the highlight of the year. The girls had their first plane ride and spent several fun filled days with the princesses of Disney.

Marco Island - During our Florida vacation we were able to visit Grandma and Papa at Marco Island. The girls had their first trip to the beach and enjoyed the plane ride back to Oklahoma.

Las Vegas - Vegas baby! Hot Wife and I spent several fun filled days in Vegas, staying at the Venetian. We traveled with another couple and spent all of our time eating, shopping and walking the strip. The girls spent quality time with Grandma and Papa.

Cancun - Hot Wife turned 40 and headed to Cancun on an all girl trip. Her and her good friends had a blast and I was able to spend several days of quality time with my girls.

School - We made the decision to leave the girls at their Montessori school. Our oldest moved upstairs into the "older" kids class and our youngest began extended day. We toured the local public school but just couldn't see a good enough reason to make the switch.

Activities - Our girls spent more time in tennis lessons and tennis clinic. They were both in dance and gymnastics and both also performed in the big dance production. They both improved in their piano lessons and were part of a piano recital. The girls dropped gymnastics and switched to tumbling later in the year.
Hot Wife and I played more tennis and I joined the men's doubles league. We all spent many days at the club pool and the girls continued their swimming lessons.
Hot Wife and I did not get any golf in together although I did play a couple of 18 hole rounds, the most I've ever played in one year.
Our girls ran in their first mini run, a school fundraiser. They enjoyed their first trip to Tulsa and we got to stay in a hotel.

Events - I started this cool blog. The girls both lost the same top front tooth. We made it to our 6th anniversary in our house. We put on a new roof. We saw the closing of our club house for reconstruction. Granny Ann went to the hospital for surgery. Papa had knee surgery. Cousin Skylar had a baby girl.

All in all it was a great year and set a high standard which we will attempt to match in 2009.

Labels: Daughters, Fun Events, Hot Wife, Memories, Road Trips

Hot Wife and I attended a rock and roll Halloween Party this year. The theme was rock and roll. Here we are as Kid Rock and Avril Lavigne. A good time was had by all.

Labels: Fun Events, Halloween, Hot Wife

Labels: Daughters, Fun Events, funny moment, Halloween, Hot Wife, Memories, Photo, Sisters

I showed my true devotion to my hot wife by making a second trip to Soonerville in Norman. We are a true house divided seeing as how I attended OSU and she attended OU. Both teams are ranked in the top 10 for the first time in years which makes the Bedlam game something to really look forward to. But first, the Cowboys have to get passed Texas which beat OU. This is gonna be good!

Here we are doing a little pre-game at the Mont and then a photo taken from our upper deck seats of the "Red Sea".

Labels: Hot Wife, Memories, Road Trips

These pictures were taken along the way on our latest road trip. They are taken with an iPhone and then emailed to an address set up on this blog. Only moments after each picture is taken they show up on this page.

We started doing this because our daughters get a little sad every time we leave home. This way they get to track what we are doing during the day and we get to send them little messages. This has been a real help in allowing us to leave town while keeping the girls happy. They especially love the photo that comes through saying we found them a surprise.

At Starbucks on our way to OU/Kansas.

At The Mont in Norman for lunch.

Hot Wife with Sooner Swirl.

A little shopping in Campus Corner.

The walk to the stadium.

Our cool seats. High up in the shade.

Dinner at Cheesecake to watch the 4th quarter.

Hot Wife supporting her team.

The End.

Labels: Dining, Fun Events, Hot Wife, Road Trips