Skiing

I brought Alex along with us on the Sr. High ski trip.  We went up to Ostego, MI to Bittersweet Ski Resort.  It was Alex's first skiing experience and my first in about 16 years.  We had a group of 14 and had a lot of fun skiing on Saturday and then spending the night up in Paw Paw. 

Merry Christmas

Rockin' Around!

A friend from church made this video for us. It takes a minute or two to load but it's pretty funny.

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Las Vegas

I went to a marketing conference in Las Vegas this week at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino.  It was a fairly productive conference.  Las Vegas wouldn't be my first choice for a city to visit but I enjoyed the week.  It was nice to be near the mountains and fun to check out the strip.  Las Vegas Blvd is all about sensory overload. 

I walked the strip a few times to check things out.  I wanted to see the famous fountain show at the Bellagio.  It was worth the price of admission (free) and very neat to check out.  I also had some time to kill after the conference and before my plane left on Thursday so I went to see "the Lion King" musical.  That was also worth the price of admission, not free, but very very cool.

I got to go to lunch w/ Ethan, Josh and Dave when I got back to Indy!

Great news...I didn't lose any money gambling.

I ate at the Hard Rock Cafe, it was right next to my hotel.

View from my 14th floor window, 13 stories up!

The Bellagio, Ceasar's Palace and the Mirage.

Paris Hotel

Fountain show at the Bellagio

New York, New York

"The Lion King" musical at Mandalay Bay

lunch in Indy at Steak 'n Shake

Daddy/Daughter Date Night

I took Emma to Merrillville last night.  We went to a couple of her favorite stores in the mall and ate in the food court.  Emma got a purse.  Then we went to see the movie COURAGEOUS.  Great movie. 

We had a great time together chatting and hanging out together.  Emma's a lot of fun and a great daughter.

Louisville

Heather and I took a long weekend trip to Louisville this weekend. We had a great time shopping (well she had a great time shopping), walking around downtown, visting Highview Baptist Church and the Louisville Slugger museum.

It's always fun to get away to a new place and we hadn't ever been to Louisville. It sure doesn't seem like a big city. But it was nice to spend time alone and talk about things w/o distractions.

They are now adding "Phil Conrad - Oct. 2011" to the list.

Some guy trying to give me directions.

You can lead a horse to a diet coke and let him drink.

Me and Clark w/ differing opinions.

Louisville Slugger Museum

Third Day Concert

Heather and I took the POSSE (our student leadership team) to the Third Day concert down at Purdue last night.  Tenth Avenue North and Trevor Morgan also performed.  It was a great time.  We went to Applebee's before the show.  The music was great and so fun to watch a live show and listen to music performed live.  We had great seats in the first row of the first balcony. 

Amanda, Grace, Heather

Grace, Ben, Heather, Phil, Jake, Amanda, Andrew

Third Day