Vegas City Lights

When we came to Vegas and found a nice little condo to move into, we discovered at night we could see the lights from The Strip quite well. We're in a second story unit, and there's an undeveloped piece of property straight across from us, which affords our little porch quite a view.

A couple weeks back we were trying to get a good night shot of the lights, which of course requires leaving the shutter open a couple seconds. Works great...if you're not trying to get a baby to hold still! Thought we'd share the fun in getting Pratt to not blur out.
After a few attempts, he held fairly still, and with a little color correction it came out nicely. You can even see the light shooting up from the Luxor over Janae's shoulder. 6 miles away is just the right view for us, we wouldn't want to be any closer!

Pratt's Baby Blessing

During our transition from Dallas to Vegas, we spent a lot of time vacationing in Utah. While in Utah, we had the opportunity to do Pratt's baby blessing at my parents home on September 27th. It was a wonderful blessing despite the fact Pratt cried the entire time. It was great to be surrounded by family for this special event. Here are a few photos from the day.