The Community Achievement Awards were held Saturday at the Aquarius Casino Resort in Laughlin, Nevada. My husband, Tom was a finalist in the Tourism category.
2:38PM – We are nervous! I have butterflies. The wind is still blowing. Tom went to wash my car. The girls are eating Papa John’s pizza that I ordered.
I’ve showered, painted my nails, and now have hot rollers in my hair. I ate a slice of pizza. Am drinking water. Took an ibuprofen for my shoulder.
Tom’s going to feed the horses at 3pm, and shower at 3:30pm. The sitter will be here at 4pm. We are meeting friends at the Aquarius bar at 5pm. I’m sure these next few hours will fly by. I still need to do my make-up. I had practiced with false eyelashes a few weeks ago, and think I will do that again.
Breathe!
Whew!
I’m hoping Tom wins! I’ll let you know as soon as I can.
4:16PM – We are ready!
8:42PM – Tom won!!!!!
We are on cloud 9! I’m so proud of Tom! His award is heavy! Plus he got a nice certificate just for being nominated.
We arrived at the Aquarius early. Our friends arrived 15 minutes later, and we all headed upstairs to the banquet room. We were seated at a table with the Tri-State Military Moms, a nice group of 4 ladies who send care packages to the troops. They ended up winning too!
Cocktails were at 5pm, so we went back into the lobby area and got some Fireball martinis. We mingled a bit as we knew some of the people in attendance.
Dinner was served at 6pm. Our first course was a pastry filled with cheese. I whispered to Tom that it was a Hot Pocket, and he used it as his joke which the table loved. He can get away with saying it. LOL! Then we were served a rose-petal flavored sorbet which was aromatic. Next was a crab salad. Then we had dinner: a small steak (it was taller than it was wide), a small crust-less pie which the waiter said was made of lobster meat, and a crumb-coated potato wedge made with potato shavings that were a bit crunchy. For dessert we had tiramisu cake. It was good and rich. We also had white wine, and a blueberry-cream martini. Dinner also came with iced tea and water.
Then it was time for the awards. We watched as each winner went onstage and read a prepared speech. Tom didn’t write a speech! Then, I told him I didn’t want to go onstage with him if he won. He was nervous, I could tell. When he won, he made his way to the stage, ran up the stairs, and said, “Tourism”. Then he did well, thanking the judges, thanking me, thanking our friends for flying in from Nebraska. He said when he moved here he fell in love with the river. He loves living here and raising a family here. He also said we are starting the Entertainment magazine in 2014 and we will continue to bring tens of thousands of unique visitors to the area. I was so proud of him! He even got applause when he said he had been publishing for twenty five years. Yay, Tom!
At the end of the awards, he had to pose with all of the winners. That photos is in the paper today, as well as individual photos of the winners.
Now to box up my dresses and necklaces and return them.
Thank you for sharing in our happiness!
Comment By: Ingrid
October 10th, 2013 at 12:09 pm
Congratulations. Last year we camped at the county campground below Davis Damn and really enjoyed the area. Great accomplishment 🙂
Comment By: Jean
October 10th, 2013 at 12:13 pm
That is a lovely campground, Ingrid! Have you seen the new park on the Laughlin side near the dam? Our girls love playing on the playground.
Thank you so much!
Comment By: Jen
October 10th, 2013 at 1:36 pm
congrats to Tom! sounds wonderful.
Comment By: Jean
October 10th, 2013 at 4:57 pm
Thank you, Jen. We were surprised, amazed, and still thrilled.
Comment By: Ron
October 10th, 2013 at 4:46 pm
A huge congrats to your husband, Tom, Jean! And to you as well!
The menu sounded delicious!
Great photo of the two of you!
Have a wonderful weekend!
Comment By: Jean
October 11th, 2013 at 6:12 pm
Thank you so much, Ron!
The dinner was very good. We were spoiled.
Thank you! We had the babysitter and the kids taking our pic. They didn’t do half bad. 🙂
You have a wonderful weekend too!
Comment By: Jayda
October 11th, 2013 at 9:40 am
Congrats to you and your husband!! That’s awesome! And your description of the meal made me seriously hungry! Haha.
Comment By: Jean
October 11th, 2013 at 6:13 pm
Thank you, Jayda! We’re all winners this week!
Comment By: Carol
October 11th, 2013 at 11:37 am
Congratulations to your husband! We passed very close to you on our way up to WA and back again. We could have detoured a little! Thanks for your visit to my site.
Comment By: Jean
October 11th, 2013 at 6:13 pm
Thanks, Carol! Maybe you can detour next time. 🙂
Comment By: Single Mom in the South
October 14th, 2013 at 5:33 am
Congratulations and you both look smashing!
Comment By: Jean
October 14th, 2013 at 8:05 am
Thank you, Single Mom! 🙂
Comment By: Traci
October 14th, 2013 at 7:22 pm
That’s so exciting! Congratulations! I’m a huge fan of tourism and I’ve even considered studying it, for now I’m just a lowly tour guide. That blueberry cream martini sounds divine.
Comment By: Jean
October 14th, 2013 at 8:09 pm
Thanks, Traci! You are not a lowly tour guide. I’m in awe of your career!
The blueberry martini was really good! Better than the fireball.
Comment By: Rach
October 23rd, 2013 at 11:07 am
Congratulations!! How exciting! 🙂
Comment By: Jean
October 27th, 2013 at 10:17 am
Thank you, Rach! We’re still milking this win! 🙂