Why Elvis?....

Last week Pete and I retied the knot while we were in Las Vegas for a conference I was attending. We chose to go to an Elvis chapel to establish our new anniversary date of 5-5-o5; March 4th just wasn't going to work any more.

Our family has several weird ties to Elvis. Pete does an Elvis on stilts character for weddings, etc; we once won a trip to the Bahamas when Pete's Elvis on stilts was declared best costume at a Halloween contest. Christa used the Elvis costume for Halloween at a party at IU. Laurie dressed as Elvis for Sandblast in 2001 and just last semester Laurie dressed up as Elvis for her guitar class at Harper. She sang and played "Can't Help Falling in Love" to the hysteria of her fellow students.

So an Elvis chapel was the perfect place for us to renew our wedding vows...Viva las Vegas!