S: Twenty Plus Ten Leigh & Bradley Sonnekus Caryn & Russell Liss
FC: Twenty Plus Ten VEGAS BABY! Leigh & Bradley Sonnekus Caryn & Russell Liss
1: There are three hundred and sixty-four days when you might get un-birthday presents ... and only one for birthday presents, you know. - Lewis Carroll
2: Dedicated to Leigh & Bradley, Your presence was the best present! - the pearls weren't bad either! My Dearest Husband, Thanks for making every day with you a fairytale! Caryn This book is a representation of actual events. Names, characters, places and incidents are real. Printed in the United States of America for the sole purpose of reminiscing over an amazing adventure of four good friends. First Printed 2011 Written & Edited by CM Liss Photography Contributions by B Sonnekus, L Sonnekus, RG Liss, CM Liss Coming Soon... hopefully! Vegas Baby! The Movie! FIRST EDITION
3: March 12, Caesar's Palace, Las Vegas | November, 2006. It started as a unassuming statement when going through photos of their recent pre-wedding honeymoon to the USA. "When we go back to Vegas, you'll have to come with us!" says Brad. Time goes by. The Sonnekus's get married, move house, move house again, and make the big decision of immigrating down under. Meantime the Liss's celebrate their second wedding anniversary in Paris, France. Russell's sent for training in the states, accompanied by Caryn, of coarse! Then gets a job offer for a permanent position in Orlando, Florida. So within a few months of each other in 2008, the friends pack their respective lives into boxes and say goodbye, before jetting off in opposite directions to start anew on foreign soil. As it does, time passes, months go by, many late night and early morning Skype chats and calls, even more emails are exchanged. But at what point the decision was made, the date set, plane tickets booked, an itinerary planned is unclear. They were to celebrate Caryn's 30th birthday in Las Vegas! and since the Sonnekus's had flown all that way - how could they not visit Walt Disney World?! March 5th, 2010 couldn't come fast enough! Soon the four friends were flying over an ocean and a continent respectively for a fabulous four weeks together. Orlando, LA, Phoenix, the Grand Canyon, Las Vegas and the roads in between! Sadly their time would go by more quickly than any of them dared to imagine, but fortunately for our four friends, no matter what happens or how faraway they may be - They'll always have Vegas!
4: Eiffel Tower Restaurant
5: March 12
6: March 5 | A story behind every key - definitely when there's 2!
7: March 5
9: March 6
10: March 7
11: March 7
12: Oscar Night
14: Santa Monica Ferris Wheel
15: Venice Beach Pier
17: March 9
19: Flagstaff March 10
20: March 10
24: A Room with a View
26: March 11 | Nevada Time +1hr
27: Ride | Arizona Time -1hr
28: March 12
33: March 14
42: March 24
43: March 26
45: March 27 | Space Shuttle Discovery STS131 getting ready for launch April 5th
46: March 29
48: March 22
49: March 30
50: March 31
52: About ... Leigh and Bradley Sonnekus are enjoying their home in Perth, Australia. They are planning on submitting Australian permanent residency papers or winning the American Green Card Lottery. | Caryn and Russell Liss are living in their Orlando, Florida home. They still visit Disney often and are planning their next vacation: To Perth Australia.