Vegas Trip

So, we survived Vegas! We had a great time with Kathy and Rob. Rob was successful in obtaining his license to drive his 9 second car! It was fun to watch him zoom down that track. He wasn't sure how his new engine would respond and the first pass was a little nerve racking as he "thought he was in the wheelie contest!" I will have to post one of those pictures sometime!

We stayed at the track and watched a bunch of amatures drive their street cars down the track. It was what they call midnight madness. The track provides this for kids to get off the streets and allows them to race. Rob's brother knows someone at the track and talked him into letting him get his license. There were many things he had to do in order to get it, but after a few COLD hours, he did it! We made it back to the hotel around 1:30 in the morning and stopped at Wal-mart on the way home to grab some dinner to put in the microwave...so much for my diet this weekend! ARGH! Oh well, the time spent with family was worth it I suppose!

Saturday, we went out to breakfast, then to the stratusphere so that Jimmy and Rob could ride on the ride at the top. They had fun while Kathy and I just walked around the observation deck. Then we proceeded to go down to the strip. We walked around the HUGE mall and bought a few things, then decided we wanted to walk to the MnM store! Were we crazy or what? It was a very long walk. During the walk, we went to the wax museum and met a few stars! It was a good time! (see pictures above! couldn't figure out how to put them right here...) Anyway, we finally made it to the MnM store and Jimmy promptly got in trouble for trying to get into the MnM car...the sign did say, do not get ON the car, NOT IN the car!!! HEEHEEHEE

We then walked to the Bilagio to have a buffet dinner which we all loved, then we finished our walk back to the car. We were all very sore and tired after about 10 hours of walking!

Sunday we decided to hit the Outlet mall in the rain, after about 1 hour of trying to go about 5 miles, we made it. (The decided to close the freeway and not tell anyone until the exit just before closing!) We enjoyed the mall and found some great deals!

We arrived home last night about 7:30 and the kids were happy to see us. We are now trying to catch up on laundry and everything else I should have done this weekend. It sure was worth it though as we had fun spending time with Rob and Kathy. We've never really had that much time to spend with them, so it was a great opportunity. We are looking forward to doing it again!

Well, I better go help Autumn clean up her room! FUN FUN!