Girls Weekend in Vegas

Okay, for those of you who have me as a friend on Facebook these are all new pictures. For those who don't you'll still get to see new pictures, you just won't know what the old ones were :) Anyway, I aplogize for the lack of blogging. It seems like everytime I write a post now I am apologizing for my lack of postings. Maybe I should take a hint.

This past weekend we had a girl's weekend in Vegas. My mom turned 60 this month and to celebrate, her daughters, and daughters-in-law came to Vegas to party (mom style). The only one we were missing was my sister, Missy, who we would have LOVED to have but was sick and stuck at home. Everyone arrived on Friday night, we stayed up really late chatting and then had a fun filled Saturday. We went to the Outlet Mall and to In-n-Out, Target, Nordstrem (sp?) Rack, then to the Grand Lux Cafe for dinner and on to the Blue Man Group....and oh, the fun wasn't done yet, we topped off our day at the Peppermill (which incidently hasn't changed since it was built in either decoration or what the waitresses wear). It was a GREAT day and we squeezed every ounce of fun we could have out of Saturday. We also on that day managed to fit it Joy and Amanda on the Lazy River of the resort and taking Darrel to the airport before meeting some of my favorite people at the Grand Lux for dinner. WOW, hopefully that all just made sense.
Here is Elise, Angela, Mom, Jackie, and Joy posing in front of the Blue Man Theater. Amanda was snapping our photo.
Mom and Amanda getting ready to enjoy a fabulous sundae from the Peppermill.

Elise, Mom, Amanda, Joy, and Jackie posing in front of the Peppermill. Good times!

These next group of pictures represent our Sunday night. At church on Sunday we sang "How Great Thou Art" and it was so much fun. I knew that would be a highlight for my mom and dad and I was right. They are just so easy to please when it comes to their children singing :) After church mom and dad left with Jackie but Elise, Joy, and Amanda's flights didn't leave until early the next morning. Elise really wanted to see the dancing water at the Bellagio so we headed on down to see the atrium and the dancing water. Here are the shots we got in the atrium at the Bellagio.

This next picture would be Johnathan video taping a video....a lovely use of tape, don't you think?? So funny.

Here is me with my boys. Darrel was out of town the entire weekend. Friday night for a scout campout and Saturday night through Monday for a family funeral in Arizona. The boys were troopers and a big thank you to my dad for keeping an eye on them the whole weekend.

And, last but not least, Amanda and the chocolate fountain. Or as Danny (her husband) puts it..."her crack cocaine"...funny. We love you Amanda!!!