WOW! FUN, fun, fun, in Vegas!

First of all MOM I'M SO PUMPED FOR YOUR joining of the blog. Also, it was very fun to read everyone's after being out of it for the holiday. I missed you bros and rents!

Anyways, Casey and I finally made it home after a short snail movement of 10 hours!!!!! It would normally take 6 ish. Oh well, it went fast and was fun enough.

I'll give a brief run down here, and highlight the main things, b/c I have been hogging the computer from someone who actually will do work on it.

Casey and I got there Wednesday night and checked into our really cool temporary apartment. It was a one bedroom, bath, full kitchen and living room: all compliments of the Sanford time share. AWESOME!

We went to the grocery store soon there after amidst some light Vegas traffic and glitz. Among the grand purchases: a ham, water, potatoes, marshemellows, brown sugar :), clear tape and garbage bags.

Excellent enough, in the last hour of driving Casey needed fresh air, and the window threw a hissy fit. During it's tantrum it decided to stick half way down with a grinding noise. JUST LIKE AT THE WEDDING! We taped it up and went on our merry holiday of fun w/ only some stress!

Matt and Tracey got there Thursday around 3 pm and we ate a very adult yum Thanksgiving. Some unwinding and nappish, we then headed out to walk the entire strip! Lotsa in and out, up and down, yah, go, and fun to explore.

At New York, New York (casino) we went to ESPN zone and played a huge shoot out arcade game (bball) fun, and lots of work--out of shape much mary! Then we played a mini-bowling game where you just drop it and it whips down the lane. VERY fun! Casey got like 10 strikes, for a quadruple turkey or something count.

Friday we went hiking at Red Rock Canyon! Very cool and rock climbing inspiration! We should have went to Hoover dam but we were exhausted and that showed as we slept the early evening away. P.s. there was a 9 story fake rock to climb at the GameWorks, but the line got too huge for Tracey and Mary to go for! SADNESS!! Next time though.

That night we went back to ESPN for more major challenges on big bball, football throwing, smaller bball, arcade kayaking, and arcade jet skiing 4 player. HA! It was $25 bucks for like 125 points. Each game being like 5-15 each depending on extravagance.

Saturday we slept and slept and slept, plus it was raining gross, foiling Tracey and I's plan to workout and lay out.

Saturday afternoon we went to Bonanza, an awesome and huge (junk) Vegas gift shop. Casey and I got tons of used casino cards, as well as some cool dice. Not much was bought as far as slop, just food, some slot machines and arcade :)

To end our time with Matt and Tracey Saturday night (they left at 10 pm to beat traffic of Sunday), we went to Bally's buffet! SO GOOOOOOOOD!!! We had awesome steak, chicken, SHRIMP!, sides, ceasar salads, ice cream, cake....all of it times 4 helpings for 17.95 each.

But before that, Tracey and I went up with Casey on the space needle, called the Stratosphere. Only Tracey and I rode the ride that is just like "Power tower" at Cedar point. They sit you openly on latched chairs, so you can free hang on top of the world while they thrust you up 300 feet more than the 100 stories you're already up! CRAZY!

Freaky! b/c the shocks were being checked on the ride after Tracey and I had already been sitting. All the other waiting people were teasing us that it's broken and we'll fly off the top, but we were busy choking our stomachs back down, very cooly I might add! HA!

Overall the neatest, nice Casino was the Venetian (all Italian with gandalas in a moat), the Paris was really cool with a fake blue sky ceiling. The Bellagio had awesome water fountains that dance with classical music every 15 minutes.

The Sahara gave us the most luck with the ever popular "Wheel of Fortune" slot machines. Casey and I won 15 bucks twice but lost it in all the excitement of winning it! New York, New York was really neat inside with a complete reproduction of New York streets, even a smoking sewer hole ---and a ninja turtle coming out of it (jk on the turtle :)

I'm done for now ---Talk to you all soon!