Vegas!!!

So our friend Jenny told us she had never been to Vegas about 2 months ago, so Trent and Suzanne were determined to take her there so we can show her what it's all about. So last weekend we set out after work and headed off to Vegas. The drive was fun and we got to jam out to the music on Trent's iPod. We stopped on the way to fill up with gas and we were shocked to find $4.49/gallon gas...and that's for regular gas! One day we'll look back and tell our kids, "Back in my day, we used gasoline in our vehicles and it cost $4.49/gallon. Be happy you only have to pay $100 to fill up your flux capacitor." Er...something like that. But for now, we'll just say it's a lot. Okay? Cool.



Suzanne filling up.


Jen and Jake "stretching their legs".

So after driving for a little while longer, we heard a collective grumbling coming from the stomachs of people in the car. That lead us to stop at the new In-N-Out Burger in St. George! It's great having one in Utah now, but it's still not in Salt Lake. :(


Finally about 11pm(12am Utah time) we made it into Vegas and we were unfortunately tired from the drive so we all went to bed without partying in Vegas. After sleeping in a little bit we had big plans to walk up and down the strip because Jenny wanted to see all the casino's. Well she and everyone else didn't plan for 107-degree weather and very little cloud cover. So that pushed us inside. We got some tickets to see some shows, one for that night and one for the next day before we left. Then we went to the Luxor for a Vegas-style buffet. Jake hadn't eaten in awhile(he turned down In-N-Out!!!) so he was anxious to chow down. We then walked around Luxor and Mandalay Bay, but we decided to go see Dark Knight which was awesome! After that we went and saw "Tony and Tina's Wedding" at The Rio. It was like attending a real wedding with just a bit more drama. Overall, it was okay. After that we all went to the Strip and watched the free show outside Treasure Island. The heat was sweltering still, so it was back home for the night.
The next morning we went to breakfast with Trent's brother, sister-in-law, and 2 nieces who live in Vegas. We went to a place called Egg Works and it was DELICIOUS! Too bad the portions were HUGE because we were all very full. We did some shopping, then went to a magic show at the Tropicana. This was seriously cool and they had a lot of animals. The guy was pretty funny too.
Here's our ticket





Jenny licked the ticket...it was cherry flavored apparently, I didn't dare try.




Trent and Suzanne at the Magic Show



Jen and Jake excited to see the show


After the show, we hit the slots for about 5 minutes and walked away with a total winnings of $9.25!!! Too bad it took $8 to get that. It was still fun though and helped pay for the In-N-Out Burger on our way out. After a long drive home, we crashed and felt bad for Jen and Jake who had to wake up at 6am the next morning. All in all, it was a ton of fun, but we have to go back again with more time to play.

Jenny and Jake doing some posing for the camera

Trent and Suzanne welcoming themselves to Vegas


Until next time...

UH OH...

Yeah, so Trent and Suzanne decided on Saturday to go look at some Mini Schnauzer puppies that were for sale on KSL.com. Not really expecting much, they played with them for a bit, but when Trent picked up one dog it snuggled up to him and started licking his hand. It was then that Trent wasn't going to let this puppy go to anyone else. It's currently only 3 weeks old and can barely walk, but come the 2nd week of August we can go pick him up! Now to think of names...

How can you say no?

He's all tuckered out

Until next time...

Camping

On Friday night, Trent and Suzanne had made an on again off again plan to go camping. Well, all you need is a little motivation from your friends. Jenny and Jake were invited and helped push us in to going. And it was worth it. The problem with being spontaneous, is two-fold. One: The campgrounds were full. Two: Jake was hungry long before we started even preparing our tin foil dinners. Fortunately Trent had a little place where we could go camping. It is haunted, but no worries, we had an ax with us because we all know ghosts don't stand a chance against a man with ax skills. After a short hike to an overlook, everyone was ready for the tin foil dinners and smores. We all wussed out about midnight and hit the sleeping bags. We had a lot of fun and plan to do it again soon.

Jake getting the fire going:

Jenny preparing for the attack of 50-foot mosquitos(She used about half the can):

Jake patiently waiting to eat:

Suzanne relaxing by the fire:

Jenny staring intently at the flames:

Trent trying to pretend he likes being in front of the camera:

Until next time...