Senior Weekend in Vegas!

I told the people at work that we were going to paint the town. They (the ones that knew what it meant... meaning the old fogies) thought it was pretty funny. I am pretty funny. And Smart.

I am so glad my niece Megan came for a visit! It sets a precedence.
Now I can say... OK Bailey and Carly, when are you coming?

And, of course we had so much fun!

Apparently I took my camera out on Sunday... and that's it.
But... I did take some smashing pictures with my camera (ahem.. see evidence below). I've been hoping my wonderful sisters would blog about it or at least share some pictures (ie why this post is so late) but perhaps I just need to start.

Megan brought her Mom so she'd have a flying buddy and of course Emily came too. Emily's the one that suffered in the heat so I'm really happy she braved it to be with us. See... I was in Seattle during the best time to come to Vegas. Sigh... that darn making money thing always getting in the way of having fun.

I hadn't actually planned much for the weekend cuz I wasn't sure what activities would be fun for a graduated senior that had been to Vegas once already and I'd already shown my sisters the Vegas sites on earlier occasions.

So we did some shopping and ate at the Red Rock Buffet where we were informed by the couple standing with us in line that this was the best buffet for the price although the line takes FOREVER. Apparently he'd been to buffets all over the valley and wasn't impressed with the ones on the strip. Now you know.

Here's Emily killing time taking funny photo's with her phone.
I talked to Bethanie while the others took pictures (Photo courtesy of Jenny) and decided what else to do (go home and nap).
This weekend corresponded to the weekend of Melissa's 5k run so I had signed up my sisters along with me. Jenny asked if she had to go. I told her I was going to be there and didn't she want to be with me?

No answer.

We went to packet pick up Friday night (got a free water bottle!) and then headed to Capo's to 'carbo load' before our big race the next morning.

It was fun but a little pricey and VERY DARK.
Can you see Megan and I above and Jenny and Emily below?
The 'live entertainment' (hooked up to a Karaoke boom box sitting on the piano) sang to us but we laughed and talked so he sang to the couple next to us who always listened politely. We did sway with our lighted phones in the air but Jenny upstaged us all with the lighter on her iphone.

Crazy older sisters with their new fangled technology.

I didn't get any pictures of the race Saturday morning but I did get complaints of sore bums the rest of the weekend. I really enjoyed it but maybe I'll do a separate post on that. I will say that I learned chocolate milk is not a good recovery drink for me :-).

After a long nap (the race was at 7am) we headed to the Belagio. I hadn't been there during the day for a long time.I was happy to see that Megan was impressed. It's hard to impress graduated seniors.
We fed the ducks granola bars.
I hadn't seen the fountains during the day that I remember... not even as impressive as at night... although somewhat less crowded.

We headed over to the Venetian and Megan really liked the trappings there too. I like impressing hard core senior graduates.

I had given Megan some show suggestions and she decided the Blue Man group would be fun. I think the fact that her brother and sister had seen it without her might have had some bearing on the decision. Here we are waiting for it to start.I know the others got better pictures. My phone doesn't like the dark.

Megan and my sisters really enjoyed the show. Ya for once again impressing hard core seniors!

My favorite was the drummer that really did turn out to be a girl. She had the coolest florescent make-up (OK OK, so I watched almost the whole thing with my fingers in my ears. Why are shows SO LOUD?). The dancing lighted cowboys were pretty cool too.

Afterwards I got to thinking about how it was just another circus acts but this time with mimes instead of elephants or people flying though the air. All of the Vegas shows are just variations on a circus. And everyone loves the circus... very quiet circuses.

I took a picture of our Sunday Dinner cuz I was pretty proud of it. I love french dip sandwiches.
Next time I will need to do better in planning and execution but I think all went well for the first niece/nephew trip with the maiden aunts (and Mom for moral support). Poor Megan and Jenny woke up early Tuesday morning to fly back to Texas feeling very ill but I hope by now they only remember the fun times.
I had so much fun with my sisters/niece- as always- that it took me 'till Thursday to feel fully recovered!

Perhaps I'm too old for this. It's hard to keep up with hard core graduates... and their Moms... and their young aunts. Or perhaps I should figure out how to sleep the nights before and during instead of tossing in my bed with excitement.

Thanks again for such a fun weekend! I'm ready for the next. Bring it on.