[.What happens in Vegas.]

Sunday morning Lance and I packed up to head to Vegas for a few days with some friends.  Doug and Britt came to pick us up and we were going to meet Jill and Andy at the airport.  Once we arrived the lady at Flamingo offered to give us a discount for upgraded rooms.  She mentioned they had jetted showers.  Oh what the heck, why not, it's Vegas right?  So we went up to our room and I thought it was the coolest thing ever.  But I'm somewhat of a nerd that way.  By the way they "jetted showers" were pretty much a light spray to the back, not that great, but oh well...  Anyway, the mirror in the bathroom had a television on it!  I immediately turned it on to try it out.  The coolest part I thought, was that the bathroom had frosted "walls", it was just that frosted transparent looking glass stuff.  And even better was that the bathroom had pink lights so the whole room glowed pink.
yes i know, a nerd.
but I did take pictures for who knows why

the bathroom even had a Jesus sink.

the windows were pretty cool as well and had switches to open up the curtains.

of course.. the big screen
and definitely of course...the Finals on the big screen

The first night we all went to Margaritaville

 Lance and I enjoying our food!

andy&jill

doug&britt
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The next day we spent a lot of time in the sun!
Our pool was awesome!  Good music and chairs to layout everywhere

 

andy.doug.lance
Our "macho" men

 the view of our hotel from the pool
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We also did some gambling!  What's Vegas without it right?  Well we spent a fair share in those dang casinos!  Actually one of the days we were [all] able to get onto a black jack table and all spent a good 5 hours there!  It was probably my most favorite parts of the trip.  Except for one drastic moment...when.. I went to put our $150 winnings into my purse, and lo'n'behold, I lost my purse! Yeah..I know!  That's what I'm good for right!?  I left it in Wyoming once before, what difference is a casino, in Vegas?  Oh yeah, that's right Kendra, it's VEGAS!!!  As my stomach dropped I anxiously looked at Lance..he had that look of, "are you bleeping, bleepedy bleep bleepin me!"  All of us stopped playing to look around the table when the dealer asked what we were looking for.  Well, I really lucked out.
One of the hostess ladies from Bosnia asked, 
"iz eet black with a 'Gee' on it?"
"Aahh!! Yes!! That would be it!"
"A man came and gave eet to mee about tree hours ago!"
"Good, crap!  3 hours!?  I hope it still has everything in it"
"Fahllow diz man, he will take you to Lost and Found"
My heart was racing.
I was heating up as I walked down a flight of stairs, turned the corner and came to a desk with a glass window and a small opening.  I saw my purse sitting behind a man.  He asked,
"Can I see some form of identification to verify that this is your purse?"
"uh..it's in my purse.....go ahead and look"
As he was looking I filled out some paper work to show that it was just lost and not actually stolen.
the man: "Okay, I see this is you, here is your purse ma'am."
I quickly searched through it to make sure everything was there and went back on my way to the table.
A good 20 minutes later I hear the Bosnia lady say..
"You SOH luhcky"
I looked at her and laughed then said, "Very! Thank you so much."
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Besides that, we also walked the strip a few times.  Luckily our hotel was on the strip so we didn't end up needing any rental car.  Which would have been a pain anyway, because have you seen the traffic on that street?  But I did ride in a cab for my first time ever on our way to lunch at the Rio.

jill.andy.me.lance

walking the strip

this picture was taken right before we saw some drunken man's bum.

All I have to say..I'm glad I was walking behind him!

 

The last night we to dinner at Planet Hollywood -definitely the best buffet to eat at in Vegas- and stayed up pretty late hittin' the penny slots.  On our way out Lance felt like putting in one dollar on a Deal or No Deal dollar slot, pulled the handle and won us a good $40!  I think total we probably won about $400, but the rest is history.

 
~Thanks Doug and Britt for some of the pics,
and the invite~