Sunday, June 20, 2010

Viva Las Vegas

Over Memorial Weekend, Josh and I went to Las Vegas! He played in the World Series of Poker Event #3 at the Rio. It was pretty neat to see players I watch on TV all the time like Phil Hellmuth and Vanessa Rousso. I had never watched a live poker tournament and it was crazy how fast the whole thing moves. They had about 4400 people in it and Josh ended up being in I think about the top 1500.

Josh's ticket to the WSOP
This is for all you UFC fans--Randy Couture started of the tournament with the most famous words in poker, "Shuffle up and deal."
It was so hot down there that we kind of just lounged around in our hotel and didn't do too much.
We did end up going to the M&M store for the boys--nothing like paying $40 for a bag of M&Ms that would cost $8 at Costco (the things you do for your kids)!
The best part of Vegas was the Carnival Buffet at the Rio. Let's just say I got my money's worth by eating 8 plates of food (yep, that's one more than Josh had). You would think I would have been stuffed, but the sad part is, I was up eating M&Ms two hours later in our hotel room. Jesse and I have decided there is just something about Soda girls and our ability to put away the food!
We ditched Vegas for a couple of days and drove to Flagstaff, AZ to see my sister. We ended up going on a hike and eating at some really cool places.
My sister and Josh overlooking the town of Flagstaff
My brother-in-law works at Northern Arizona University and their mascot is the Lumberjacks, so they have this awesome gigantic Lumberjack on their campus, and of course, we had to go see it!
My sister was attempting to channel her inner "Lumberjack"
Our road trip back through the very long and boring Arizona desert
And can I just say that when they complete this freeway over the Hoover Dam, I will NOT be crossing it! Are you kidding me!

1 comment:

Kristin said...

A vacation in vegas away from the kids......too hot outside to do much....stayed in the hotel the whole time.....we all know what you were doing! lol Looks like you guys had a blast there and in Arizona. I miss you! Good job on your marathon too! That picture of you and Jesse in bed made me laugh. That looked like a picture from highschool! You would never guess that you guys are married and have kids! Too much fun!