Great time in Vegas

Jeff & I were invited to spend last weekend in Las Vegas with some wonderful friends Jill & Mike and stay at their timeshare property with them. We all had a great time, did a little gambling (won a little bit too), saw a few shows, and of course we all ate way too much ;-) It was a great chance for us to get away together without the kids & such, and it was perfectly timed knowing Jeff will be heading back to Africa for his last (I hope) extension until June.

We had a fabulous dinner at the "NINE" in the Palms on Saturday night to celebrate Mike's birthday - and I have never had such a huge & tender steak, nor a better bottle of wine to go with. It was so much fun people watching as were toured the strip at night and watched the fountains at the Bellagio. It was Jeff's first trip to Las Vegas and it was fun showing him all the sights and seeing everything as new through his eyes. He's not much of a gambler and he didn't try it for himself until the very last day when Mike convinced him to suck it up and put a $20 bill into the slots. His second pull won - and the $20 turned into $75 - and he was done - and completely satisfied with himself ;-) He'll never admit it - but I know he enjoyed that.

Here are a few shots I took while we were there: