Last week we ran away from home...all the way to Las Vegas!
We took my brother Gary and his wife Robyn with us, they had never REALLY been to Vegas (Marie style)
We headed out on monday and arrived later that afternoon.
That night we ate in style at the Wynn Buffet. The Wood duo didn't like it much but then they are the weird ones that doesn't like sea food.
Marie however was in HEAVEN! Crab legs galore!! We all ate til we were sick and had to be rolled out of the door. Then we decided to take them to Old Vegas and let them see the way it used to be. Freemont Street upheld it's end and Gary had a great time watching the Queen light show. Robyn found out she was lucky and on a free $5.00 slot machine won almost $70.00! Stephen apparently didn't want to be shown up and played the same machine and won $96.00 ! Gary let's just say should never gamble again, cause he is really bad at it.
We then spent the next day roaming around the forum, paris, bellagio, planet hollywood and then topped off the night by seeing the magic of Penn and Teller. It was fun and entertaining and a really big day for Stephen and we almost killed him off. Robyn though thought that he was getting too much attention by being ill and decided to do something to her back where she could barely move. So you had Gary and me, two youngsters wanting run and do it all and great grandma Robyn and Old man Stephen who could barely move and took turns using the wheelchair. Good thing we love them. The next day we spent shopping at the outlet stores and bought things for grandkids except Gary who had to buy a new phone cause he dropped his and killed it. That night we went to Tony and Tina's Wedding dinner. It was hilarious ! It was just like every bad wedding you have ever been to. The mother of the bride made fun of us Utah polygamist ! Even though Gary tried to tell her we weren't. The food wasn't very good but the wedding was fun. The next day had to be taken a bit slower....ya know, the old folks that were with us. But it was still fun and that night we went to the Cirque de soliel show Viva Elvis. For all of the dancers out there.....GO SEE IT! IT WAS WONDERFUL!! For all of you non dancers.. GO SEE IT! YOU WILL LOVE IT!! I have to say, I have seen quite a few cirque shows and this one is one of the best! I thought it would have been tacky but it was just the opposite. Then we left for home the next day.....sad. Stephen had fun, no chemo, no talk of cancer, no having to stay home and do nothing...... and he actually was pretty lucky in the casino! After that initial $96.00 he won, he won another $180.00 then on the way home put in $5.00 in mesquite and won $50 ! The Wood fam had a great time too! All the way home, we were planning our return trip and many more!
After one week of being home, having to go back to work and bills......
I think it's time to runaway from home again.
