Vegas 2011

 Poolside

 The only way to stop from overheating out there.....  poolside

 You guessed it... the Chandelier Lounge

 The ladies having a drink after the show.

Dawn, me, Aunt Joyce, Megan, Christina, and mom.

 The boys, minus Brady (Brady and I had already seen Elvis, so Brady stayed back in the hotel with the Bres man).  Greg, Michael, and Scott.

 Old Town Vegas... Fremont Street

 Family Photo

Dawn and mom on Fremont Street

We went to Vegas to celebrate many things.  First and foremost, Michael's 21st birthday, then everything else we celebrated was major things that happened this year... Megan got her certification in personal training, Dawn and Greg both celebrated their 50th birthdays and their 29th anniversary, my mom and dad celebrated their 30th anniversary, me and Brady had our first child, Christina will turn 30 in a few short weeks, and Michael's friend Scott graduated from college.  I absolutely love the Williams and had a great time.  I definitely wish we lived closer and could hang out with them more. 

The first day we got there, we all went out to dinner, followed by a little pre drinking, and then the "kids" (me, Brady, Michael, Scott, Christina, and Megan) went and had a few drinks at a lounge in MGM.  The next day we spent the morning/afternoon by the pool, did some gambling, then went off to walk around the strip and had a great dinner together at the Cheesecake factory in Caeser's Palace, and then Christina, Brady, and I went over to the Tropicana that night and gambled.  Brady lost 40 bucks in about 5 minutes playing his first time at craps... I don't he'll be playing that game again anytime soon.  And I lost 40 at the roulette table... I was winning, but oh it can go so fast.... :(  The next day we spent ANOTHER morning at the pool, then got ready to go to Aria and saw Viva (the cirque show based upon Elvis's life) everybody loved it.    Me and Christina put 100 dollars on black on roulette... and lost :(  But we had a great time at the lounge called Chandelier... which is in one of the above pictures.  It literally feels like you are in a chandelier.  Later on that evening we went to a club in our hotel and had a blast (however.... my lungs suffered because it has been FOREVER since I have been anywhere where there has been cigarette smoke... and let me tell you, there was plenty of cigarette smoke (why anybody smokes still... is beyond me).  The next day Christina had to leave and so did Aunt Joyce.  The ladies went to the pool again in the morning, then we all headed out to Fremont Street.  OMG, that was great!  I had no idea what was down there.  We ate at Tony Roma's for dinner and those had to be the best ribs I have ever head... fell right off the bone.  Then we walked up and down old Las Vegas.  That night we did our last little bit of gambling; me and Dawn hit up the slots... but finished up with black jack... AT THE TABLES :)  We talked about how nervous we were, but we figured we would give it a shot.  I had ran out of money, but Dawn had twenty dollars left, she said, you get ten, I get ten and lets play... so we did... and Dawn ended up being up 60 I think, and myself up 40!!!  We had a blast.  I absolutely love the Williams and truly think we should do a Vegas trip... or just any kind of trip at least every other year!  I had so much fun, and miss them so much.  I wish we lived closer!  All in all the Vegas trip was a success, and Breslin kicked some major ass spending his first time away from home for four nights!