Getting Back To The Swing Of Things

Well, our trip to Vegas was fun. We left early last Monday morning and finally came home Thursday evening. Normally when mike and I go to Vegas we go to bed at a decent time. Well going with our friends the Larson's, we ended up staying up until 1 am (3am MN time), and the second night until 3am (5am MN time)! Let me just tell you, that I am still trying to catch up on my sleep! We actually did pretty well gambling. If we would have left a day earlier we would have been up or even. But of course we had one more full day and that day was not a lucky for us. At least we came home with some money and didn't lose all of it. The first day we of course sat down and played Three Card Poker. I ended up getting triple 7's and that was fun. I had only seen a pair of 7's and tucked it under, so it was a surprise when she turned the 3rd one over. Other than that, we didn't have a lot of luck with that game. Our luckiest game we played this trip was Craps. We had a lot of fun and played for a long time. We actually ended up going to Downtown Vegas every night since it was cheaper to gamble there instead of on the strip. I saw my Tita Tess (my mom's oldest brother's wife). It was great seeing her. The last time the family saw her was in 2000 for my sister Marie's wedding in Vegas. She started crying when she saw me. I don't think she was expecting me but I made sure that I knew what Casino she was working at this time so I could say hi. I told me mom she needs to plan a trip out there so she can visit with her. She misses all of us a lot.

While we were gone, Nicholas stayed with Papa and Grandma in Buffalo. He had a great time playing with them and his cousin Ashley. Apparently she has been asking where Nicholas is. Jon stayed home with Lolo and Lola because we didn't want him to miss school. My parent's said he was a good boy all week. He ended up picking us up from the airport with Lolo and Lola. The first thing he asked me was if we had gifts for him. We couldn't find anything that they didn't have already from Vegas so we didn't get them anything. But Daddy promised to take them shopping here. Lets see if Jon remembers.

Well, that's it for now. Stay tuned for more updates!