LaS vEgAs!!!

Brett and I went to Vegas for a weekend get-a-way December 19th-21st. We had a great time and it was so nice to relax. We were going to go to the Vegas Bowl to see BYU, but we decided we didn't want to pack ALL of our winter clothes. (Yeah, the weekend we chose to go was a whopping 40 degrees- Yes, that was the high!)

We enjoyed dinner at the MGM Grand and the Jacuzzi Friday night. Saturday we slept in, went and visited one of my close friends since Junior High, Meagan and her family, watched some of the game on TV and then went to the show BeLIEve. It is Criss Angel's show with Cirque du Soleil. It was really good and WOW, is he crazy! Brett and I were amazed at how thankful and humble he is. Maybe it was just all part of the act, but it seemed sincere. On a side note, his mom and girlfriend were there too, so yes, I saw Hollie Madison!!! (Brett totally didn't care, but I'll admit that I was star-struck!)

So... we ended up having to drive home because the flight home sold out, but, after an hour or two of trying to find a car under $300 (Yes... a oneway rental, the week of Christmas for less than 24 hrs will KILL your bank account!) we finally found one. We asked for the most inexpensive car/rate/etc and this is what we got... Luckily for us there were no storms! This was a pleasant surprise and a fun car to drive home; definately NOT practical for our family, but awesome for Brett and I!

*Oh... Brett and I didn't gamble a dime, but we did luck out twice. At the BeLIEve show, we bought tickets on the last row (yes, we didn't want to spend $200+ for tickets) and they came to us as soon as we sat down and asked us if we wanted to move. We followed the lady all the way down to the 9th row! GREAT SEATS!!!

The second run of luck we had was our hotel held a raffle ticket drawing on Friday night and Brett told me that we might as well leave, as we NEVER win anything. I told him that we were going to win and to both of our surprise, WE DID! We won a 4 night/5 day stay in Hawaii for five people! We are going to take our kids in May for our anniversary and are so excited! We told them about it on Christmas morning and they are excited too!!!