Couples get away

We started our weekend meeting in St. George on Friday afternoon at the mall. We did a little shopping and Darlene and I had a pedicure done. After the Lady told me I needed a tan we were off for lunch at Chile's, It's not my favorite place to eat but it was fun to have all of us gathered around the table. We then ventured over to Fiesta Fun and enjoyed miniature golf and go-kart racing ( more like bumper cars ). We raced I think 4 times. We bumped, spun and rammed one another into the walls and in to each other. I had so much fun I peed a little from laughing so much. My whole body ached from being crashed into and just from all the smiling and laughing. We kind of had to leave because we got the kid running the cars in trouble because he couldn't keep us under control. We were all nice enough especially Jared tipping him to try and make up for it. Good times.


We arrived at our house in Beaver dam and some of us got settled in but a few of us including me drove in to mesquite to do a little gambling. I did pretty good entertaining myself with the penny machines..I walked away up $20.00. After not getting to bowl because they close at 1AM we headed back home. We ended up waking Jason up with Zach begging him to let us sleep in until 10AM. After plenty more laughs we turned in after 3AM. Yes Jason let us sleep in.
Saturday we headed in to VEGAS ( yeah Baby!! ). We started in our usual place..at the Orleans for their wonderful buffet. ( Although I was a little disappointed..It just didn't strike me being as yummy as the other times we have visited there..hmm, I wonder if any one else felt the same? ) Then we headed over to the Excalibur and then over to the M&M factory to get goodies for the kids. Then after people watching for a few and letting our lunch settle we rode the roller coaster at the New York New York..Why I ride it? I have no idea, I hate that thing, after being beat up the night before on those darn go-karts and then riding that, I felt like I was in a car accident after riding it. Then we headed down to Caesars Palace to watch some free display about Atlantis I think it was..it was cool..fire & water. Then took off back towards the Excalibur for the Tournament of Kings show. We have never taken in a show in Vegas. They brought out our own bird and sides to eat, all with our fingers. The show was a little over dramatic but over all we really enjoyed ourselves. It was expensive to see but it was worth the experience to say that we did it because I always said I wanted to. We are planning to take in a new show every time we go. There really is a lot to do in Vegas. Oh and did I mention that it was like 77 degrees there. It was definitely worth waiting a month to go because we didn't have to wear sweaters this year or worry about getting rained on and jumping over puddles. After sleeping in on Sunday we headed home. I had such a great time and I hope every one else did too. We did miss all of those couples that couldn't make it. I am thinking that this is something we should do twice a year!