Henry sent me to Vegas for a week (part of my Christmas present)! He had a business trip there, so I met up with him. We stayed at the Wynn in a beautiful room with a view of Vegas and a golf course on the 34th floor! They had a GREAT pool there! (But it was blocked by a sky-rise next door after about 4 o'clock in the afternoon!) We went to "La Reve" there at the hotel with friends of ours--Dayne & Rosa--where they had sychronized swimmers wearing RED high heels! --Along with all the other buff body dancers & acrobats doing circus tricks around water on a circle-stage! What fun! It was AMAZING!!
Brett, Sheilee & their kids met up with us at Rain Forrest Cafe on their way to So Calif. to Disney and a cruise to Mexico out of California. It was fun to see them!
Henry and I drove up to Southern Utah to do business and see my brother Bobby & Celena & their cute new little baby boy & other kids on Saturday. Boy Phoenix can really bust some moves--what a dancer!! We came back and saw "Journey" that night (remember that rock group from the 80's?!) "Don't Stop Believin'", "Open Arms", "Hot Time in the City", and "Faithfully" to name a few songs--Fun! They had a new Japanese lead singer--so the audience wasn't what I expected, but it was GREAT! We discovered via text message from Brittany during the concert that Derek Barfuss's brother (back in Oregon) died in the ocean trying to save another young boy with help from his two other brothers! How SAD!! That was hard to hear!
Sunday Henry left and I stayed with my friend Rosa a few extra days. I stayed in the sun at the pool during the day--got to know Rosa's "little" doggies! and played catch with them 'til they were exhausted--then went to shows at night! "Menopause" (I understand myself better now) It was cute--all songs about Hot Flashes and can't sleep at night, witchy during the day--set to music from the 70's--like Sonny & Cher and "Fever Night", etc. Rosa & I saw a Magic show too--where the guy made an airplane, helicopter appear on stage and himself riding a motorcycle change from on stage to the audience! He also made a girl appear in a fish tank swimming wearing a diamond ring from someone in the audience!
I saw Bette Midler my last night! WOW! She was Fabulous! (Did an act in decorated wheelchairs dressed as mermaids--line kicks and all!) Funny! I loved her songs--"The Rose", "The Wind Beneath my Wings" ("Did you ever know that you're my Hero"), "From a Distance" and "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy". She's a great entertainer--funny, & a little crude, but she was WONDERFUL!
I went to Catholic Mass with Rosa and her family on Sunday and then to our church in Boulder City with my uncle Dan and aunt Kim. I went to their house for dinner afterwards and met up with their kids and THEIR kids! It was fun to see them! I even went to the temple the Tuesday before I went home--NICE! CAN YOU BELIEVE HAVING A BREAK LIKE THAT! Thank you Henry!!! I even had fun "people watching" on the strip--didn't do any gambling, but WATCHED people gamble, and LOVED exploring the shops, shopping, and seeing the hotel decorations/designs--how creative! At times I'd get a little distracted and let time slip away from me! ...like playing on the computer at Build a Bear and buying things at M&M world and Houdini's for my kids!
When I came back, it was a SHOCK to have cloud coverage again! I didn't know if I could "do it"! But it was fun seeing the kids & family again, and it was fun getting my "fill of sun" while it lasted! I graduated from high school out there also, so it was fun to see how things had changed. Whew! What a vacation!
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