Vegas

Remember I told you that while I was busy planning a secret trip to Greenbrier, Philip was also busy planning a trip? I wondered why his brother texted me questioning the dates of our trip I had planned. Apparently Philip had contacted him to help with kids, and Brian was hoping the dates didn't overlap. 
Once I learned of the plans for his getaway, I told him no way I would leave the kids twice in one month. But after talking to him and my parents about it, mom convinced me that keeping the kids 2 nights at a time, in two separate weeks, was better than keeping them for a week all at once:) She told me I should go with him, and I finally agreed. 
I have to admit I was not very excited about this trip. Vegas has never been somewhere I have had a desire to go. But, Philip had bought a new race car, called a "Radical" that was living at a race track right outside of Vegas, and he wanted to spend some time there learning his car and doing some training with it before he shipped it here. 
We flew out early Thursday evening and arrived in Vegas early afternoon (vegas time). Philip had rented a convertible, of course, so we picked that up and drove just outside of the city. We arrived at the resort after it was dark, got checked in and a map of the small town. We decided to go find a mexican restaurant and had a late (for us) dinner, then went back and crashed. 

The next day Philip had a full day of racing planned in his new car. He had an instructor for the day who was so nice and apparently a big deal in the car world out there. I spent the morning reading on the balcony, watching the race cars go by, had a massage Philip had booked for me, and watching Philip drive around in his new contraption while I threw question after question to his instructor about this new car. 

We left the resort around 2 that afternoon and got into Vegas close to 4. We drove with the top down for a short while, but it was 40 something degrees and shivering wasn't worth it to me. We drove down Las Vegas Boulevard so I could see everything, since I'd never been. We found The Venetian and got checked into our room. We got ready for the night, and then walked the strip. The first thing we saw was a man pulling a stuffed tiger on roller skates. We were like what in the world? He turned around and we saw a fake baby in a baby carrier strapped to the man pulling the tiger, and realized he was dressed up like the guy from the Hangover! I tried to get a picture as fast as I could to send to Whitney, but I wasn't quick enough to get a good one. We also saw Spiderman, Olaf, several Pichachus, Jack Sparrow, the Joker, and some nudity. 

 We had diner under heated lamps on a patio of a french restaurant. The food was so good and we joked it was the best Parisian food we had ever had (neither of us were a fan of the food we ate in actual Paris). After that we walked around a bit more then went back to the hotel's casino. I played my penny slots and Philip played his 3 card poker. Once I was confident we had lost enough money, I told him it was time to go. He wanted one more hand at the poker table. and boy am I glad he did. He ended up winning what I consider a lot of money, so I could leave Vegas a happy girl.

The next day was spent flying home and changing time zones, but we made it home in time for me to put Parker to bed and I was so happy I got to see them both before bedtime:) 

It was a very fun trip and I am very happy I decided to go. We had a very relaxing, carefree time together. And it allowed me to be there as he tested out his new prized possession, which I know was important to him. Leaving my kids is hard for me to do, so thank you to those who cared for them while we were gone. I know they enjoyed getting to spend time with their family while we were off galavanting out West:)