Vegas, Baby!

So, I'm catching up on my blogs, here. I have several things I haven't written about yet that I intend to, so bear with me. I'm a little behind from our travelling and other unexpected things that popped up. So, at the beginning of December Jack told Brian that he had tickets for the rodeo final in Vegas. Brian and Jack had talked about Vegas before because Jack goes every once in a while and Brian has always wanted to go. So Jack called Brian and asked if we might want to go. He said that if I went that Sherry would go too. I was not sure that I wanted to go. I've just never had much desire to see it. But in the end, I decided to go and I'm glad that I did. We had a great time! It was definitely something to see! We stayed at Bally's which is connected up to the Paris, which is where Jack and Sherry stayed. Across the street is the Bellagio which is next to Caesar's Palace. We walked over there one night to see the Christmas lights they have up and to see the shopping areas. The Christmas decorations were so cool! They had these huge reindeer covered in pecan shells that went up from floor to ceiling to look like they were taking off in flight. I'll put some pictures up of those. The shopping in Caesar's palace hotel was unbelievable. Big time designer shops. The shops were ones I'd heard of but didn't bother going in b/c I knew they were way out of my price range. But it was fun to walk through. There were big statues as part of the water fountains and every once in a while they would start to move and talk. Yes, in Vegas, you even get to see a show while you shop. We walked around and went into several different hotels while we were there just to check them out. They are something else. Just incredible. Each one was so different. Sherry and I did some Christmas shopping while the guys did there thing. We also got to see the musical The Producers which starred Tony Danza (he's got a great voice by the way). The rodeo was fun too actually. We really had a good time and guess who performed there at the rodeo?.......Who else but Lee Greenwood! We heard him sing, "God bless the USA", of course. Brian was so thrilled about that (I say this with great sarcasm!). Boy, That crowd was all into him! It was one patriotic crowd let me tell ya. It was a Lee Greenwood fest!!

I was surprised actually by how much fun I had. There was so much to do. We only skimmed the surface, so I'm sure we'll head back one day. Overall, a surprisingly wonderful trip.