Ive been to Vegas Baby!

i dont know where to start. our flight down to vegas, which should have taken us a few hours, was delayed due to fog in san francisco and we ended up getting to our hotel room at 830 pm. we should have gotten there at 3 something in the afternoon. talk about being exhausted. we then had to go to the imperial palace to pick up the free hotel voucher, then grabbed a cab to our hotel. really, it was 830 when i called amber at her hotel and told her we were there. there was a message at the desk to call her, with a correct number. I had tried to call her room from our house, but was told they hadnt checked in. talk about being just a little confused. now what were we gonna do.

ok, so we agreed to meet at the tropicana in the morning about 11. the next morning, john n i got up, went for breakfast at the hotel. we hadnt eaten since french fries at the bar in sf the day before. we were really hungry. the waitress told us about the bus, buy a day pass and take it all over. we could catch it right across the street, 5 dollars each for the day. so that was the plan. we ended up walking so much cus we didnt realise all the little shortcuts and over paths. we did find all the right buses, and finally got to the tropicana.

we stood out in front, we were really early. got there about ten 15 or 30. i just kept looking around at all the faces waiting to see if the bateman family was there and i missed them. all of a sudden, i hear this familiar voice say hello lisa! it was coming from the car door of an open cab that just pulled up. i was running across to meet amber, chris and brandon and i dont think my feet touched the ground. i think i screamed, or screeched or made some sound, but i really dont remember. i do remember  amber telling me to breath a few times. all i could do was hug her and try to breath. i have a few pics of the first meeting. it was really exciting.

anyway, after the initial meeting thing, we decided to walk the strip and see what was there. do you know how big that place is?????? we talked, walked, laughed a whole bunch and took a whole lot of pics of each other. it seemed so strange to finally meet. we both felt like it wasnt really real. when i think back on those two full days, now it seems like it was more than just two days. we fit so much into that time. we went to the top of the eiffel tower, had lunch in margeritaville, made reservations for dinner at pampas inside the miracle mile of planet hollywood, walked the miracle mile, which took forever it seemed. it was really strange walking around there. it was like going to a different place, or state or country at every casino.

I didnt realise it at the time, and i really feel bad about this, we just about walked the batemans to a frazzle. the heat didnt bother us cus it was about the same as it is here. they are not used to the heat though, and we just kept walking, not realizing they wanted to stop for a bit . we finally found an outside bar where we could all sit. Brandon is only seven and not meeting the age requirements just yet. That is where chris tasted coronna for the first time and i think likes it. its my beer of choice. We sat there for a while and relaxed.

I dont want to go on and on in only one blog, so i will end it here. i took a video of the belagio water show and i am trying to load it, but its not really working. I think multiply is going to force everyone to go with the premium package if we want to load our vids on here. i wasnt able to load one earlier either. so now i will put on some pics. maybe tomorrow i will finish our two days and crappy trip home.

if you live in the path of hanna or now ike, i hope you are ok. we watched some of the devastation on the news there and i worried about all those folks. and everyone always says california is going to fall off into the ocean.