We're In Vegas, Baby!

We're here, after a very good flight to Chicago and an hour layover, our flight arrived in Vegas 20 minutes early, making it a 3 hr and 10 min flight from Chicago. Not Bad! We saw the movie Miss Congeniality 2, and it was pretty cute. The movie takes place in Vegas, so it was fun to see where we were going to end up, and to get the kids excited about the sites.

By the time we got to the Embassy Suites, it was 1:00 am Vegas time. The hotel is very nice, with a big atrium entryway, with a (small) waterfall and 2 swans. The pool is beautiful, and very big. We will take advantage of the 2 hot tubs in the evening hours.

Turned on the news this morning before heading down to breakfast, to hear the sad news about the bombings in London. Now they're saying that there were 2 more bombs found that didn't detonate. It leaves you speachless.

We were up and down to the breakfast by 8:30, and what a breakfast they have! Made to order everything, with all the trimmings. Lots of stuff to bring up to the in room fridge for snacks.

Off to the strip by 10 am, and our first stop was Eckerds, of all places, for water. Emma wanted to check out Circus Circus, since she saw an advert for it on tv. So we stayed parked at Eckerd and walked to CC. I wasn't real impressed with the place - I imagined the Big Top as being bigger than it was. But it was a fun place for the kids, as they got to play a bunch of midway games for cheap. Austin and Mike won a small "Champ" Care Bear for Emma, and Austin won a Homer Simpson doll for Mike. All is good in the B family. Mike hit the slots coming in and out and won a whopping $5.75! Hey, it paid for the games!

After leaving CC, we headed back to Eckerd for pop, and Mike headed for some booze. We made our way back to ES to go swimming, and that's where we spent most of the afternoon. The sun felt great, and really considering it was 101 or higher, didn't feel too hot (after all, it is a dry heat!)

Right now we're in the atrium enjoying the free cocktails and snacks, while I do this blogging! Later we're heading to NY, NY for the roller coaster and to check out the shops, the M & M store (eat those babies fast, it's 86 degrees at midnight here!) the volcano show at Mirage and the Treasure Island pirate show. We may even catch the water show in front of the Bellagio on the way back down the strip. Sometime in there, Mike wants to dinner at Terribles, as they have an all-you-can-stuff seafood buffet, and he has a buy 1 get 1 free coupon.

I'm excited, because Ben may be in town! I read that he is playing in the Texas Hold 'Em tourney, now underway at the RIO for the World Series Of Poker Championship...It's destiny!!