I'm Back

I am back. We had soooo much fun. It is great to go but also great to come back.

My sisters, mom and I were trying to figure out how many years we have been meeting in Vegas. We believe it is about 12 years now. Since we all live in different parts of America, it is a central and cheap place to meet. We stay downtown where the maximum hotel per night is about $25. Most often, we end up with a night or two free. (This year, the four night hotel stay at the Four Queens cost $54..total.) Also, all but one of our meals was comped.

Obviously, it can be very expensive if you gamble a lot. We all save our money each year in a slush fund and then only spend that. If we lose our limit, we stop. This year was actually a great year for me. I lost my limit the first two days. The second two days, I WON!! I won a couple of times at the penny slots and won some at BlackJack and LetItRide (a poker kind of game). I ended up even for the four days. My sister was the big winner. She won 120000...pennies. But, hey, $1200 is nothing to sneeze at.

Every year, we go out one evening for a nice dinner and a show. Dinner was at Emeril's Delmonico restaurant...great steak, ...OK great everything. YUM! The show this year was chosen by Momma Bear. She chose Ultimate Manilow. Yup...an evening with Barry. Yes, I mock...but, yes.... I was singing and swaying along with every song.

Next week, I am going to Salt Lake City to go to a scrapbook convention. This is going to be sooo much fun. My best friend and I signed up for this many moons ago. It has taken forever to arrive but it is finally here. Next week will be four days of learning about, thinking about and doing scrapping. Can't wait.

I have finally gotten a layout finished. I have missed scrapping. So next week will be a great catching up time. This layout is of little one sleeping. For some reason, she likes to stick her feet out of her crib. She always manages to extricate herself. But it is just so humorous to see her two little feet sticking out.

Credit to Random Inpirations Lullaby Lambs kit. Also used MCA Digital Scissors, Stitches and Torn Paper. So much fun.

Credit the same kits plus Random Inspirations Monkey Beach party for the balloons.