Sunday, May 18, 2008

What Happens In Vegas...

This year for Mother's Day Jeff got me the best present: a full day break from the kids to have fun with my friend, Leslie, and relax! Jeff and Kris booked Leslie and I a room at the MGM hotel for Friday night. At 2:00 on Friday the boys took over at home, and we were off. It was so fun to have the Vegas Strip experience (well, the G-rated version of it anyway)!

First we stopped at the outlets to finish what we started last week. I got some cute shoes and jeans. It was really hot, so we checked in at the hotel and went right to the pool. After laying out for a little while we walked around to check out the different pools. We found the coolest pool, actually I guess it's an outdoor club at a pool, called Wet Republic (see below).

After we had had our fill of swimming/laying out we changed and went to dinner at Diego's, a Mexican place at the hotel. Then we went to see What Happens In Vegas. On our way to the theater, we ran into these Elvis Impersonators! It was after 11 when we got out from the movie, but we decided to head to the New York, New York roller coaster. It was the jerkiest roller coaster ever! We seriously felt like we had been beaten up by the time we got off! But it was fun. Then we had to get a little treat before we went to bed. Gotta love Haagan-Dazs! Mmmmm
So, part of the reason the boys gave us this gift was so we could enjoy a good night of uninterrupted sleep, and so we could sleep in as late as we wanted. Well, we got to bed really late, and at 4:45 I woke up to a screaming baby being walked up and down our hallway. Unbelievable! Not only did it wake me up, I couldn't fall back asleep, so I sat there in the dark until 6:15! It was a miserable hour and a half. I only ended up sleeping for five hours that night! Dang it!
In the morning Leslie and I just laid in our beds and talked for a few hours, then we hit the pool again.
We laid out, had virgin strawberry pina-coladas, and dipped in the pool when we got too hot. We also got tubes and used them in the lazy river for a while, but it was a little too crowded and crazy to enjoy. We gave our tubes away to moms with kids, and they were so happy!

At 2:00 we had to check out and head home. It was such a blast. Thanks Jeff and Kris for arranging such a fun day for us!

13 comments:

Shannon & Summer said...

What an awesome gift! That sounds like so much dang fun. I am craving to come to Vegas right now!

Jenson Family said...

So much fun! We'll do it again next year... maybe! hopefully!

The Bryan Beat said...

Judy,

Your family looks great! It was good to hear from you. Yes, I am still with PwC and did make partner! It has been very interesting!! As you saw, we moved back from Germany to Michigan and we are enjoying ourselves. So....what does happen in Vegas?! Say hi to Jeff.

P.S. I actually just went down to our old stomping grounds in Batesville to give a presentation to Hill-Rom. Brought back memories!

Will

Yani said...

Hey Judy, this is Yaneth, saw your name at Kim's blog. What a beautiful family you have!! your kids are so cute. I have also a blog If you want to see it. It is gatorsnutesfamily.blogspot.com. Send me your e-mail @ yanethvanegas@yahoo to add you.

Jessica Brown said...

What an awesome husband! That sounds like so much fun.

Judy by the way you look so beautiful!

Judy said...

Thanks Jess!

Trish said...

Your blog is always so fun! I love all of your adventures!

Wendy said...

Happy Belated B-day and Happy Mother's Day! It all looks like so much fun! You've got an amazing hubby - he needs to have a little talk with Jake! :)

Tammy said...

LUCKY!!! Girls nights are the BEST! We still need to plan our little over nighter with the FFF!

See you a little later:)

Emily Brimhall said...

fun girly trip. and happy birthday, sounds like it was a fun one. luv ya

Katie said...

OH MY GOSH JUDY LUSZECK!

I WANTED TO CALL YOU SO BAD ON OUR BIRTHDAYS, BUT I DIDN'T HAVE YOUR NUMBER!
I RANDOMLY FOUND YOU ON HERE TODAY THOUGH!!!!

HOW THE HECK ARE YOU?!

austin and cherisse said...

It was fun seeing you guys at disneyland and catching up a little bit! I hope that you guys had a great vacation down here in that you werent rained out the entire time. Next time we come up we will have to stop and let the kids play together for a few minutes.

Lindsay said...

Wow, WAY FUN! Great idea Jeff! How are you ever going to match that one though!? Flowers and a card just won't cut it next year! :)