VEGAS BABY!

This trip to Vegas was a test prep/school clothes shopping/relaxing/long hours of driving/ some-what a VACATION...all depending on who you are.

For me, it was an NCLEX-RN prep course mon-thur 9a-5p; for meagan it was school clothes shopping; for my dad and chavis it was long hours of drving; and for my mom it was a combination.

To start off my parents, sister, and I drove down in my grandmas car because the back seat is more spacious..unfortunately the trunk is smaller. Everything had to be strategically placed so that everything could fit; literally there wasn't one more item that could have made it to Vegas in that trunk; we all laughed that we should've gotten out the spare tire before we packed the trunk, and had it ride in the back seat with my sister and I in case we had a problem. 

Driving along, after about 3 1/2 hours we start to hear this funny sound..like a flat tire. In my mind I'm saying, "Holy sh&#, this is not really happening right now," and on the outside I'm just laughing because our trip is starting to feel like a Griswald's Family Vacation, already! Turns out, it's not a flat tire...the front fender is just FALLING OFF! (What makes matters worse is that this isn't our car). Well my dad proceeds to tell us there wasn't room for the tool box so he left it out... "holy choice word once again." Luckily enough my mom, being the crafty woman that she is, has wire (to make button rings), and it WORKS! My dad was able to wire the front fender on, and our journey continued to Vegas without problems.

(R-L: chavis, me, meagan, jenny, jon)

Coca-Cola Factory

Vegas went by pretty fast for me during the week because I was in class every day, all day. But on tuesday after I was done with class we went to the Outlet Mall, and there was this AMAZING TOY called Mr. fuzzy...we were so amazed that we bought 4 of them! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OJ6iEKtM_Q  this is a link to see a video of this toy..you'll be amazed) When we got back to the hotel Meagan and I opened one of the the toys so we could get started...and found out that those D#mn toys are controlled by a string...we'd been jew'd (literally..the woman who sold em to us was a jew)! Meagan and I were pissed, the woman selling them was so good we had no idea there was a string! So needless to say I didn't loose my money in slot machines, just on Mr Fuzzy!

Above: floating at the Tahiti Villiage Lazy River in Las Vegas.

Below: 3-D Motion Rides at the Excalihber

Once Chavis arrived on Thursday night we did some fun stuff. We went to Fremont Street and watched the light  show. Chavis put 5cents in a slot machine and won $15. We watched some fun 3-D motion videos at the Excalihber, and we went to the M&M World and Coca-Cola Factory. 

Even though my family is much smaller than Chavis'..My family can keep up with the noise, so he doesn't feel out of place. This was a great combo-vaca...with, as always, some PRICELESS memories!