Las Vegas Baby!

Sam and I and some of our friends went to see the USA basketball team play against Canada at the Thomas & Mack arena in Las Vegas. Our friend Keri found out about the game and called to see if we wanted to go too. Since Sam loves basketball I knew we had to go. For those who read this and live in places where it doesn't get hot/sunny (Why Seattle? Why have you taken this from me?) it was a chilly 128 when we got out of our car that afternoon. It was so hot that our car was starting to overheat just doing normal driving which meant the air conditioner wasn't working quite as well as normal. Yikes, but seriously from small town to big, dirty, nasty Las Vegas it was a fun adventure.

There were lots of big name players and Sam's favorite boy, Deron Williams of the Utah Jazz. We ate, we cheered, we (meaning the USA team) rocked the Canucks big time! It was so much fun remembering what life was like outside of my small town.
After the game we followed our friends back their hotel, the Stratosphere, and decided to have a little fun. We all went to the top of the Stratosphere but then for some of us, like me, the fun was checking out the sites and watching people scream. For others, like Sam, the fun was riding super scary roller coaster rides and not being the least bit scared.

Sam and I are trying really hard to save money despite paying the $50 to go to the game and $40 for the Stratospher adventure so we left Vegas and our wild friends behind. What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, right Laguna Hills girls? Sam and I had our own fun trying to not fall asleep as we drove back to Mesquite at midnight. When we got to his parents house we decided to have a little swim in their pool and probably didn't make it to bed until 1:30am (2:30am MST). For a mom that is one incredibly late night.

Overall it was so much fun! Next time though we would definately spend the night in Vegas.