LeBron James, Carmello Anthony, Shane Battier, Jermaine O'Neil, Coach K (Duke), Coach Jim Boeheim (Syracuse), several famous sports broadcasters have in common... they were all chillin' at the Wynn hotel/casino in Vegas as Alison and I were hanging out!!! Oh, and you can add Dean Cain and AJ from the Backstreet Boys to that list as well. I love this city!! I was in heaven, and I'm sure there were some other ones that I should have recognized, but those were the main ones! And NO, I didn't go ask for their autographs... and NO I didn't have my camera. I know, shocker! We also saw Master P at the show... he walked right by our booth! But I was about the only one who knew who he was. For those who are reading and don't know... he's a rapper.
I went to Vegas for 4 days for work. Craig sent me to work the front desk and help with scheduling and all that fun stuff. It was a blast!! I was able to see chat with people that I've met before, as well as meet a few new faces to put with the calls that come in on a daily basis!! It was fabulous!! We stayed at the Venetian, which was beautiful, dined at wonderful restaurants, plus, you gotta love the night life after the show closes...
Monday, I got in early and met up with Alison for awhile before heading to dinner at Nobu with an account and some co-workers. After dinner, I ditched them and headed to the Zappos pool party at the Hard Rock. Luckily, I ran into one of our old reps and he pointed me in the direction of my fellow party-going co-workers. It was pretty awesome... they had some crazy entertainment, including girls spinning by their hair, and 2 midget KISS impersonators... which completely freaked me out, for numerous reasons!! But overall, I have the best co-workers in the world and they're all the entertainment you need!!
Tuesday night was the Gladys Knight and Lionel Richie concert, which was a fun blast from the past! I didn't know too many of Gladys Knight's songs... but we were all "Dancing on the Ceiling" when Lionel hit the stage!! It was great!!!
Wednesday, I hooked up with some of the guys at the pool and ate dinner with them, before heading to the Wynn to chill with Alison. That's when we saw all the b-ball boys!! :-)
Thursday, I only put in a half day at the booth before being ordered to go to the pool by the VP of Sales. Like I could disobey?! :-) I had a great lobster dinner with Mark & Todd (reps) and then we joined a few more co-workers for cigars and cocktails. The chocolate martinis were awesome and my abs hurt from laughing... I love this job!!! We closed down the bar, and we headed to the slot machines. However, watching people lose $$ can only entertain you for so long, so I was off to my room to pack and get a few hours of sleep, before heading to the airport to meet up with my sis in KS...
Angie & Kevin
Kevin & Chris
Gary C., Gary T., Steve & Bob
Matt & Brian
Kaden
Kevin & his girls... Abby & Madison
Chris & Krisson
Brian & Kasey
Steph & Matt
Chris, Madison & Abby... Abby's not quite sure she trusts Chris yet! Can ya blame her?!
Jordan, Mom & Ethan
Chris & Jordan
Chris w/ Abby, Conner & Ethan
Madison... showing us how it's done!
This was the cutest thing... I was chasing kids around, taking pics, of course, and I heard little voices singing softly "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star". I walk towards the voices and see Abby & Conner laying in the sand box, looking up at the stars, singing... it was the cutest thing ever!
Then like any good, older sister... Madison followed me and with her hand on her hip, she instructed them that they weren't supposed to be in the sand... :-)
Ethan, Abby & Conner
Conner
Abby
Ethan & Madison... starting to lose their energy
Jordan still had enough energy to mow, apparently
Jordan, kickin' it with the boys...
until he decided to run away with part of the game and hide in Grammie's lap!
Jordan & Uncle Steve... hiding from Daddy
1, 2, 3... GET DADDY!!!
Do it again...
One more time...
Just one more time...
Meanwhile, inside... Ethan is starting to wind down
And Seth & Kaden are losing steam quickly, as well!
Aaahh... bedtime. Day 1... SUCCESS!
