Vegas, baby!

We just got home from a taking a long weekend to Las Vegas. We went to attend the wedding of our longtime (since HS for me, and 6th grade for Cam) friend, Quintin, to his beautiful bride, Molly. The wedding wasn't until Saturday so we went a couple of days early to have a little vaca for ourselves. We were so happy to be able to go! Gage has been so under-the-weather that if he didn't start feeling better we were most likely going to have to cancel. But luckily it worked out and we made it!

We drove in late Thursday afternoon, and kicked off the trip with a visit to Margaritaville for dinner and a comedy club afterwards. Dinner was good, but the comedy club was a bit of a disappointment. The 1st comic started his set by playing the banjo while balancing a stool on his head... enough said. The second comic was better, but all in all we had a good time laughing about the silliness of it all.

In our "boat" at Margaritaville

Friday we just hung around, worked out at the fitness center, took a nap, and then went to see the Titanic exhibit at the Luxor. There were a lot of recovered items to look at, bios to read, and recreations of the ship throughout the exhibit. We are total nerds, so naturally, we loved it. We scored a good deal on some (front row!) tickets to see Phantom of the Opera at the Venetian Friday night.
Ah-maz-ing! I had never seen it live and it was spectacular. It was pared down a bit from the original, but the score was all there. We were running late after the Titanic exhibit and had to run a good portion of the way from Luxor to Venetian with a monorail ride in between and I was wearing new boots that were hurting my feet but we were determined to make it even if my feet started bleeding. :) In the pic below we are outside the theatre after the show. I apologize since most of the pics we took ourselves so they are nice creepy face close-ups.

After the show we did some wandering around, saw the show at TI, the fountains at Bellagio, tried not to punch the annoying porn flyer people always shoving papers in your face, and did some public drinking. Only in Vegas is it acceptable to walk around sipping from a flask while intoxicated.

You thought I was kidding about that flask part, didn't you? Mine was pink and girly! Notice my pinky, that totally classes it up...

Quintin and Molly's wedding was Saturday afternoon with a fun dinner/dance reception after. We were so glad to be there, and they just radiated happiness. I would be lying if I said I didn't tear up during their beautiful self-written vows. Weddings are so romantic, sigh. Here we are with the happy couple.

And silly boys...

Quintin did not know what to think when Cam wanted a turn during the dollar dance...

But they clearly had a good time. Classic.

Congratulations you two! All the best!