30 30 30!

That's right. As of August 17th, one of our household turned 30. (Ahem, not me.) We went to Las Vegas at the beginning of the month to celebrate that and also our 8th anniversary which was on July 31st. We did some fun Vegas-y things, took in a show, ate at a buffet, drank too much, stayed up way too late, etc. We stayed at The Mirage and spent our last day lounging by the pool in a private cabana. We had a good time pretending we were high rollers and do that sort of thing all the time. Some things we don't want to forget:

• Having a "complimentary" photo taken at dinner..."Yes, that will be 2 for $30"... Um, what?
• $2 "bourbon" shots at the Gold Coast bowling alley... Did I mention they came out of a beverage dispenser and not a bottle? And that the bartender had no idea what it was called?
• Deciding to walk to the afore mentioned Gold Coast bowling alley at 11pm because it was only 1.6 miles away.
• The boys hitting up the pawn shop where Pawn Stars is filmed.
• Peep Show!
• Cabana 8
• My brother thinking he was on a 1st name basis with our cabana host "Ashley! Ashley!"
• 32 oz. cocktails at said cabana
• Mr. Las Vegas at the pool aka a sad, lonely, perhaps foreign young man wearing swim trunks that said "Las Vegas" on them while posing next to the pool and staring into the sun, occasionally splashing water on himself after strutting around, and then 2 of our group trying to find him later to give him a high-five. Ah, good times.

We were pretty bad about taking pictures, and only managed a few off of our phones.

In front of the Bellagio fountains

Cameron and his girl, Holly

Cabana by the pool

On his actual birthday we just spent a nice day at home with the kids. Cameron and Addie made some cupcakes together (yes, I realize it sounds bad that he made his own bday cupcakes...) and I made one of his faves for dinner, ribs, potatoes, and corn on the cob!

Happy Birthday babe! We love you!