Mr. and Mrs. Smith: We went out last night...

Kenny Chesney's song "We went out last night" was in our heads all weekend long. This last weekend was TJ's annual company trip to Vegas. It was our third time to visit and by far the best trip. We stayed at THEhotel at Mandalay Bay, which is our favorite place we have stayed. Other guests there included Dennis Rodman, Hulk Hogan, John Elway, and Jerry Rice.

Our new camera has a panoramic feature we love!

Our Suite

We arrived in Vegas late Friday night, with just enough time to check out a few other hotels. Saturday morning we were on a mission...to find a camera. I'm am a horrible packer. I try so hard to make lists, and this time I even had my sister help, but of course I forgot something...my camera battery charger. My camera was dead even before we got to the hotel. So after I panicked a minute, TJ decided just to go get another camera, since ours was having some problems anyways.

Saturday night was TJ's company's 10th anniversary dinner. Our table had a great time - we laughed so hard. After dinner we headed to a club in the hotel to keep the party going and eventually called it a night around 3.

Anniversary Dinner

Sunday was the Cowboy's game. It was a great game - the Boys won - and since we were two hours behind in Vegas, the game started at 10 in the morning, so there was plenty of time after to hit one of the many pools at the hotel. Later that evening, TJ's boss had drinks and hors d'oeuvres in his suite before our show, Mystere, an amazing Cirque du Soleil show at Treasure Island. The performers' bodies were unbelieveable - you could see every muscle in their bodies. When the show ended a few of us walked back to our hotel which I'm guessing is around 4 miles. We got a lot of good pictures of the strip.

The pools

Riding the elevator with John Elway

After Mystere
Dinner at Margaritaville

Valcano Nachos

Christina saving Andy

At the Bellagio

Monday, the boys had a class to attend and the wives had a relaxing pool day. (The guys were a little jealous. Ha!) We had dinner that evening at the Pink Taco restaurant at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino. When it was time to leave, the cab line was so long we got a limo to take us back to our hotel. That night we finally did a little gambling. We aren't big gamblers. I just see the money as new shoes and purses that I could be buying. TJ had been wanting to play Craps for a long time and finally learned enough ins and outs of the game to try his luck. I still don't get it!! He pretty much broke even there...I, on the other hand, had a rough time playing the slots. Oh well, maybe we will hit it big next time.