Elvis has left the building!

We arrived in Las Vegas on Wednesday night, went to our room to get settled in, then immediately headed down to the casinos. John won $100 right off the bat!

We prefer to stay downtown rather than on the strip. Everything is much closer together so it's easier to go from place to place without having to walk forever.

Our hotel:



Some of the downtown area:



The canopy above where they show light shows every hour in the evening (notice the rocketship):



The pool at our hotel had a shark tank right in the middle of it! There was also a slide going right into the tank:





On Thursday, we headed to the strip to do some shopping, sightseeing and gambling.

Inside the Venetian:





I can't remember where this is, but thought the waterfall was pretty:



The boobie lady at Treasure Island:



This is a chopper we saw inside one of the casinos:



We rented a a brand new Mustang convertible while we were there. We tried to rent a motorcycle but, due to the Las Vegas River Run, we were unable to get one.



On Friday, we took a ride out to the Valley of Fire:

















The Mouse's Tank:











On Saturday, we came back home. Our plane was delayed about an hour, while we were sitting in it, but the pilot managed to make up some of the lost time in flight.

I've been labeled!

I am currently in charge of coordinating all of the fundraising efforts for my daughter's preschool. One of the responsibilities included with this job is handling all of the Campbell's Labels for Education that we collect. I didn't realize until yesterday what a job this is. I definitely would have rounded up some help had I known.

When submitting the labels, Cambpell's asks for only the UPC codes. Most parents who donate labels will cut those out for me before putting them in the collection box. A handful of parents don't, so that leaves the work for me. One parent was kind enough (and I don't mean this sarcastically) to donate over 1000 labels that were found in her deceased grandmothers basement. However, I still have to cut each individual UPC code out.

Once the UPC codes are cut out, I have to separate all of the codes into groups of 100 and place them in separate envelopes.

I have already cut out and separated 600 codes and am guessing that there are at least 1000 left. That will be my entertainment for the day.