Las Vegas!

Dan and I got to go to Vegas Baby! It was a really fun trip I have to say. Dan attended and spoke at VMWorld 2008 and we got alot of fun perks this year. Got to stay at the Palazzo (nice hotel if anyone wants to stay there!) , and we got to go to the VM World Party which was held at the Las Vegas Speedway. They actually made us sign legal/medical waivers before they would let us off the bus and into this party! Crazy...gotta love a party that makes you sign a waiver before you go in! We got to do all things car racing -rode around the big oval track, rode in Shelby Mustangs around the inside track, got pictures taken with Danica Patrick - the Formula 1 race car driver, ate way too much free food - Dan imbibed in the free alcohol as I got buzzed on caffeinated Diet Coke(I know...living it up huh? ), and the guys played free racing video games. This party was nothing short of amazing. ..never been to anything like this. They trekked in 10,000 people by bus to this party. Yikes! Live music, go kart racing, slot car racing, racing movies playing in lounges, free food everywhere you turned. Pretty fun.

Dan and I at the VMWorld 2008 Party.

Dan standing in line to ride the Shelby Mustangs. Me standing in line to ride same Shelby Mustang.

Dan donning a racing helmet to take the big lap in the Mustang. He was so excited that they had a helmet that fit him!

Me donning the racing helmet and realizing that, good grief, at the end of the 5 minutes I really do have an issue with claustrophobia. I was ready to take it off, but it was fun while it lasted and I loved the ride! :o)

Dan and I in front of the Las Vegas Speedway bleachers awaiting our turn to ride in the "luxury" cars around the track. Guess we were expecting Formula 1 cars and not Infinitis and Mercedes! That would have been a party! Dan in the exotic car display shopping for his next car. As if! Dan and his friend Chris from USC trying to deflate a beachball from the party that Chris was gonna take home for his daughter Kelsey....awww-good dad of the year award. :o) People were wondering what they were doing though!

Danica Patrick - race car driver. I haven't scanned in our pictures with her yet, so this is what you get!

Dan and I eating at a restaurant in the Venetian hotel - you can see a gondolier and gondola passing in the canal right behind us. Kinda funny though that we were eating Mexican food in an Italian themed hotel and Italian gondoliers were singing behind us the whole time. Great food though! Oh - I got to do some other fun stuff in Vegas too. We went to see a wonderful show called Le Reve at the Wynn and had absolutely great seats...totally neat show. Also, while Dan was at the conference I went and took the tour of the Ethel M Chocolate Factory in Hendersen..that was kinda neat. I also gambled a little bit, but was just too chicken to let go of much money on this trip. Maybe next time!