Las Vegas

Thanks to all who have shared what is happening in your lives.
Mom and I went down to Vegas last a week ago Friday. I am going to put in part of what I wrote in my journal. We have a studio at Royal Resorts. When we checked in I asked them if we could get a one bedroom as Trent had called and asked if they could stay here tonight on their way to Hawaii. Anyway we got a one bedroom that has 2 sleeper beds. It was perfect for their family. Before they came we walked around and ended up signing up for a timeshare presentation at the Grandview. It is supposed to take 2 hours and we get a buffet at the Ex Caliber and a show. Trent's family got here around 10 pm and settled in.
Mar. 6
Trent got me up at 5 am to drive them to the airport. I was able to get him a parking pass so he is leaving his car here. He took his whole family to Hawaii for 3 days. We also got them a bonus time 2 bedroom in Hawaii through Worldmark (they paid) We went to our appointment at 8:45. We didn’t get back until around 2. It was supposed to be 2 hours and ended up being almost 5 hours. We were really disgusted. They showed us a wonderful plan. We were half tempted to buy, but we have too much already.
We spent the afternoon watching TV.
We went to the Excaliber Buffet for dinner. It was awful. The salad was good, and I liked the prime rib (Janiel didn’t). There wasn’t anything else except for the cookies that we liked. They charge $20 for the buffet. We gave 5 hours for it.
We then went to planet Hollywood for the Variety Show we had earned at Grandview. It was good. It was just that, a variety show. We had tickets for a hypnotist also at the same place. There were long lines to both shows. The hypnotist show seemed like a sham to me. I couldn’t see how he could hypnotize over 10 people in a group of 30, but he said he did. The show was funny until the last 2 things he did. They were sick We got up and left before it was out. We had also walked the mile of shops which was quite interesting. It was amazing that after midnight there were tons of people there and there was a line as long as the one we had stood in for the next show.
Mar. 7
We went over to Judy’s ward for church, We enjoyed the testimonies and then other meetings. We had dinner with the Lee’s. We spent the rest of the day with them. We enjoyed our visit.
Mar. 8
We just watched TV this morning and read our scriptures. This afternoon we went shopping for fabric for the curtains in our new home. I mainly sat in the car as my back has been bad for the whole time we have been down here. She did find the fabric she wanted in the 3rd store. It was also about half the cost of what she had seen in the other stores.
We invited the Lees over for a swim and pizza. I got in my swimsuit and sat in the Jacuzzi with Shawn. The jacuzzi felt real good on my back. We also swam the length of the pool 3 times. It is a big pool and a really nice pool area with 4 cabanas. Everyone enjoyed the swim. Janiel and Judy didn’t swim. Afterwards Janiel had bought pizza for all of us. It was a good night.
We were going to stay until Wed. and then travel home for our temple assignment. My back was still bothering me and we couldn't do much because of it, so we packed up and came home Tuesday. We gave the key to Judy and Shawn for them and their family to use. We had lunch at Terrible's buffet. It was better than Ex Calibur's, but nothing to write home about.
The next installment will be about our 4 wheeling ride on Saturday the 13th.
Hope the rest of you will jump in and tell us what is happening.
Love, Dad