Viva Las Vegas!

After attending Reese's birthday party, I flew to Las Vegas to meet Jim and our good friends Wayne and Dayna. We were in Las Vegas over the Canadian long weekend "Family Day." We stayed at a beautiful hotel called, Vdara. It has no casino and is smoke free. It's right on the strip across from the Bellagio.  I highly recommend staying there because it's nice to be able to get away from all the bells and whistles of the casinos. 

Wayne and Dayna have a son, Braden, who is a performer in the beautiful Cirque du Soleil show, "O," We have been talking about flying down to Vegas to see him perform for some time now, and I'm so pleased that we did. What an amazing show! We were mesmerized for ninety minutes, and then we were honored to meet Braden back stage after the show. What a talented and gracious young man! It was wonderful to meet you, Braden! Come see us in Houston!

A huge canoe sculpture in front of the Vdara.

Views of the Rio from our room on the 49th floor! 

View of the Bellagio fountains and the Flamingo Hotel.

View of the Paris Hotel and Eiffel Tower.

Jim at the beautiful Badlands golf course where we played really baaaad golf! Or at least I did!

On the strip with Elvis and a show girl.

Friends, Dayna, Braden and Wayne after the show.

Yours truly, Braden and Jim after the show.