What happens in Vegas....

There is a saying "What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas." That may describe many peoples trip to Vegas, but it is not the type of trip that Shianne and I had. So why did I take my 10 year old daughter to Las Vegas? It was a quick and easy get away location and there is really a ton of stuff for kids to do there. We went for a girls weekend with Lora and Brad (OK, Brad is not a girl). Lora's sister lives in Las Vegas with her family. She was nice enough to let us invade her house.

Shianne was funny as we were leaving on the plane out of Eugene. We were going through security and the security agent asked her where she was going. Shianne, of course said Las Vegas. The agent then asked her why she was going and Shianne responded, "To Party!" This caught the agent by surprise and had Lora, Brad and I rolling on the floor. We knew at this point that it was going to be a good trip.

The first night there we all went out for BBQ and then headed down to the Strip. Shianne was so amazed by all the lights. She was able to see the fountains at the Bellagio. She was blown away by the display. We kept her out late, just so she could have the full Vegas experience.

On Friday morning we started out by going to Red Rock park. The scenery was beautiful.


No trip to the strip would be complete without a trip to the top of the Stratosphere. I wanted her to see the area at night. She was blown away. We also went to the Excaliber and saw the Tournament of Kings show. Shianne of course loved this!


On Saturday we went to see more than any person needs to do in one day on the strip. Here is Shianne at the Secret Garden and Dolphin aquarium at the Mirage. We were able to see the dolphins do many tricks.

I also took Shianne to see the Blue Man Group and Cirque du Soliel Mystere. We had great seats for both shows.

Shianne was excited to see the M&M store. Four floors of M&M's - paradise for a kid! We brought home some pink ones for Nora Beth.

Shianne had so much fun on the trip. Of course, we saw so many things that I am not even able to write them all down at this point. She saw the Volcano, the new pirate show at Treasure Island (the old one was better) and took a gondola ride at the Venetian. She really enjoyed staying out late and sleeping in. We made it home on Sunday afternoon, barely able to walk and ready for bed.