Vegas. Day 2.

After a great night's sleep, we met a few people downstairs in the hotel cafe' for breakfast. It makes me laugh as I remember how our table grew from 6 to 13 in just a few minutes. We kept adding table after table to accommodate our numbers....oh how great it felt to be surrounded by people I love. We finally got to see Matt and meet Lindsay -- they'd driven in late the night before while we were sleeping. My ham and cheese omelet was yummy; once again, Lance shoveled in anything that we couldn't finish [maybe this was his secret to staying out all night]. Following breakfast the majority of us decided to do some exploring with the intent to pick up our O tickets at The Bellagio. Matt, Lindsay, Ben and Amy put in some time at the pool. As always, I lagged behind, camera in hand, looking for something that caught my eye. I love photographing new places!

On the way to the tram, Lance "iced" the other guys with a Smirnoff and laid out all these rules for playing what we girls think is a ridiculous game! Lance had NO IDEA what he'd started...

They have to get on a knee and CHUG -ew!- their ice.

From the tram, there's a great view of the Monte Carlo's pools.

We're headed toward Aria, the City Center and The Bellagio.




The man who never sleeps in the city that never sleeps!














The Bellagio -- probably my favorite place!


The gardens at The Bellagio are incredibly beautiful.




Lance -- acting inappropriately as usual. Love him!

I don't remember the name of this place. Their chocolate fountains were cool to see, but even better...I got to have GELATO! Oh, Italy!

After picking up our tickets, we decided to hang out and gamble in The Bellagio. The casino is gorgeous and sparkly. The boys headed off to 3card poker and the girls camped out at the roulette table.


Daniel won $500 on one hand of poker! I missed every bit of it because I didn't want to ruin his lucky streak by showing up at the table. A few hours of gambling made us hungry so we headed back to the hotel to eat and sit at the pool until it was time to get ready for dinner.






Before we knew it, it was time to clean up for dinner at Mandalay Bay's RumJungle. The boys looked so fancy in their suits/sports coats.

Sometimes, after a few drinks, things get fuzzy...this is for the one member of the group who had a few too many by the pool!

Matt and Lindsay

Kara and Mark

Ben and Amy

Tim and Natalie

Cameron and Trish

Sarah and Daniel

...and Lance!

At dinner, Lance was iced with a shot of Smirnoff!


Boys will be boys.

My beautiful friends!

Everyone! Yay for reunions.

Beauty in the hotel lobby!


Lance and the ladies. While he thought he was just taking this pic with us...

Lance got iced for the 3rd time today!

x3!!


Right now, Daniel still likes this game.

My FAVORITE brother! Oh Cameron, how glad I am that we've been [skin] friends for more than FIFTEEN years!

I had so much fun that I powered through the tired and saw 2:30 am! This is a HUGE deal for me. :) So so so much fun!