HAPPY 70TH BIRTHDAY DAD!

Dad's 70th birthday was on April 19th and I got to celebrate with him in Las Vegas!!!

Stacy came up with the plan for the weekend and it was a GREAT plan!  The weekend started on Thursday afternoon when Stacy flew into San Diego.  We couldn't leave for Vegas until Friday because I had to work, but Stacy came here so that she could see the kids and drive with me. 

After school on Friday Stacy and I hit the road.......a very BUSY road, but we were on it!  It was quite the adventure trying to get there (and a couple of times we even thought we should turn around and make dad drive to us), but after about 6 hours we arrived at The Red Rock Casino!

We met Aimie, Bonnie and dad for a birthday drink and a little bit of slot machine time!  Our slot machine time isn't too exciting -- you can't win much when you don't bet much -- the good news, though, is that I played penny slot machines for about an hour and only lost 5 bucks!  :)   

On Saturday morning we got up and went to the ball park to cheer dad on at his baseball game......

After the game -- Bonnie, Aimie, Me, Dad and Stacy.......

 

Fred (The Fred Guy that joined us on our summer trip in Palm Springs last summer), Aimie, Me, Dad and Stacy......

Back at home we had some birthday cake -- Stacy made his favorite -- a pig pickin' cake......

We enjoyed the nice weather outside on Dad and Bonnie's porch while enjoying the cake.  Dad's friend, Honey, came over to visit also.  Honey is a friend from Puyallup that lived next door to us when I was growing up so it's always nice to see her when we are there..... 

 

Dad got himself cleaned up and ready to celebrate and party for his 70th!......

We all loaded into the mini (the party bus for the night!) and headed to one of dad's favorite buffets for his birthday dinner.....

After dinner we headed to Fremont Street to watch the night shows and do the "Flightlinez"......

 

  

Stacy and I told dad that we wanted to take him on the "Flightlinez" ride with us for his birthday so while we were down on Fremont Street we did it!  The Flighlinez is a zipline that runs over Freemont Street -- it runs 800 feet and can get moving up to 30 mph.  This picture is not of us, but what it looks like from the start of the ride -- it runs underneath the canopy where the Freemont Street Experience Show is displayed.... 

 

We survived!!!  This is us at the end of the ride......

 

After that ride it was time for a drink!  :) .......

 

Saturday night we ended up back at a casino by dad and Bonnie's house that Fred was staying at.  Dad, Stacy and I stayed and had a good time playing some more penny slots and some roulette.....no big wins, but no big losses either!

Sunday morning we got up and headed out for another buffet.  This time we ended up at a yummy brunch that had some good crab legs (the reason dad chose it!)! 

Aimie, Me and Stacy -- after filling our bellies way too full!......
 

After brunch it was time to end the weekend.  Aimie had a flight to catch and Stacy and I had to hit the road back to San Diego. 

It was a GREAT weekend and I was so happy to get to spend dad's birthday with him doing the things that he wanted to do (although he might not have chosen the Flighlinez if Stacy and I hadn't insisted!). 

Happy 70th Birthday Dad!  I love you!