After the boys got home from school we had a little birthday celebration.
Later that evening my Mom came over to watch the kiddos so I could take Vinnie out. I wanted to do something different for him. So I picked a restaurant downtown that we had never been too. Bayou. It was yummy. It was nice to try a different place.
After dinner we headed to watch a ball game. Go Bee's! This entire evening was a complete surprise to him, he had no idea where we were going until we got there. Again, this was totally out of the ordinary of something we would normally do.
I even caught a foul ball!
The best surprise for his birthday was still yet to come. We had a weekend planned to head to Wendover. While Vinnie was away in Alaska a few days earlier I secretly packed an extra bag and hid it in the garage. When it was time to put our things in the car to head off to Wendover I hurry and snuck the extra bag in. I told him that I wanted to drive because we had to stop somewhere first on our way out of town. He thought this was a bid odd but he went with it. He had thoughts running through his head of what I could possibly need to stop for as we were going way out of our way. As we approached the airport I told him that we had a plane to catch in an hour and a half and we were headed to Vegas!!!! He was in shock! I was so excited that I was able to keep this to myself for so long. We stayed at the Luxor and I had booked shows for us throughout the weekend.
We went to Gordon Ramsay's Pub & Grill for lunch. That was fun and exciting for us because we are fans of "Hells Kitchen". It was exciting to be in one of his restaurants. It was delicious!
That night we went to the best show ever! Absinthe! We had front row seats and boy were we close! I could stretch my leg out and touch the stage with my foot. It was a very funny show, filled with raunchy humor. It was in a circus type tent outside of Caesar's Palace. It was our first Vegas show ever and it was awesome!
Of course we got some gambling in...we aren't big gamblers but we do enjoy the penny slots :)
They even had one of his favorite iPad games, Plants vs. Zombies!
and this is a gem of all gems...oh my!!
We went to the Penn & Teller show which was awesome! We also like to watch Celebrity Apprentice and enjoyed seeing Penn on that show so it was fun to see him in person. Before the show started they let us go up on stage and look at some of their props. After the show they came out and gave autographs.
Another night we went to Cirque De Sole which of course was incredible!
It was an amazing extended weekend and a Birthday to remember.
