Las Vegas Baby!!

We went to Las Vegas over the weekend for the wedding of Jens and Rachael. It was a fun time for all. We stayed at the Tuscany Suites which is just a block from the strip and the place was great...it reminded me of Marriotts Residence Inn - but half the price!! Anyways Lisette, Devin, Rachael, Jens and Nick left Friday morning ( they needed to get their marriage license AND find a place to get married) Mum and Al took SImone, Svend and Laura came from CA, and Stevan and I drove up after work on Friday. We went to Blueberry Hill for breakfast and then went and visited Chad Triplett with Svend and Laura at a new resort M - which by the way was really nice...It was Chad's birthday... so it was nice to see him. We headed back to the hotel so we could get ready for the wedding...the girls were planning a Hair party, so we could help Rachael get ready. We curled hair, we got make-up on and then headed to the wedding location,,all the while trying to keep Jens from seeing Rachael..which worked out great until the photographer wanted to take photos before the ceremony - whatever. The ceremony was short and sweet - the girls all got teary as Rachael said her vows.. it was very nice. After a mass photo shoot with our resident papparazzi Laura, we headed to Mortons Steakhouse to celebrate. The food was great and the alcohol started flowing..toasts were made and we headed back to Jens and Rachaels suite to continue the party. We had a fun time keeping everyone from hurting themselves, had some heart to hearts with some of the inebriated, keep them from getting lost on their trips out of the hotel for smoke breaks...it was quite tiring for Stevan, Lisette, Devin and I...but we managed - there was laughing as always, Jens breaking out the impressions, Jens and Rachael dancing, Laura showing us her kickboxing skills, Svend trying to keep Laura from getting into too much trouble :) Stevan and I headed to our suite around 1ish and the rest ended on their own time. We got up Sunday, packed and returned home - it was a great weekend. There are tons of pics and I am waiting for my copy of the CD with the millions of photos..I will create a slideshow and attach when I get them. We are soooo happy for Jens and Rachael and happy to have another sister...Rachael is great :)


the girls - Laura, Nic, Mum, Rachael, Simone, me & Lisette