viva las vegas

viva las vegas baby! that is were i was oct. 30th - nov. 2nd. in all honesty, i don't love vegas, in fact, i don't really even like it. the irony of that statement is the number of times i have been to las vegas. i am not even going to figure that out - that would be like trying to figure out the number of guys i have kissed, way too hard. (wink, wink, nudge, nudge...just kidding mom! that was a joke.) one of the reasons i am not a huge fan of the place has to do with the strip. luckily, i only made my way to the strip once on this trip. it wasn't too bad either. i just drove straight to the restaraunt, which was probably a little frightening for the passengers, but i didn't hear any complaining, because they asked me to drive. i was in las vegas for work. seeing all my co-workers was wonderful. i don't see them often enough. they are really great. i love the time i get to spend with them...even if it is in las vegas. a few highlights of the trip (as you can see in the pictures above) include talking to elvis, pounding burgers from in-n-out after a delightfully expensive sushi dinner, and getting together with old friends. the picture of me and $93.47 worth of in-n-out food in the back of a vehicle is proof that we were inundated with in-n-out. knowing about this tradition that is so affectionately called "dessert", i was really careful during our sushi dinner. i had to prove myself by eating an animal style protein burger. i figured the burger minus the buns would be doable. but alas, i still had a hamburger hangover in the morning. i spent halloween in vegas, which everyone says is crazy. i wouldn't know because i was sooooo tired that after the events of the day, i just went to my hotel room and slept. although i don't love las vegas, i was reminded that you can find good people where ever you go - not only did i have the pleasure of seeing my colleagues and some of my clients, i also had the chance to spend most of sunday with my friend from logan -reggie whitaker, and his cousin and my mission friend - andrew taylor. they are dental students at UNLV. i had a tour of their pad, reggie and i picked andrew up at the airport, we were all able to go to church together and snap some pictures afterward. if any of you know andrew and my history you would know, it consists of 14 long years of embarassing pictures. i'll see if i can find some of the pictures and write a separate post about it. i can promise it will be entertaining. after the trip, i was really happy to be in viva la utah - home sweet home...