Las Vegas, Part 1

Both kids have now arrived, and the last couple of days have been very busy!  Actually, Stephen leaves to go home tomorrow, so the visit with him is flying by! Saturday we picked Jess up at the airport around lunch time, got her settled in, and then she took off to be with her stepsisters!  Her stepsister Jocelyn is getting married here in Vegas, so their family is here too.  So Jess took off with them to go ride the rollercoaster at NY NY, and Paul and I hung out for the afternoon- Paul put together some Chili Rellenos, one of Stephen's favorite meals.  We left to go get him at about 7 pm, and picked Jess up on the way back.  We had a late dinner, but it was really great for the 4 of us to be together for it. We walked Stephen over to the hotel later in the night- the hotel is attached to the RV Park, so its convenient.
Yesterday we had a great time with them. We did some shopping in the morning, then headed back to the trailer to get ready for our outing.  We had tickets to Blue Man Group and we went to Margaritaville for an early dinner before the show.  Its a good thing we left early, because we had quite a wait at Margaritaville.
Our RV Park has a shuttle that has stops at several places along the strip.  We figured it would be easier than Paul having to drive the F350, so we took the 3 pm shuttle.  A few minutes into the trip in the shuttle, Stephen was telling us a story about a customer (he is a computer tech at Staples) and a problem the guy was having with his hard drive. It was really quiet in the bus and his was the only discernible voice.  It soon became apparent that the bus driver was trying to get Stephens attention.  He told Stephen he was being too loud and he had to come up to the "Time out" seat (the Jump seat next to the driver).  Luckily Stephen  has a great sense of humor, so he went up there to sit, apologizing for talking to his parents too loud after not seeing us for almost a year. Then he said it was ok, he didn't mind hanging out with "the dude"  for a while.
Turns out the guy had heard the conversation and was also having a problem with his hard drive, so he was picking Stephens brain to find out what he should do! Everyone was laughing- telling the driver he was lucky to get free advice, because probably people PAY to hear what Stephen has to say about their computer!
     Lunch/Dinner at Margaritaville was great- the food was OK, but it's a fun place to be.  The Margaritas packed quite a punch! Stephen was kind enough to order a drink his sister wanted and set it close enough to her for her to reach easily (she just turned 20- and has been bemoaning the fact that she has been to Vegas TWICE, before she even turned 21). People were coming around giving out small flowers for people who made a donation for Breast Cancer, so we all got a small flower and put it behind our ears.
After dinner we walked to the Venetian, where Blue Man Group performs.  Paul has seen it before and has always wanted us to see it.  We all thoroughly enjoyed it- me, partly because it was fun to see how much fun the kids were having.  The show is somewhat interactive and at one point the Blue guys walked towards the back of the theatre, stepping on the backs of seats to get there.  Our seats were in the first row behind the splash zone. One guy paused right over Jess and Stephen, and the kids handed him their flowers.  It was really cool because once he got to the back and had picked out a volunteer to bring on stage, he presented her the flowers and she took them with her.  The flowers were in the show for about the next 30 minutes. That really made the show great for us.  There were other times it was interactive too, so  it kept our interest.
After the show we took the last shuttle back home, and left Stephen at the hotel.  Since it wasn't even midnight, he had no intentions of going to his room, except to freshen up, since as he said- he's 23 and on vacation in Las Vegas! I wonder if he ever made it to bed?