The Sacrificial Sports Mom: What Happens in Vegas....

....Ends up on this blog :)

So Dan and I had planned a trip to Las Vegas for the Superbowl weekend. Vegas is kind of our thing since he proposed to me on the plane on our first trip to Vegas together and he surprised me and took me to Vegas for my 30th. My cousin and Aunt and Uncle also live there and we like to stop by and see my Aunt and Uncle and hang out with Cousin Devin on the strip. We also go there because our friend, the very talented Shannon Bundy, owns his tattoo shop out there and does all of our work. We wanted to get our "Denton" tattoos since we had one for Riley (more on that later). Needless to say we were really looking forward to the trip.

Of course about a week or so before the trip, both kids got sick. We wanted to make sure that they were in good enough health for us to leave them for a few days. Thank goodness they both had made good enough progress where we would feel comfortable leaving them. Of course they were in great hands with my Mom, but it would be really hard to leave them if they are sick. I had mixed emotions about leaving. It was going to be our first time away from Denton for more than one night and also the first time away from Riley for that long in a pretty long time. I was pretty sad leaving them but I knew we really could use some Mommy/Daddy time.

Speaking of sick...the morning we were going to leave, Dan came down with something. He felt horrible and didn't look too good either. We got to Vegas and had planned to head over to Bundy's shop for our tattoos, but Dan was feeling so sick that he just wanted to sleep. Those of you who know Dan well know that for him to skip out on this meant he was really sick. So I went over by myself and hung out with Bundy and got my Denton tattoo. I have a theme with my tattoos, they are all birds and flowers with various meanings to them. The one I got for Denton is the Lily of the Valley which is the flower for the month of May.

After the tattoo, I went back to the hotel and called the kids on Skype, it was so nice to see their faces. I love this technology. That night Dan managed to get out of bed and go down to eat dinner and hit the casino for a while. But it didn't last long. We were up and back in bed by 11pm (HAHA).

The next morning was Super Bowl. We had plans to go with Cousin Devin to a local bar to watch the game. Dan was still not feeling well and was going to pass on the entire day. But at the last minute he changed his mind (and would regret that decision later). So we went off to a yummy breakfast and then to see my Aunt and Uncle and finally to post our spots at the bar for the big game. We had a blast and really enjoyed ourselves. After the game, cousin dropped us off and we gambled at the casino all night long! We were up, we were down, but we had a GREAT time playing blackjack and some slots.

By the time Monday rolled around we had had our fill of Vegas and were ready to get home to our little munchkins!!!

Dan, Me and Cousin Devin