Las Vegas 2005

Katie's little sister, Emma, came down to visit us in Utah for the month of July in the summer of 2005. We did all sorts of fun stuff while she was visiting. One of the highlights was Vegas.

My buddy Russ Bennett was from Vegas. He and his wife, Mindy, were pretty much Katie and my best friends in Provo. They were headed down to Vegas for the weekend and invited us to come along. We got to stay at his parent's house and they showed us around town. It was a very enjoyable (and affordable!) way to see the city.

We spent some time in most of the major hotel/casinos. The Venetian looked like a Disney-ified version of Venice (it was way to clean) and the Bellagio's garden was astounding. Their water and light show at night was pretty cool too. Katie and Emma even got their picture in front of the famous Little White Chapel.

By far the coolest part of the weekend was when we got to go to see the Blue Man Group. Russ' dad is a dentist; one of his customers managed one of the casinos off the strip; that casino happened to be part of the same group that owned the Luxor hotel/casino, which is where the Blue Man Group was performing; he was able to get Brother Bennett a number of complimentary tickets; so, we got to go to an incredible $115 show for free! Talk aobut hook-ups!