Vegas

Earlier this month, Adobe sent Jeff to a security conference, Black Hat, in Las Vegas and Michael and I were allowed to tag along. They set him up in Bally's, where Michael loved our view (we could see Paris's Eiffel Tower and pool, and half of the Bellagio fountains):

Black Hat kicked off with a party in a Caesar's Palace penthouse, where everything was Adobe. Jeff sent me a few pictures:

The view from the penthouse balcony (notice the Adobe logo on the glass):

And Adobe swag. Jeff was even able to bring back a couple of these golf balls:

The conference went from Tues to Thurs and, obviously, Michael and I were not invited. So, early Wed (earlier than I thought, since Michael had issues sleeping), Michael and I took the opportunity to head down to Mesa, AZ and visit Granny Veronin, whom Michael hadn't met yet.

We drove down, stopping at McDonald's on the way to keep Michael happy, and spent a day with my Granny and Uncle Matt. On Uncle Matt's birthday, no less. Lucky!

Here are Michael and Uncle Matt playing on their iPads:

And Michael and his Great Granny Veronin:

We had a really great time. I got to visit with family and see my Granny's new house, and Michael had fun playing with toys, going up and down stairs, and running around "talking" on my phone and eating cookies:

We spent the night at Granny's and headed back to Las Vegas the next afternoon.

We got back to Las Vegas around dinner time and crashed at our good friend's, the Klemms, house for a few hours before heading back to Bally's for some much needed sleep.

Check out was at 11am the next morning, so Michael and I found a Denny's for breakfast (Bally's didn't have a single buffet!) and drove by my old house on Sixshooter Dr:

On the way back to Springville, we stopped by Liz and Jon's and Michael played with his cousin Lucas (sorry Liz, I forgot to take pictures of Michael stealing your son's toys) and saw their awesome new house.

I know it wasn't really a vacation for Jeff, as he was stuck at the conference most of the time, but I had a blast taking a break from the "norm". Michael was surprisingly good for sitting through 23 hours of driving over a period of 4 days (Tues- 5.5 hrs, Wed- 6 hrs, Thurs- 6 hrs, and Fri- 5.5 hours) and teething the whole time (4 new molars, yay!). I'm so proud of my boy, but I doubt we'll be taking another road trip anytime soon.