Our 20th wedding anniversary

On July 26, 2007 Ralph and I celebrated a milestone - our 20th wedding anniversary. A couple of days earlier, we celebrated 24 years since we started dating. We treated the kids to dinner at the Continental Flambe in Melbourne and stayed overnight at the Melbourne Hilton. The kids joined us for breakfast the following day. That evening, we flew to Vegas to spend a few days in Sin City. The day after we arrived in Vegas, I got a call from one of my lost friends who is now in San Diego so we decided to take a side trip down to visit her. This was one happy and fun-filled trip. I have been to Vegas three times in the past but never with Ralph. This time it was a lot of fun spending hours on end at the casinos, nightclubs and lounges, shopping, and even karaoke singing. For the first time, we left the kids alone and not felt guilty about doing so.

We arrived in Las Vegas at 9:35 pm, took a shuttle to Treasure Island and got changed. Oh but before we even left Orlando, I realized that I had forgotten my makeup kit at home. Talk about the most sobering feeling when you know that not only will this cost money but that I will be spending hours naked of face paint! As soon as we got our stuff in the hotel, we decided to check out if there was a Sephora that was close by and, of course, still open. We missed the one at the Venetian across the street so we looked for a Walgreens. We walked for about a couple of miles to one and I bought some stuff just to tide me over during our stay.

We then got changed and decided to go downstairs to Pho Tan. This is one awesome Vietnamese restaurant. Thank goodness there was something still open at the hotel. This resto is open 24 hours. I ordered the noodle soup with raw meat and Ralph grilled pork chops. I have to say that at this time (11:00 pm Vegas time and 1 am Melbourne time) the soup was so soothing to the stomach. It was so tasty. Ralph and I shared both dishes and this filled us up enough to stay down in the casinos until 4 am! That's 7 am in Melbourne. We really weren't sleepy though but my legs were killing me already. We went up to sleep and woke up again by 9 am. We took our time changing and decided that we will go to the Wynn for breakfast - really brunch by the time we got out of our hotel.