The first 10 days of March

I knew if I waited more than 2 or 3 days to jot down our events I would forget...and I was right. Last Wednesday night we drove over to McFarlens and played a few games of "golf" with Mac and Tim. Thursday morning I picked Terri Hauge up at 9:30 and we drove to SanTan shopping mall; I took her to "Total Wine" to see the 8,000 different wine labels. It's an unbelievable store! We did get some shopping done and Dorine joined us for lunch at the Cheesecake Factory at Superstition Springs Mall. I got home in time to play a round of golf. It was such a beautiful afternoon. We were paired up with a young couple from Denver and really enjoyed the game with them. Our scores weren't too terrible!
Friday we cleaned house, did laundry and stayed pretty close to home. Saturday we packed, went to church at 4:00 p.m. and watched the movie "Double Jeopardy." It was really good. I had seen it before, but only remembered a few scenes (as usual).
Sunday morning (our 47th anniversary) we were up at 6:00 and on the road before 8:00. We picked Gene & Beth up in Surprise and drove to Las Vegas. We stopped for lunch in Boulder City.
We checked in to the Encore hotel about 3, got our bearings and headed to an Italian Restaurant to meet Dylan and Amy. After dinner, Amy gave us a great walking tour of many of the sites in Vegas. We watched a couple of water shows at the Bellagio and were in and out of several casinos as she knew so many things that she thought we should see. We were pretty bushed when we collapsed back at our hotel about midnight. It was a great evening.
Monday morning we were out bright and early. We continued to tour casinos; one of our favorites was Caesars. Monday evening we had tickets to "Le Reve" at the Wynne hotel. It was a Cirque du soleil performance and it was sensational. After the show, we ate at "The Buffet" in the hotel.
Tuesday morning we headed downtown to see the "old" original casinos. It was Mardi Gras and there were lots of people around. We had lunch at the Fremont Hotel. We enjoyed this walking tour also. We did play the slots here and there; no one won big. I figure I came out even! Tuesday night we took in "Jersey Boys" at the Palazzoo Hotel. It's the musical story of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons. We loved it! After the show, we wandered though the hotel and ate in one of the restaurants.
By Wednesday morning, we were ready to leave the "ding, ding, ding" noise behind and head home. We took a "scenic" drive at the Hoover Dam so we could get a good view of the new bridge that connects AZ and NV. What an awesome sight! We stopped for lunch at a "Cracker Barrel" at Kingman. We dropped Gene & Beth off about 5, took a little break and headed for Mesa. We got home about 7 p.m...tired, but glad that we had gone!