40th birthday in Las Vegas!

Well the 40th birthday party was a big success. Only one broken metatarsal and a couple of hangovers, so I am going to call it a victory!

Andrew and I met up on Tuesday night at McCarran airport and a crazy celebration ensued.

Brian and Amy arrived next on Wednesday evening. While going to the plane at DIA they ran into R.E.M. heading to Chicago from their recent performance at Red Rocks. Brian shook hands with and talked to Michael Stipe!

Tiana, AJ, Jason and Erin all arrived on Thursday evening. Friday was spent by the pool getting sunburned. We all gathered for dinner Friday night and two renditions of Happy Birthday were sung by the group backed up by the rest of the restaurant. Andrew pulled off the old, "I've got to go to the bathroom" trick and much to my surprise a birthday cake was delivered.

General Craps, Blackjack, and Slots fun was had by all. There were a couple of other celebrity sightings as well, Abraham Benrubi, James Carville and his wife Mary Matalin. Not that anyone is keeping score, it was just kind of fun to see them as sort of real people!

Tiana was stepped on by a stiletto heel while dancing and suffered the broken metatarsal, but she was able to shop and dance for another whole day before going to the hospital! What a trooper!

Thank you to all who came to Vegas to help celebrate and to all who texted and called to wish me a happy birthday!

It was a milestone celebration to remember!

Here are the links to other photos:
Andrew's Picasa