We just returned home from our trip to Las Vegas for the Western Veterinary Conference. It has fast become our favorite conference to attend...largely impart because it's held in Vegas. The conference is always at Mandalay Bay....
This conference allows a good mix of learning and fun!
We are not usually big gamblers but we seemed to step it up a notch this year. It seemed I was always going to Nathan with my hand out asking...'Can I have another $5 to feed into the slot machines?'
This is me asking if I should cash out or keep losing all of my money....
Nathan getting in on the action....
I finally 'won' some money over at NYNY...so with Nathan's winnings at black jack this is about all we came out ahead with....but remember the purpose of this trip is to 'learn'....:)
Last year my friend Tracy and her husband Mike came out to learn with us...we missed you guys this year Tracy!!
We always like visiting other hotels and casinos and being the little foodie that I am...we headed down to the Bellagio to indulge in their champagne brunch buffet. It was quite embarrassing how much food we inhaled but you gotta get your money's worth! Here are some cool pics of the Bellagio celebrating the Chinese New Year...
The ceiling at the front desk....
The cool mirrored horse in the front lobby...
Paris at night....
Excalibur...
NYNY....
We each picked a show this year that we wanted to see...Nathan chose The Lion King...
Nathan doing his best lion impression...
Being the trashy TV fan that I am...I wanted to see Holly Madison in Peepshow. We had awesome seats...so close that I could have reached out and tripped Holly if I had wanted to be thrown out...but I remained on my best behavior. The show was really good and the dancers/strippers were amazing! Although, they did make me want to purge my Bellagio Buffet and grab the closest P90X dvd I could find...but I gotta give them props...the dancing and singing was great! And yes, there was plenty of nippleage....but it's Vegas, baby!!
Even though some 20,000 vets converge on this conference every year...we still run into plenty of people we know. I saw quite a few people I worked with from Arizona and plenty from Texas. We grabbed dinner with Dr. Bihl and her husband Tim at Stripsteak our last night in town.
And we ran into Rodney....Rodney is our BI rep from Texas...he, or BI rather, treated us to dinner at Aureole...afterwards we hit up Eyecandy bar and partied the night away! Rodney and Nathan getting the party started....
We enjoyed making some memories with our fabulous technician Ashley...
A little Jersey Shore fist pumping action....
Alas...all good things must come to an end....and we must return to reality.
A cool pic of the Rockies on our way home....
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