Jones Family: Las Vegas - Supercross Finals!

Those of you who really know my husband, know that he lives for motocross! Whether it's doing it, reading it, watching it, or whatever, he is hooked! Each year he tries to make it to Vegas for the Supercross Finals which is typically a "guys trip" but this year none of the guys could go, which meant I was the lucky one! It's was wonderful... a nice little trip with my honey with NO KIDS in our favorite J.W. Marriott Resort! Yippee! Friday night we just walked around the strip, doing the usual touristy things (sorry no gambling... it just wasn't in the budget) and staying up until all hours of the night!

Then Saturday morning we headed over to the Secret Garden and Dolphin Habitat at the Mirage. Glen had never been before and we really enjoyed it. They have several dolphins and then the tigers, lions, etc. that are really close! After that, we headed to Sam Boyd Stadium for the BIG EVENT! The whole afternoon was set aside for the pits...which if you are not familiar with SuperCross, the pits is where all the riders are out signing autographs, the sponsors are all out showing off their products and there are a lot of half dressed girls (hence the reason it is usually a guys trip)! Just kidding! Anyway, well as you know Vegas is not the coldest place in the world, especially in May! It was hotter than *!^# but Glen Allen was in Motocross Wonderland so it was worth it! That night was the big event and of course Bubba Stewart took the win! All in all... it was a fun night... until we had to deal with the traffic. I am not the most patient person when it comes to traffic and it took us at least an hour to get out of the parking lot! URGH! On top of a late night the night before, a lot of sun and a hungry tummy, I was not a happy camper but we finally made it through the mess and found an IHOP at midnight! YUM!

Sunday morning we strolled the strip a little bit more and then hit up the infamous breakfast buffet at the Paris! We never go to Vegas without hitting the breakfast buffet. It's worth the drive! Then we headed home to sit in traffic again (well over an hour) to get across the Hoover Dam. It was a fun, much needed trip!

The dolphins, tigers and lion at the Mirage!

Glen and I taking a ride... giddy up!

At the M&M factory... at least I felt skinny next to him!

My husband with the half dressed Monster chicks! The story behind the poster... Glen and Trevor (a friend of ours from the ward) seem to have had some friendly banter throughout the whole season on who would win. Trevor was going for Chad Reed and of course we are Stewart fans. Trevor was so jealous that we were able to go to the Finals so Glen thought it would be nice to rub it in and get some pictures with all the chicks at the pits. He took 3 different shots, with 3 different groups of girls holding this sign and then he blew up the pictures and gave them to Trevor when we got home! Trevor LOVED them! :)