Day 4:  It's Saturday, July 7, 2007 (07-07-07) - Dennis' Birthday!!! Many people are trying their luck on this special day.  Today was to be the most weddings ever on a given day (including Eva Longoria's wedding to Tony Parker), and Vegas had its share of brides & grooms.  We saw them everywhere we went.  Then there were the gamblers to try their luck, including us, at the casinos!!  At midnite Dennis found a slot machine with 7's on it, put some money in, pulled the handle, and...



WON 50!!!  Wow, he did that on his first pull!!  He cashed out on that and came back to play more Pai Gow.  We played til almost 10am.  By then another surprise, Cecilia and Caroline (friends from college) drove up from Tustin and met us at the Casino.  Dennis did not know they were also coming...  We found some breakfast/brunch on the way back to the condo and everyone was starting to get tired.  Hmmm, will they uphold to their pact?  They headed back to Mom & Dad's house - and they were down for the count, sleeping a few hours before dinner.  Cecilia, Caroline and I headed back to the condo and napped there.

We ate dinner for Dennis' Birthday at Maggiano's.  Yumm!!  I missed their calamari!!  Everything was soo good.  Later, we went to the condo to make some calls to get in Studio 54.  Since we were owners at MGM, we could jump in the front of the line (cool perk!).  We walked over to Hooters casino to play before going to the club later.

We were having so much fun playing, we just kept playing and looking for other places to play.  Later, close to midnite, Dennis found another slot machine and played a little and then...


won 250.25!!!  What a way to end his special day (777) - no wonder he likes #7!!!

Day 5:  Well, we stayed up til 7:30am!!  Dennis and I played in the poker room with Julie at MGM.  I think we got her hooked with playing cash games at the poker tables.  My best hand for the night was a 4-of-a-kind!!  4 10's!!  Wow!!  That was sooo nice...  

We slept a few hours before meeting up with everyone at Dad & Mom's house to have lunch.  After lunch, we went to a local casino - South Crossing.  Really big casino off the strip.  We found a Pai Gow table we can all play at.  We had a fun dealer who had to leave our table to deal black jack.  Julie decided to find him after our table wasn't doing too well.  She made out with making 150!  We should have followed her... We ate Dennis' other favorite - Hooters wings for dinner and quickly packed up to make our flight.  After quick goodbyes, we rushed off so that we didn't miss our red-eye flight, but at the airport, found out we were an hour early (or they changed our flight an hour later).  Either way, we were already there.  But at the airport, they have MORE slot machines!!!  I told Dennis maybe it was a sign we got there earlier...  so he found a slot machine and played and... won again!!!  over 150!!!  yes, it was a sign...  Wow! We had so much fun, and we hope our friends and family did, too!  Being there with them made it so much more enjoyable.  Hope to meet up with you guys there again!


Dennis, Dad & Mom


T: Heidi, Ronald, B: Julie, Dennis, Marissa


Caroline, Cecie, Dennis