We woke up early, ate breakfast and left RICHFIELD for ST GEORGE to pick up my sister, Debbie, who had been tending my niece's kids while she was on a trip of a lifetime!
We drove through BEAVER and CEDAR CITY in a horrible SNOW STORM! We got to ST GEORGE and got to see my nephew play basketball and then we went had pizza at the BRICK OVEN. It was so nice to visit with Erin's cute family and hear about her trip.
Then I got a crazy idea...since I was so close to VEGAS, why not go and check off a few BUCKET LIST items. I have always wanted to go to CARLO'S BAKERY (you know CAKE BOSS?) and he has a restaurant called BUDDY V'S in the VENETIAN HOTEL in VEGAS. My mom and I have wanted to go there for years!
So then I thought, well Gee, we're already in Vegas, we may as well make a day and night of it and go to the DONNY AND MARIE SHOW that night! So I looked everything up and we were able to get a 5:00 reservation to Buddy V's and got 4 tickets to DONNY AND MARIE, and since the show got over late I thought it would be best to stay in the hotel where they performed so we didn't have to walk around at night. So I made a reservation at the FLAMINGO. I was so excited!
So we drove to VEGAS!
Holy Canoli! These were the bet I have ever tasted! SO GOOD!
Then we went to see DONNY AND MARIE. Ok, I was happily surprised at how entertaining this CONCERT was! They sang their old songs and some of the new songs off their new album, but they sang up to date current songs on the radio, and they were SO FUNNY! They showed clips from their old variety show, their time with Andy Williams and all of the stars they worked with. They had Marie dress and transform her face into like 20 different stars. It was awesome! They showed Donny as Joseph when he starred in Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat, and when he sang on Mulan, and Dancing with the Stars, etc... They showed Marie on Broadway in The King and I and boy did she knock our socks off when she sang opera from Madame Butterfly. She was in Chorus Line, and she sang "All that Jazz" from Chicago...they have had busy careers! I loved the bantering back and forth. Marie was so funny!!
It was so much fun. I loved it and I would recommend it. We thought the show ended on Valentine's Day but once we got there it didn't sound like they were quitting. So go get tickets and see this show!
Selfie before the show began.
Then we went back to our room and decided to try some of our BAKERY ITEMS from CARLO'S BAKERY. oh. my. gosh! SOOOOO GOOOOD!
Mom usually always hangs my bra up but tonight we hid hers and were going to hang it but we fell asleep. When she woke up she couldn't find her bra and we started laughing. I had her turn her back to scratch mine, while Joyce hurry and draped it across the TV. You had to be there but we laughed hard and she laughed too! Got her!
