Viva Las Vegas

My sisters and I wanted to do something special for my Mom's 60th birthday this year.  We talked on and off for months trying to plan something.  We finally decided on a girls trip to Vegas to see Celine Dion.  We all really like her!  We booked our flights and hotel and couldn't wait to surprise her on her birthday.  Well, about 10 days before the big surprise, guess what happens?  The poor thing is walking into the hospital (ironic, huh!?) for an appointment and falls on the curb and hurts her ankle!  My first thought, hope she's okay and that it's just a minor sprain.  Second thought, what about Vegas?  She had no idea we were going and I wasn't even sure she would be able to go.  Well, turns out it was a bad break!  Her ankle was completely dislocated, she broke her tibia and pulled all of the tendons.  She would need surgery!  Uh oh!  We decided to go ahead with the surprise and let her decide if she felt up to going.  A week before the trip us girls met over there and told her.  I think she was excited and disappointed all at the same time.  Excited at the thought of a fun trip with all of her daughters.  Disappointed that she had a broken ankle!  She decided that she still wanted to go, so we made all of the arrangements to get her around in a wheelchair.  I'm so glad we still went.  We had a blast!  Heather met us there too!  I'm sure we wore my Mom out dragging her around the casino, to eat, shop, and see the concert.  The concert was really good, by the way!  We all loved it!  Just lots of fun memories.  We laughed a lot!  Morgan won lots of money.  That's the first time we have done a girls trip.  Now we want to do one every year (or two)!  My Mom said she loved it and I'm sure glad.  If anyone deserves it, it's her!  She does so much for everyone else.  She's such a wonderful Mom.  Happy 60th Birthday!  Don't mind all of our crappy camera phone pictures.

Sorry to all my G-Rated readers...

I laugh every time I look at this photo!  We kept forgetting to turn my Mom around in her wheelchair when we stopped.  We had to take this photo because it was hilarious.  Sorry, Mom!

Good times!