Las Vegas WCC Tournament; Spending the Sabbath With Sarah

It's that time of the year. March Madness!! 

Those words might not mean much to someone who doesn't know what that means. For Glen it means never-ending basketball games. For me it means Glen watching never-ending basketball games. 

For both of us it means game after game after game after game each day of the West Coast Conference Basketball Tournament.

Our drive to Las Vegas was pretty uneventful. The weather was beautiful. We just had a minor delay when Glen had to stop at a Maverik Gas Station to pull out his computer to do a little work.

When Sarah texted to ask when we would be arriving in Vegas, I sent her the photo of her dad sitting at the picnic table working--causing a delay in our arrival time.

I laughed when she sent this photo as her response to that news.

Happily we weren't delayed for long and we were able to spend some time with Sarah's family. The little boys were playing in the back yard when we arrived. 

Jonah impressed us with his trampoline flipping skills.

Their family loves to go to Ohjah when we visit them. The boys are always enthralled with all the coins in the fountain and the dollar bills on the ledge.

The fire displays always entertain the boys.

The shrimp tossing at each of us is always exciting to see if it will land in anyone's mouth.

That evening we had tickets to a magic show at the Mirage.

The theater lobby was very impressively beautiful.

We had seen Shin Lim on America's Got Talent and thought he was very talented, so it was a fun time to see him in person. 

We really liked his special guest magician Colin Cloud who was very personable and made us laugh whenever he was on stage. 

We were each given four playing cards and ripped them in half and shuffled them up and kept throwing one over our shoulder as we were performing our own magic trick which left us with two matching halves. 

It was quite the magic trick. It made quite the mess all throughout the theater.

It was a very entertaining hour and a half. So fun to watch something other than basketball games!!!!

Now let's get down to what really took us to Las Vegas. BYU basketball! Happily the BYU men's team won their first game. 

Unfortunately, despite all the screaming and yelling (by the blue-haired fan) they lost their second game. Boo hoo! 

This photo was taken before the final score. Otherwise, I'm sure there would not be such a happy smile on Glen's face.

It was nice to be able to spend the Sabbath Day with Sarah's family during the Sunday break in the tournament. 

Several people in their ward remembered Glen's last visit when BYU had a football game there. He assured them he would be back in the fall to watch BYU play football. One might assume we only go to Vegas for sports and not for family...!?!

Sarah fixed us a delicious roast beef dinner. She said Glen had to earn his dinner by teaching their family Night Light lesson. He did a great job having the boys act out the story of Joseph being sold into Egypt. 

We had the traditional Sunday popcorn and watched a movie after dinner. 

I was enjoying the DELICIOUS homemade cinnamon rolls Sarah had made especially for me. I find it hard to believe I did not take a picture of the delectable dessert!!

I did notice other members of the family were also enjoying them, but I was absolutely touched and thrilled and ever so happy Sarah put in the effort to make them for my consumption.

YUMMMMMMY!!!!!!