Happy Birthday !

It was my birthday on January 6th and we celebrated my 35th birthday in Vegas. It so happens to be my close friend's birthday also (LOL Lahela!!), so we celebrated the joyous occasion of growing older together.

We started the night at Little Buddha for dinner at the Palms and ended the night at the Foundation Room at the Mandalay. Here are a few small snapshots of the night.

From top to bottom, a view of the strip from the top of the Mandalay. Below that all the ladies at dinner. Second to last is a picture of the birthday girls. And lastly, Kathy, me and Lahela. What a wonderful night of laughs with close friends. I'm happy to report that I made it to midnight that night. Wow !!!!

Aside from the birthday festivities, Sahara and Maya got a little gambling in at the Mandalay. I told Sahara she should take out her binky, it makes her look younger.

We also visited the Hoover Dam. My father, Grandpa Epi, was with us so we got in a little sight seeing. As it turns out, Grandpa Epi has not been to Vegas in over 40 years.

Those were the highlights of our trip, the untold low points include an exploding wisdom tooth in Sahara's mouth that sent us running to a dentist only to be told that such things are normal. Unfortunately it looked far from normal. And the constant striping down and streaking of the twins, which is cute the first couple of times but gets old when you have to constantly chase them down with their clothes in your hands.

Here are a few random pictures of the monkey twins since there wasn't much pictures of them in this blog entry.

Sahara eating yogurt. She has a beauty secret that keeps her looking young. She covers her face with whatever she happens to be eating at the time. It seems to be working for her.

Here's a cute over the shoulder look from Maya. She was coloring / drawing which is a new favorite pass time.


Grandpa Epi has a weak eye which has him wearing an eye patch every once in a while. Well the girls think is looks pretty funny and could not resist using it themselves.

Sahara could be a baby pirate in this picture.


And here are my two monkeys sitting with their two monkeys.