The Vegas Dash

 This weekend we went to Vegas for the most epic, extraordinary, legendary, fabulous, unbelievable birthday party of ALL time.  

Before the party we met up with our old Iowa Besties (fun fact: we met in the church library when she complimented my sweater and I told her it made me feel like a 90 year old librarian and then the actual 90 year old librarian glared at me).  We ate dinner at Serendipity and found a Buddhist shrine and contemplated kidnapping their baby cause she is actually the squishiest baby eeeeever and I wanted to eat her thighs for dessert.

 Then we partied. so. hard.

No.  We didn't.

We actually watched "Stranger Things" in bed and ate candy and went to sleep at 9:30.

ROCK. STARS.

The next day, the Vegas Dash 2016 began with some trash talking and a group breakfast with this crazy cool group of people.  They are fun and awesome and like family.  I seriously love these guys.

 ... but I'm also extremely competitive and I wanted to beat them all.  :)

So, basically the day was one big fat Amazing Race all over Las Vegas to all the greatest places to do all the greatest things.

Stop #1 was Speed Raceway and we started in dead. last. but Luke got us back into 5th with his mad Nascar evasive maneuvers.

 Stop #2 was a trampoline park where we dominated in dodge ball (aka hid in the corner like a scared child and tried not to die.)  Oh, and there was a slam dunk contest in which people took of their shirts and things got weird.  And awesome. 

 Stop #3 was the Welcome to Vegas sign in which I jumped out of a moving car in the middle of a highway and photobombed at least 3 dozen Asian's vacation photographs.

(No time for pics, obviously.)

Stop #4 was the Archery Range where we discovered how much we suck at archery.  We still had a great time though and that one time that I hit the target was ah-maaaaaz-ing.

Stop #5 was The Container where we had to run through a shopping center and buy 3 particular birthday presents + get 30 people to sign a birthday card + get 10 people to leave Alec a video birthday message.  (No time for pics when there are rubber balls to buy.)

Stop #6 was the Zip Line through Downtown Vegas and I had the pleasure of feeling like I was seconds from falling to my death.  (Which was strangely terrifyingly fun.)

 Stop #7 was dessert at Luv-It where we found out we were in a solid almost last place and ate the yummiest "Alec Special".

 ...and Stop #8 was back to the house where we came in at (read it, suckas!) THIRD PLACE!

Considering the stiff competition, we'll take it.

And that's how the VERY best birthday party I've ever been to went.

(Happy Nerdy 30, Alec!  And good job on marrying the Queen of the World.  :)