Elizabeth Zadel
Mrs. Boresen
Expository Writing
Winter Break
1/13/09
Las Vegas!!!!!!!!
My winter break all started when Leah and I put or imaginations together. We always wanted to go to the Nationals Finals Rodeo which is in Vegas, but we never thought of just going to Vegas. Well Leah thought about going to the NFR for her sixteenth birthday. So who do you think we approached about wanting to take a trip to Vegas, our parents, no of course not, my crazy and hilarious Grandma. My grandma loves Vegas and so when we told her are plan to go to Vegas, I don’t think she even had to think about it and she was sold!!! My mom and dad were ok with it to though; I just felt bad going with out my whole family but my mom, dad, Little George, and Kayla stayed to run the flower store and my mom said that was ok and that next time we could all go.
It started out just being Leah, my grandma and me, but then we talked my Aunt Country into coming with us to the crazy city of Las Vegas!!! We went back and forth from driving to flying, but we finally decided that driving would be a fun experience and I knew that it would be one funny trip driving with my family in the car for seven hundred and some miles. Then before I knew it my grandma had the hotel all figured out for us. Next we were trying to figure out which way to go since it was winter and how bad the roads were going to be, but we went through the Loveland pass and it wasn’t to bad. Coming home was the real fun part.
So it was a couple days after Christmas and we were all ready to go. Grandma came to are house to pick us up and we said goodbye to our family and then my mom drove us down to meet my Aunt and then my mom drove her car back home. We were finally heading off to Vegas.
We were suppose to get there around 9:00 or 10:00 pm because of all are stops for gas and food, but that all changed because of my crazy grandma. When we go into Utah the scenery was really neat and beautiful to see and so I said that we should stop and take a picture on the side of the road like they do on TV, so we did, we took several pictures and of course we were laughing the whole time about different crazy things. Then we got back in and started on are way again. When we stop at the gas station, usually I fill the gas up and grandma and Leah go and get us some more water for us but this time my grandma was trying to find her credit card to give to me to fill up the car but she couldn’t find it. We looked every were for her credit card, her purse, in the car, outside the car, but the only thing we could think of is that she dropped it when we stopped on the side of the road to take that picture. Oh boy all we could really do is laugh. So yes we drove back to are little picture spot which was about forty-five minutes away, and now it was dark out so we had the flash light out on the side of the road in the middle of the night looking for grandmas credit card. Only my family would be doing something like this and I can’t tell you how much I love them for crazy things like this. Well we couldn’t find it so we got back in the car and started heading for Vegas once again.
Midnight is when we pulled into Vegas and coming in was really a sight to see because of all the lights that look like they go for miles and all the big hotels all in one little spot with there different themes. We pulled up to The Bellagio Hotel and I was so excited because I thought we were staying at the Merge but my family changed it because they new that we really wanted to stay at the Bellagio. Everyone was so nice and polite there helping us with everything. When we walked it was like a dream it was so big and colorful for Christmas, very ritzy looking. I was in shock, I felt very very lucky to be there. We had to walk through the casino part to get to the elevators and the hotel was huge itself but then the casino was another whole big part as well, you could get lost!!! It was so packed that night and to see everyone playing like you see on TV was neat to see in real life and to see my grandma’s favorite the slot machines was also really neat to. The room was just as surprising as walking in to the hotel it was big and very nice with a good view also. We finally got to bed around 1:00 in the morning, but we didn’t care what time it was, we were in Vegas and we had so much fun that day and we were so lucky to see all this and to stay at the Bellagio. Well I should say everyone except my grandma went to bed she just had to go down and play those slot machines, she told us oh I will only go down for about 15 min, we knew it was going to be much longer, I love my grandma.
The next morning we all got up right away around 6:00 I don’t know why, we thought we would be tired from the day before. However how we were woken up by another funny story because my grandma was telling my aunt how someone came up to her at the slot machines and was telling her that, oh my cousin made this machine over here and I know its going to hit, just come over here and try it and the whole time I was listening I was praying that she didn’t go over to that machine, but she did and it hit but he got the money and gave her $75 and kept the rest but he wouldn’t tell her how much she had won. He just kept saying I gave you your $75, because that’s how much she put in to begin with, and then he walked off. We couldn’t believe what she was saying we told her she should have woke us and told us but it was 3:00 and she didn’t want to wake us. She reported it to the casino though, but she was just so tired and confused when that guy was telling her to come and play that machine and we felt so bad for poor grams. So now we joke that we are going to have to watch her instead of worry about Leah and I.
Another funny story was my grandma went to go and check her points at the casino they needed to see her driver’s license so she pulls it out and you would not guess what was behind her driver’s license that darn credit card. When she was telling us we almost fell over, she said that she almost didn’t want to tell us and again all we could do was laugh about it!!!
Las Vegas was so neat to see going inside all the different hotels and seeing there themes and how it’s all decorated for Christmas. The hotels are so big with the actual hotel, the casino and then they each have a little mall and hotel gift shops every where. There was always something to do, one night we say a Cirques O lay show called Ka which was really interesting to see. We were so busy that we never got to swim but we felt the water and it was really warm, that is one of my regrets is that we didn’t make time to swim. The pool area was so neat with several different pools and all the greens, flowers and the different tiling on the bottom of the pools. Also eating at all these different places that were so delicious, there were so many different types of restaurants to eat at. We did so much there it was a lot to take in but it was really something to see and a lot of fun especially with my family.
What made my winter break fun was getting to spend it with my family and going to such an extraordinary place like Vegas. I know some people when they think of Vegas you think of gambling and maybe not being fun, but it is really interesting to see and a lot of fun to. I really enjoyed the car ride seeing the scenery, all the different hotels, different sites and the places to go and the restaurants, but I really am thankful to have gone on this vacation and have such a wonderful time and of course to spend it with my crazy family and that I am so glad that we are because if we were just normal are vacations would not be as hilarious and adventures as they are!!!!!!!!!!!
Mrs. Boresen
Expository Writing
Winter Break
1/13/09
Las Vegas!!!!!!!!
My winter break all started when Leah and I put or imaginations together. We always wanted to go to the Nationals Finals Rodeo which is in Vegas, but we never thought of just going to Vegas. Well Leah thought about going to the NFR for her sixteenth birthday. So who do you think we approached about wanting to take a trip to Vegas, our parents, no of course not, my crazy and hilarious Grandma. My grandma loves Vegas and so when we told her are plan to go to Vegas, I don’t think she even had to think about it and she was sold!!! My mom and dad were ok with it to though; I just felt bad going with out my whole family but my mom, dad, Little George, and Kayla stayed to run the flower store and my mom said that was ok and that next time we could all go.
It started out just being Leah, my grandma and me, but then we talked my Aunt Country into coming with us to the crazy city of Las Vegas!!! We went back and forth from driving to flying, but we finally decided that driving would be a fun experience and I knew that it would be one funny trip driving with my family in the car for seven hundred and some miles. Then before I knew it my grandma had the hotel all figured out for us. Next we were trying to figure out which way to go since it was winter and how bad the roads were going to be, but we went through the Loveland pass and it wasn’t to bad. Coming home was the real fun part.
So it was a couple days after Christmas and we were all ready to go. Grandma came to are house to pick us up and we said goodbye to our family and then my mom drove us down to meet my Aunt and then my mom drove her car back home. We were finally heading off to Vegas.
We were suppose to get there around 9:00 or 10:00 pm because of all are stops for gas and food, but that all changed because of my crazy grandma. When we go into Utah the scenery was really neat and beautiful to see and so I said that we should stop and take a picture on the side of the road like they do on TV, so we did, we took several pictures and of course we were laughing the whole time about different crazy things. Then we got back in and started on are way again. When we stop at the gas station, usually I fill the gas up and grandma and Leah go and get us some more water for us but this time my grandma was trying to find her credit card to give to me to fill up the car but she couldn’t find it. We looked every were for her credit card, her purse, in the car, outside the car, but the only thing we could think of is that she dropped it when we stopped on the side of the road to take that picture. Oh boy all we could really do is laugh. So yes we drove back to are little picture spot which was about forty-five minutes away, and now it was dark out so we had the flash light out on the side of the road in the middle of the night looking for grandmas credit card. Only my family would be doing something like this and I can’t tell you how much I love them for crazy things like this. Well we couldn’t find it so we got back in the car and started heading for Vegas once again.
Midnight is when we pulled into Vegas and coming in was really a sight to see because of all the lights that look like they go for miles and all the big hotels all in one little spot with there different themes. We pulled up to The Bellagio Hotel and I was so excited because I thought we were staying at the Merge but my family changed it because they new that we really wanted to stay at the Bellagio. Everyone was so nice and polite there helping us with everything. When we walked it was like a dream it was so big and colorful for Christmas, very ritzy looking. I was in shock, I felt very very lucky to be there. We had to walk through the casino part to get to the elevators and the hotel was huge itself but then the casino was another whole big part as well, you could get lost!!! It was so packed that night and to see everyone playing like you see on TV was neat to see in real life and to see my grandma’s favorite the slot machines was also really neat to. The room was just as surprising as walking in to the hotel it was big and very nice with a good view also. We finally got to bed around 1:00 in the morning, but we didn’t care what time it was, we were in Vegas and we had so much fun that day and we were so lucky to see all this and to stay at the Bellagio. Well I should say everyone except my grandma went to bed she just had to go down and play those slot machines, she told us oh I will only go down for about 15 min, we knew it was going to be much longer, I love my grandma.
The next morning we all got up right away around 6:00 I don’t know why, we thought we would be tired from the day before. However how we were woken up by another funny story because my grandma was telling my aunt how someone came up to her at the slot machines and was telling her that, oh my cousin made this machine over here and I know its going to hit, just come over here and try it and the whole time I was listening I was praying that she didn’t go over to that machine, but she did and it hit but he got the money and gave her $75 and kept the rest but he wouldn’t tell her how much she had won. He just kept saying I gave you your $75, because that’s how much she put in to begin with, and then he walked off. We couldn’t believe what she was saying we told her she should have woke us and told us but it was 3:00 and she didn’t want to wake us. She reported it to the casino though, but she was just so tired and confused when that guy was telling her to come and play that machine and we felt so bad for poor grams. So now we joke that we are going to have to watch her instead of worry about Leah and I.
Another funny story was my grandma went to go and check her points at the casino they needed to see her driver’s license so she pulls it out and you would not guess what was behind her driver’s license that darn credit card. When she was telling us we almost fell over, she said that she almost didn’t want to tell us and again all we could do was laugh about it!!!
Las Vegas was so neat to see going inside all the different hotels and seeing there themes and how it’s all decorated for Christmas. The hotels are so big with the actual hotel, the casino and then they each have a little mall and hotel gift shops every where. There was always something to do, one night we say a Cirques O lay show called Ka which was really interesting to see. We were so busy that we never got to swim but we felt the water and it was really warm, that is one of my regrets is that we didn’t make time to swim. The pool area was so neat with several different pools and all the greens, flowers and the different tiling on the bottom of the pools. Also eating at all these different places that were so delicious, there were so many different types of restaurants to eat at. We did so much there it was a lot to take in but it was really something to see and a lot of fun especially with my family.
What made my winter break fun was getting to spend it with my family and going to such an extraordinary place like Vegas. I know some people when they think of Vegas you think of gambling and maybe not being fun, but it is really interesting to see and a lot of fun to. I really enjoyed the car ride seeing the scenery, all the different hotels, different sites and the places to go and the restaurants, but I really am thankful to have gone on this vacation and have such a wonderful time and of course to spend it with my crazy family and that I am so glad that we are because if we were just normal are vacations would not be as hilarious and adventures as they are!!!!!!!!!!!
