We started the morning with a big breakfast buffet. This was to last us until supper. THe buffet was enormous with so many choices.
Today in Vegas, it was all about shopping. Not your typical Vegas shopping, but the Cowboy Christmas expo. 400+ booths with clothes, tack, jewelry, everything cowboy. We spent the whole day there. I found my dream horse trailer, valued at $149,000- can you imagine!During our time, there were several autograph signings. Very cool! We met Lindsay Sears, Tammy Key barrel racers, Team Ariat cowboys including Stran Smith. He is adorable to say the least and he is an amazing cowboy. He is the 2008 calf roping champion. He is a stroke survivor and strong in his faith. I am a big fan. I also saw Todd Suhn, I actually met him back in 96 and have watched him every year. There were several others and I must say I enjoy visiting with the cowboys. They are so darn polite and say “yes Mam” and they have such neat personalities when they autograph and met people. Allie had a blast getting her photo taken and autographs with the cowboys. Another highlight!
My College Roomate Teng has lived in Las vegas for some time. I contacted her to try and meet up and she and her family took us out for dinner. They had a prime rib place in mind. Ironically it happened to be at the hotel South Point where the nightly event gold buckles were given away. We had a nice meal, nice converstion, met Teng’s husband and daughter Jasmine, and they bought our entire meal. Teng is still tiny and hasn’t changed a bit. Her daughter Jasmine is an only child and a little drama diva. She sure likes to be the center of attention. She was very cute.
Knowing the awards presentation was in this hotel, we decided to stick around for the 11:00 ceremony. Teng was game for staying too. Her husband took Jasmine home and she hung out with us. The dance hall area said minors could be in until midnight, so that gave us enough time to see a few contestants. The room was full of cowboys and Teng being this little asian girl didn’t let it bother her a bit. In fact is was just like the old college days when I would drag her to cowboy events and she would drag me to her parties. She laughed as she heard songs she knew and told me she only knows theses songs because of me. All she had to do was smile at an older man and he was buying her beer after beer. We got such a kick out of her. She has always been so fun and has such an outgoing personality she can talk to anyone. The awards presentation was fun and lively. The guys joke around and show a recap of the ride and hand out the gold buckle for each event. We saw 4 or 5 before we headed back. It was just the right end to another Vegas night.
My College Roomate Teng has lived in Las vegas for some time. I contacted her to try and meet up and she and her family took us out for dinner. They had a prime rib place in mind. Ironically it happened to be at the hotel South Point where the nightly event gold buckles were given away. We had a nice meal, nice converstion, met Teng’s husband and daughter Jasmine, and they bought our entire meal. Teng is still tiny and hasn’t changed a bit. Her daughter Jasmine is an only child and a little drama diva. She sure likes to be the center of attention. She was very cute.
Knowing the awards presentation was in this hotel, we decided to stick around for the 11:00 ceremony. Teng was game for staying too. Her husband took Jasmine home and she hung out with us. The dance hall area said minors could be in until midnight, so that gave us enough time to see a few contestants. The room was full of cowboys and Teng being this little asian girl didn’t let it bother her a bit. In fact is was just like the old college days when I would drag her to cowboy events and she would drag me to her parties. She laughed as she heard songs she knew and told me she only knows theses songs because of me. All she had to do was smile at an older man and he was buying her beer after beer. We got such a kick out of her. She has always been so fun and has such an outgoing personality she can talk to anyone. The awards presentation was fun and lively. The guys joke around and show a recap of the ride and hand out the gold buckle for each event. We saw 4 or 5 before we headed back. It was just the right end to another Vegas night.
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