So I did it. I’m a married man….again. This is my second marriage. My first one ended officially 10 years ago and I haven’t spoken to her in almost 13 years. Moving on….My beautiful bride and I got married at the top of the Stratosphere Hotel in Las Vegas at the Chapel in the Clouds.
It was a gorgeous day and our friends and family were there. Bethany was as beautiful as I had ever seen her, even though she was nervous as all hell! If the hands shivering weren’t evidence enough, when it was her turn to say I do, she paused for a three count. There is video evidence of this! She will never live it down.
After the ceremony we took some pictures some of which are in this post, others will be on Snapfish in the very near future. (I’ve been so busy since we got back that I haven’t had much time for blogging or much else for that matter) After the pictures we had some time to kill before we went to dinner so my boys and I
got on some of the rides that are on top of the Stratosphere. I got permission from the wife because she got to chill with her girls while we defied death.
Then we went to the Top of the World lounge and had some drinks before we went to dinner.
(Isn't she gorgeous?)I met her friend’s parents who actually helped raise my wife for a time and they were really nice. Much nicer than her mother (who wasn’t there…’nuff said). After we got a little tipsy on the 10 dollar drinks, we headed downstairs 108 floors to the restaurant where her father set up a reception type dinner for us. The food was phenomenal and we couldn’t have asked for a better time. As I said in my toast,
the people who mattered most to us were there. (That’s not entirely true, some couldn’t make it for legit reasons and we understood those, others…..not so much) Nevertheless, everyone had a great time and that’s all we cared about.
After dinner, we changed (wink) and met up with some friends and went to a club inside the Bellagio. My buddy Craig picked up the tab for that little excursion which he did not have to do, but I can not thank him enough. Bethany and I bid them farewell and went back to our hotel and went to bed. We had every intention of getting up early and meeting my friend Jay and his wife for breakfast, but that didn’t happen. We didn’t get back from the Bellagio until about 3:30 in the AM. 
When we finally did get up, we explored the strip a little and then got new tattoos. This was the most painful thing I have ever put myself through and I had three others prior to this one. I’m guessing it’s because it’s right in the middle of my back, but I digress. We hung out in Vegas that night and went to Freemont street, the Old Strip if you will, where Binion’s and the Golden Nugget are. If you go to Vegas, Freemont Street is definitely a place you need to visit. Part of it is covered and at night, they have great light shows and you can walk around with drinks and the hotels have bars on the street so you 
can just walk up and buy a drink and keep walking. Awesome time, I can’t wait to go back. We left on Saturday afternoon and came back to Mass only to turn around and get on a boat to Bermuda! I’ll be back with pictures and details of that little adventure!
