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Sam Stoddard kicked off yesterday morning with a 45 minute shower while he practiced singing his new hit single, "Married Today", which goes like this:

Married married married married married

today

Married married married married married

todaaaay!

Married married married married married

today

Married married married married married

todaaaay!

We're still looking for Michelle because she never came back with our Starbucks. As we've mentioned before, Maggie needs her caffeine. We decided to look for her around town, but we got distracted and took a couple of detours. 

Don't shoot!

We also got lunch at Jojo's favorite hotel, the Wynn! It was beautiful inside.

Much to our disappointment, Jakob flew home yesterday evening. Suddenly, we felt lost. Without him, it felt like something was missing. Where would we turn to see a burly, sweaty, strong man with his shirt off? It seemed we would never find the missing piece to our puzzle.

But then, from a distance, we heard a roll of thunder so loud it shook the casino. We raced to find the source of the commotion. It was there that we found the solution. It was there that we found Michelle.

For the first time, Sam Stoddard loved thunder.

Some of us went to bed, some of us went to bet, and all of us said goodnight to Vegas for the last time on this trip.

Thank you to everyone who helped us make this dream possible. Thank you to anyone who donated their money and resources so we could have an adventure. Thank you to the people who shared, liked, or watched the video, and to those of you who donated their camera, time, or music to make our video possible. You are the best. Over and over again this past week, we talked about how it was the greatest trip ever. It was inspiring, relaxing, and challenging in all of the right ways for us. The places we went and things we saw were not ever in our reach until you helped us. For that, we'd like to say thank you and we love you. We hope you enjoyed our updates, because we enjoyed writing them.

Love,

Sam, Sam, Paul, Emily, Michelle, Jakob, and Maggie

Now get up.

Pizza Pie, that's Amore

Today, we went to another fancypants hotel and casino called the Venetian!

Sam, Sam, Paul, and Michelle couldn't wait to take a gondola ride with their new friend, Paulo.

Paulo had a beautiful voice. He sang about pizza pie and amore for us.

Here, have another one. He always looked like this.

 Toward the end of our cruise, Paulo told us that the man in the gondola next to us had just proposed to his girlfriend! 

HOO-WEE!

You could tell by the way he said it that Paulo was a romantic at heart. That poker face doesn't fool us!

After the ride, we decided to explore the Venetian. Inside, we found a neat area that was made to look like it was outdoors! It was eerie how much it felt like dinner time once we stepped off of the elevator.

Since it felt like dinner time, it was only natural for us to then eat dinner.

And what a dinner it was! We loved our meals and our awesome waiter, Taylor. 

We were so comfy-cozy after eating that some of us got a little brave.

And proposed, even though we were already engaged to someone else.

Everything is going to be great, though.

After the proposal, we couldn't find Michelle, but we're sure we'll find her eventually. She muttered something about never forgiving anyone and moving to a cave. The thing is, it's hard to tell when she's kidding sometimes and when she's serious. She'll probably show up tomorrow morning with Starbucks for everyone and we'll laugh about all of this.

After all of the fun at the Venetian, we moved on to Planet Hollywood Casino!

We saw a really funny show with stand-up comedians and dancing ladies (HOO-WEE) that Sam Wood adored. Paul couldn't stop laughing throughout the entire show.

Afterward, we got to meet one of the stand-up comedians. Maggie told him how we loved most of his jokes, except for the ones where he said the "r" word. He told us that he would change his act, and then we chatted about the Patriots and Boston for a bit. Thanks, Penny!

Hi, Bingus!

It feels like just yesterday that we were living in a cave in Caveville. Now, we're living large.

We walk n' rolled into town last night ready to live it up. Here are some of the photos that Sam Stoddard took.

Sam stopped taking photos once we saw ELVI$$$$$ because by then it was time to dance.

And we were so good at dancing that some nice people gave us these Elvis glasses!

And Paul was so good at dancing that this woman decided to join in!

Sam Wood is a talented ballroom dancer, and he showed off his skills for the crowd.

After the dancing, we begged the Sams to let us get pizza.

We love pizza. After we ate the pizza, Sam started taking photos again.

The rest is history or something. All we know is that some of us went to bed seven hours earlier than others, and these are the photos on Maggie's phone.

So today, we chilled like a Celine Dion song chills the spines of moms nationwide.

Hi Dave! Sam Wood asked me to send this to you.

We swam in the awesome pool at Excalibur, then got all clean and fancy for dinner at Olives in the Bellagio! It was the first time we have all smelled good at the same time.

It was the fanciest dinner ever, because we were kicking off the most exciting night of our stay in Vegas...

Cirque Du Soleil's O!

We had amazing seats for this incredible show. We highly recommend it to all of you! Thank you so much for the generous donations that made tonight possible. It's a night we will never forget and a night we couldn't have had without your help.

After the show, we sauntered out into the casino. Paul had his eye on some blackjack. He won and won and won and won and lost and decided to quit before he lost more than five bucks. Great job, Paul! Now we won't have to call all of those hotlines we keep reading about.

While Paul was being a swanky devil, the Sams were on fire at the slots!

We ended the night by watching the lights and water show outside the Bellagio. We watched it three times.

Then, we went back to our castle.