Read the given summary of events, and write a longer story which covers everything described in the summary. The story you write should be longer than the summary you read, but should not repeat itself. The story should be made up of sentences which form a cohesive and logical sequence of events, and should be long enough to fill two or more paragraphs. Do not omit any details which were given by the summary. Make the story such that the summary is an accurate characterization of the paragraphs you write. Adding extra details in your story which are not mentioned in the summary is okay as long as they don't contradict anything in the summary.

I spend my 40th birthday at a lakehouse in Kentucky. MY two best friends from college were there, along with their families. Throughout the course of the weekend, our children became much closer.
It was a fantastic stay. We ate s'mores by the fire and hung out by the dock during the day. It was so wonderful to catch up with my old friends. Just being carefree and we felt like we were in our 20s again just for the weekend. We all thought it would be incredible if our children would later in life go on to the same college and carry on this cycle. On our last night there, we decided to bury a time capsule to dig up in 10 years. Our children also placed items in the capsule and they made their own pact to stay in touch. Even before we left, they were trading email addresses, phone numbers, and friending each other on facebook. It was all surreal. I wouldn't change a thing. On our way home back to reality Sunday evening, my husband commented on how much he enjoyed meeting everyone's families. He taught the kids how to fish and bait hooks with worms. I was so happy we did this. I couldn't imagine a better setting for my 40th birthday. It is something I hope we do every year.

The experience we had on this tour was something we had not had before. The casinos and the night life in Vegas was surreal.
About four months ago, my partner and I went on a vacation to Las Vegas. The starting was not good as our flight to Vegas was delayed by four hours. Also, it was raining continuously during the takeoff. After initial hiccups, we were very pleased to land at Las Vegas airport safely. It took a while to locate our transport to our hotel. The driver messed up our destination a couple times but finally reached our hotel. As it was too late, we took rest that night. The next four days we had a blast. On the first day, we walked all over the downtown and checked out some interesting places. The next day we took a bus tour, which covered not only the downtown areas but also the outskirts and other famous places. On the third day, we went to various places and buildings that we had marked from the previous day. The designs of various hotels are just amazing. Most of them have high-end shops. One arts shop we went in had artworks priced at least $10,000. The other interesting experience was to witness casinos in all the hotels we visited. We played lightly in some of them and in fact, won a little money. Also, other memorable encounters were the dancing water waves that synchronized with music at Bellagio and the volcanic eruptions at Mirage.

My close family all got together for a visit and had a great time. All of the little kids were there and we even saw a deer.

I went to visit family for vacation at my sister's house. It was the first time in years that we had all gathered together and some of the younger children had never met before. It was a great time watching them all play together and get along. I helped with a lot of the cooking as I like that and am good at it. It was fun to go out in the woods with the kids and show them the river and we saw a deer. I played baseball with a few of the nephews. We went out to eat at a great restaraunt and had a great time. It was nice to catch up with my siblings and hang out like we used to. We had not all been together for a long time and we reminisced. It was a bit cold but did not snow and we built a fire outside one night and maybe drank a bit much. My parents enjoyed seeing all of the kids running around. It was a great time with my family and one we will repeat this year. We discussed renting a nice lake house or something a bit closer to everybody next time. It is hard to meet up often because we are all scattered out over the country. It was a good reminder of how lucky I am to have such a good family. I am looking forward to next time.

