what happens in vegas...

gets posted on my blog!!! :)

before we left, landon said to michael, "what happens in vegas...God sees." it was hilarious!

as our first vacation together, las vegas was really great! i know it's called sin city, but really...there is so much to do there besides sin! really! :) our first stay was for two nights about 10 miles away from the strip. we stayed at a hotel called the suncoast. michael played a little bit of blackjack and we both played some slots. it was really fun, but nothing addicting, so...that was good news! we had a nice big room with a huge wall-sized window with a beautiful view over the golf course.

our viewmichael eating our room service breakfast. he had steak and eggs and was enjoying it so much that i thought it was worth remembering. i had french toast. it wasn't nearly as good. bummer.

after our first two days, we hopped on the shuttle with our huge bags and were dropped at a suncoast sister hotel and had to find our way to the luxor. it was hilarious! we jumped on the monorail. walked all the way through the mgm grand, crossed a walkway over las vegas blvd, fought our way through many, many pedestrians, walked through new york new york (where we were given show tickets to Magician Lance Burton and two buffets for promising to go to a time share thing. we went but didn't buy), across another walkway to a tram which we took from new york to mandalay bay and then on to the luxor. all the while, pulling our luggage behind us. we were stinkin' tired by the time we got to the front of the check-in line. standing there, we were informed that we had been upgraded to a large suite. this thing was basically bigger than our apartment. super cool.

we had such a fun time. we spend the next four days looking at the different hotels, finding our way downtown to the freemont street experience, watching the fountains at the bellagio (which were amazing), falling in love with an artist named peter lik, eating pizza at new york new york, watching a cirque du soleil show ka, being amazed at a magic show by lance burton, and walking our butts off. the last two nights we went to be late and woke up late.

las vegas blvd the day we arrived.

new york, new york. you have no idea how huge these hotels are. need something for comparison? that red circle in the middle...yea-that's a roller coaster!

inside new york. looked just like it!

the view of the luxor when you got off the tram. amazing, isn't it?

sarcophagus lined the front entrance of the hotel. michael looks tall huh?

he's not really! look at me at the guys knee! those things were huge! (well, while i was checking this before publishing, i noticed that my picture was missing. i guess there may be a picture limit on blogs. it was a picture of me standing right next to this guy and with my arm straight out, i was touching his knee. silly thing.)

an itty-bitty, teeny-tiny portion of the casino in the luxor. i mean, minuscule portion.

michael and i waiting to go into the shark reef at mandalay bay.

here was a diver cleaning the aquarium. if you look closely, you can see a huge fish watching over the divers shoulder. he stayed like that for a really, really long time.

michael touched a sting ray at the petting area of the shark reef. i touched one too, but man it took some encouraging. they are so soft that you almost can't feel them.

yours truly near pegasus at ceasar's palace.

michael standing way in front of the trogan horse in ceasar's palace. that was huge too! man, everything there was oversized.

handsome and i in paris.

paris, las vegas

planet hollywood. along with a huge casino on the bottom floor of this hotel, there is a mall. yes, you hear me, a mall.

the fountains at the bellagio were so amazing. they showed every 15 minutes and were set to music with lights and huge amounts of water being shot into the air. it was so beautiful!

we woke up at 4:30am on saturday to fly to dallas for my friend, leah's, wedding. due to mechanical errors, our flight was delayed and we were late to the wedding. we drove home later that night. went to bed at two and slept until 3pm on sunday. whoa! we still haven't gotten back on a regular sleep regiment. it stinks.

las vegas was fun and there was plenty to see and do, but if you ever go, make it a 2-3 day trip. otherwise, you'll just come home stinkin exhausted.

thanks baby for a wonderful vacation. you make everything great!