VEGAS BABY!!!

Man is it beyond time for an update....

I just got back from one of the MOST FUN weekends EVER! We had a girl's trip (courtesy of mamaw!!!) to Las Vegas this past weekend and it was GREAT! We had so much fun and I know we will be telling stories about it for many many years to come. Although the inside jokes won't be very funny in blog/ written form so I will just stick to blogging about events. We flew out there on friday night. We were picked up by a white stretch limit (courtesy of David Cox...THANKS DAD!) and we went and checked in to our rooms at the Bellagio and then hit the town. We went to an awesome dinner at Hugo's Cellar. They have the most wonderful table side salad! After dinner we went walking around fremont street and then just driving the strip in the limo. It was a great night. I stood up and out the sun roof driving down the las vegas strip (they always do that in movies right?) and everyone made fun of me until they decided they wanted to do it too! haha. These are pictures from the first night.

So day two. Beth and I were sharing a room and I don't even think we set an alarm but we were both awake and ready to go by about 8:30. We walked to the Mcdonald's to get coffee and egg mcmuffins for breakfast because the Bellagio is nice but it is EXPENSIVE! Then we all got ready and walked our tails off all day saturday. We went all through Caesar's palace and the forum shops and ate lunch at the Trevi fountain (restaurant) which was really cool. Then we saw Treasure Island, The mirage, the paris, the flamingo, Harrah's, and Bally's. I had never been to Vegas before so I was very impressed with just the SIZE of all the hotels/ casino's. You could go for a week or two and not see everything so we were trying to pack everything we possibly could into 3 days. By the end of Saturday our feet HURT. Saturday night we had to get ready and go to eat early at the foundation room at the Mandalay Bay. More AWESOME food and a GREAT view over the Las Vegas strip. Then it was back to the mirage for the cirque de soleil "Love" to the Beatles music. It was really awesome! Afterwards Kim, Beth, and I went to the ICE BAR where everything is minus 5 degrees and your glasses are made out of ice. They give you parkas and boots and gloves to wear in there and the entire place is like an ice cave. It was really cool. Then we showed off some of our best dance moves at the mandalay bay before calling it a night. Here are the pictures from saturday (or at least some of them!)






Saturday was by far the most hectic and exhausting day. We walked ALL OVER and then kim, beth, and I stayed out really late and I woke up with horrible back pain Sunday morning. I am not sure if it was the walking, trying to be in/ dance in heels...I don't know but I spent most of sunday with bad back pain. Sunday morning we had a very special devotional led by mamaw and then we went to the Bellagio BUFFET for brunch which was GREAT. In fact we did not have any bad meals in vegas, they were all AWESOME! Afterwards we took a taxi ride to "SOHO" which is actually just southlake a little bit outside of vegas. Sorry nobody got that. We went shopping and then to the stratosphere which I thought was great. Mom, beth, and I were the only ones who wanted to go to the top but the views were amazing and I was really glad we did it. After the stratosphere we went over to the venetian and ate lunch/ hung out in what is supposed to be St. mark's square. Then ended our afternoon at "New york". Only in vegas can you go from paris, to venice, to new york in a taxi! I don't have hardly any pictures from sunday. But here are a few .

Sunday night was definitely the most low key for everyone. We ate dinner at a restaurant in the hotel and then went outside to watch the fountains at the Bellagio. The fountains (which are choreographed to music) was one of my favorite things. They were really breathtaking.A few gambled a little for our last night. I never could bring myself to gamble enough to win anything. Here's something I learned, you have to be willing to LOSE money to be able to WIN money. Like IF you're willing to lose you $20 you might be able to turn it into $120 and a few people did. I however kept thinking about what $20 could buy me at home....Aiden's diapers, ben's lunches for a week. So I came home with no more money than I left with! Oh well. It was an absolutely fabulous trip. I did miss my boys a lot though. Ben was so great. He took the weekend off and took care of aiden so that I could go on this trip and when i got home Ben had cleaned EVERYTHING in the house. He did all the laundry, washed our sheets, cleaned the bathrooms. It was amazing! I truly have the best husband ever! All in all...GREAT trip, can't wait for the next girl's trip, but I am glad to be home again. I missed my little boy and Ben a lot! 

I promise it won't be so long until my next update...