As always, we like to get away.
We've been planning our Vegas trip for quite a while. We wanted to catch some shows, cool sites, pool time, and time with friends. Missions accomplished! We drove out to Austin on the 19th so that we could catch the Austin auto show and hopefully get some more insight on the car we are going to purchase. Also, Del Rio's airline just exited DR on 4/13, so now our flight options are 2.5-3.5 hours away. Austin was cheaper, and we had things to do there, so Austin it was. Can you believe that? Our city is so friggen small, they can't sustain an airport! I digress...
Saturday morning we flew out of Austin to Las Vegas. Our first plans were to get to the hotel, walk around, and get a quick bite to eat. I did not know where we were staying, Josh had stressed that it was a surprise. We've always wanted to go to Europe, and with my 5 years of French, Paris has been on the top of my list. SO, we pulled up to the Paris hotel and he said, "we've wanted to go to Europe before we had kids, so here were are!" My husband is awesome.
We had plans to see Tim Allen at 10pm (midnight our time) so we decided to take a little nap. Well, someone hit snooze on the alarm a little too much (Joshua!) and we had about a half hour to book it nearly a mile down the crowded strip AND have time for dinner for this soon to be crabby and hungry, pregnant lady! Needless to say, McDonald's was a life saver and we made it just a couple minutes late. Tim Allen and his opening act were great!
The rest of the week was a little bit of a slow blur, I guess that's what I get for taking so long to blog about it. We walked around the strip A LOT! Caught all the free shows, the Mirage volcano, the Bellagio fountains, and the Treasure Island pirate show.
Then we headed over for a tour of the Hoover Dam. Pretty magnificent to see! It's amazing how they could have constructed something so elaborate so many years ago without the technology, health regulations, and wages that we have today.
After that we headed over to meet up with our friends the Luppolds and the Pachlhofers. We had some delicious food and wonderful conversation catching up. We have missed them so much!! On Tuesday a few of us headed over to Red Rock Canyon to check out the area. It was rather gorgeous and definitely a different type of desert and hill country than we are used to seeing here in Texas! On our way home we stopped at the infamous In-N-Out Burger. Josh and I's first trip there, believe the hype, it was delicious!!!!!
Later that day (Brooke's birthday!) the ladies headed out for some pedicures before our nice dinner. Our dinner that night was delicious and I've never seen a restaurant so accomodating to birthdays! They had an insert in their menu wishing Brooke a happy birthday, she got a free dessert, and they gave us each a copy of the picture they took of our group.
The rest of the week was spent back on the strip. This time we stayed at Mandalay Bay for two nights. When we arrived, they for some reason gave us a free upgrade to a premium Vegas Strip view. Awesome! This hotel was our pool time and Josh has been wanting to stay at this pool forever!! It was a beautiful hotel with many pools (some heated), and a lazy river. The highlights toward the end of the trip were eating at a Brazillian Steakhouse for the first time and seeing a Cirque du Soleil show for the first time, Ka. I wasn't really wanting to go to a Cirque show, they all seem too feminine, but boy was this one awesome!!
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