Vegas!

Long long ago Ian and I went to a timeshare presentation. We did not buy a timeshare, but we were rewarded for our 2 hours on a Saturday with a free trip to Las Vegas. We scheduled it in November so it could be our anniversary trip (actual anniversary is 11/22). In the end we decided to take the kids with us since it's just too hard to find someone to watch them for 3 days in the middle of the week.

My Aunt Amy generously agreed to keep the boys overnight so Ian and I could spend one of the nights we were going to be in Vegas on our own to celebrate our anniversary. Wednesday morning we got up, packed the car, and headed down the road to Vegas. Weston was excited for his sleepover with his cousins and we were excited for our night without kids. We got to Vegas in the afternoon after only 1 stop! Go us. We dropped the kids and their stuff off at the Overson's. There were no tears when we left either.

Ian and I went and checked into our hotel. Let's just say it was at the ghetto end of the strip. We stayed at the Sahara. After dropping off our stuff and changing out of my sweats we drove down to the Mirage and parked there for our evening out. We wandered the strip a little before heading over to Ceasar's Palace to eat at the Planet Hollywood restaurant. We got a gift certificate with our "trip package." The food was only ok, but hey it only cost us $10, so no harm done. After dinner we walked down the strip to the Bellagio. I love seeing what fun display they have in the lobby. This time it was the Fall one and my favorite part were the full size dripping trees. Gorgeous.
On our way out of the Bellagio we were just in time to see the dancing water show. It was kind of fun to watch it from the back.

We walked across the street to the Paris and put our names in at the restaurant there, Mon Ami Gabi, to get some dessert. We got to eat out on the patio across the street from the Bellagio. It was really nice and had a great view. It was a fairly warm evening, so we sat and people watched and ordered our traditional anniversary creme brulee. It was delish. They also brought out a warm French baguette with butter and this weird carrot slaw. It was pretty spicy and was apparently to cleanse the palette. We also caught two more water shows. By 9pm we were exhausted and went back to the hotel to get some sleep.
In the morning we grabbed some (free) breakfast at the diner and went to pick up the kids. They were good as gold. I am so grateful to have such sweet kids who behave well for others. :) I am also so grateful to my Aunt Amy for being so willing to watch the boys for us!

Day 2 to be continued . . .