Viva Las Vegas!
Jonathon and I had some unexpected time off of work and decided to make the most of it and go on our first "big kid" vacation since our Honeymoon (almost 5 years ago!) and go to Las Vegas since we'd never REALLY experienced it!
Jonathon researched and found great deals on everything. We learned lots about how to vacation and had SO MUCH FUN!!!!!!! We'll definitely go back and visit again someday.
DAY ONE:
Our first night we stayed at the Las Vegas Hotel (LVH)
This is also where Elvis lived back in the day- in room 3000!
Since we got there pretty late, we were STARVING. Being inexperienced LV folks, we just ate at the buffet here. It was smokey. And expensive. And the rolls were rock hard. :(
Lesson learned: Never stay or eat at LVH! Cheap.. but you get what you pay for!
But that didn't stop us from having a great time anyway....
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| The 'King' #1 and the 'King' #2! Cute J! |
Jonathon giving it a go!
Rubbing my tired, smokey eyes from the buffet/casino at LVH
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| Jonathon by some pretty decorations at the Wynn |
We went for a midnight stroll to burn off some calories and check out the nightlife. We ended up at the Wynn and were amazed by how many people there were! The architecture and decorations in LV everywhere are so beautiful. We walked about 5 miles that night all together by the time we walked our tired feet back to our hotel!
Day Two:
We were so tired from everything that we slept in until about 5 minutes before check out! We just threw on clothes and booked it so we wouldn't get charged for a second night and decided we'd just get ready at the next hotel, MGM.
Our first stop of the day was to FIREHOUSE SUBS!!!!
Jonathon served an LDS mission in the south (Alabama/Florida) and he LOVED these subs. He was excited to get a taste and we bought some of the perfect sauce to take home.
(He'd also never seen this drink dispenser before. They are pretty new still but they have HUNDREDS of different options and combos to make whatever drink you could imagine. He LOVED that too!)
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| Excited to be in Las Vegas! |
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| Statue of Liberty |
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| MGM Grand Lion! I was sad to see they no longer have the real lions here. :( |
We finally checked in at the MGM (the wait was an hour!) and it was awesome! It was about $40 more than LVH but much cleaner and nicer and the bed was awesome!
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| The lights in this bathroom made you look like a movie star.. Point in case ----> My skin looked flawless! I wish I could just feel like that ALL the time! :) |
We got all gussied up for our night on the town! It was sure fun. :)
I was quite surprised how much attention Jonathon and I received as we were out for our fancy night. Many men and women were trying so hard to get attention by wearing short dresses and 'trendy' clothes, but if you want to really STICK OUT in the world today, DRESS MODESTLY and be WELL-GROOMED!
- I was grateful to not have to worry about 'covering up' from all the eyes while we were out from wearing my long red dress (Thanks to my sis-in-law Jenny for letting me borrow it!) and cardigan. And men can't go wrong in a classic tuxedo! We got so many compliments. It was a fun night!
I got to go up as a volunteer and help him get blindfolded. He asked me to put the duck tape over the coins covering his eyes and press on it so it was on there good. I poked a little too hard and even felt his eye ball move! Ha ha ha! Everyone started laughing when he commented about my roughness.
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| Sexy man |
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| Sexy woman |
First we went to a mind-reading show called "The Mentalist" and it was pretty cool!
Afterwards, we got to see the HIGHLIGHT of my trip...
MYSTERE by CIRQUE DU SOLEIL!!!!
It was AMAZING!!!!!! It was a combination of acrobats, aerial performance, flipping, drumming... everything cool-ing. The performers were so talented and strong. It moved us and touched our hearts emotionally, especially to see what our human bodies are capable of. WOW. SO GOOD.
And these were the cheapest Cirque du Soleil tickets but I can't imagine it getting better than that.
We finished our night off with a fancy, schmancy dinner at......
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| McDONALD'S!!!!!!!!! Ha ha ha! Nothing beats a late night Big Mac n fries. |
We wandered around and dinked around for a bit until we were ready to hit the hay.
DAY THREE:
We slept in (again! ...Can you tell how much we needed a vacation from how TIRED we were?!) and then drove/walked around to see a few more sights of LV before heading to The Red Rock Resort.
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| Venetian Hotel - I'll ride that gondola next time! |
The Red Rock Resort:
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| Check-in |
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| Fancy Room! |
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| AWESOME BED!!! Sooo fluffy and comfy I wanted to take this baby home. (Nice glowing eyes, Jonno! Thanks iPhone for all our glows- lol) |
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| By the pool |
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| Ahhh...... Relaxing on a lounger IN the water! |
My favorite part of this hotel was their BUFFET:
Breakfast was only $5! And dinner was $10!!
It was SO GOOD. I loved loved loved the dessert plates...
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| Woot! |
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| Blackjack 21 |
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| Crater Lake |
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| Sooo excited to be back in Portland with CLEAN, CRISP, FRESH AIR!!!!!!!!!! All in all, it was an awesome, much needed vacation. |
