Just Another Day In Paradise: Las Vegas Roadtrip!

It has taken me a full week to recover/unpack/rest from our oh-so-fabulous Vegas vacation last week. It must have hit Wade extra hard since he's been home sick from work the past 2 days, feeling weak and achy. Hope he feels better soon!

Anyway, here's how our trip went!

Monday:
We took off in the Jeep before the sun came up and the kiddos were left in the wonderful care of Wade's parents. We drove through Nebraska and stayed with family friends that night in Fort Collins, CO. We were equipped with tons of movies, books, magazines, CDs and snacks.

Tuesday:

We drove through the Rockies, eating lunch in Vail, and then down into Utah, stopping for a little bit at the San Rafael Swell. Driving through Utah was like driving on another planet. Amazing! We stayed the night in St. George, UT.

Wednesday:

Helloooo Las Vegas! We got in early, but couldn't check into our hotel yet (The luxurious Imperial Palace, at $38 bucks a night, located right in the middle of the strip :) ) so we walked around and ate lunch, before the wedding at 4:30. Wade was a groomsman and had to be there early, so I laid by the pool in 85 degree weather and read my book. The wedding was short and sweet, and very cute. We had supper at Belagio's buffet ($30 per person, but we had crab legs, sushi and lots of other wonderful stuff!). We spent the rest of the night hanging out w/ the bride and groom, playing the slots and roulette-BEST GAME EVER! We discovered our lucky number is 19 and overall we won about $150. Not a ton, but at least we didn't lose any!

"Carrie Underwood" was singing at our hotel's casino. Also notice Alice Cooper and one of the Blues Brothers as dealers :)

The Strip

After the wedding at Caeser's Palace

Congrats Jason and Brandi!

I just won $60 bucks!

Thursday:
We had a late morning helicopter tour of the Grand Canyon and Hoover Dam. We actually landed down in the canyon and had champagne and a quick lunch. SO COOL!!!! Later that day, we checked out the light show on Fremont Street and then got to see a family friend perform as a showgirl in the show Jubilee at Bally's. Brooke, you are amazing and the show was fantastic!!

At the bottom of the Grand Canyon, the Colorado River behind us.

The Fremont Street Experience

Friday:

Good-bye Las Vegas! We headed north through Utah. This was by far our most boring day. We drove through Provo, and finally stopped for pizza at about 11pm. It was definitely a challege to combine Wade's desire to get from point A to point B quickly and efficiently with my love of taking our time and sightseeing along the way. If we'd traveled my way, our trip would have taken 3 weeks to complete, but if we'd done it his way, we would have missed all the spontaneous fun! We compliment each other quite well :)

This doubled as lunch the next day. SO yummy!

Saturday:

To save some time (and money) we drove through the night, up through Wyoming, stopping at 3am at Chugwater, WY, population 244. We then stayed at a truck stop and slept in the Jeep for a few hours before stopping in Alliance, NE to eat breakfast and check out Carhenge (it was super foggy). We spent the rest of the day traveling through the sandhills of Nebraska. They were really cool, and much better than taking I-80! We couldn't wait to get home to our babies, and arrived back home around 9pm.