What happens in Vegas...ends up on the internet

We were in Vegas last weekend. We went with our friends Lee and Randy. The main purpose of going was to shoot a wedding for Charlotte (a friend of Lee's and mine) but we decided to make a trip out of it, so we bought tickets for our husbands and stayed from Friday to Tuesday. We packed so much into that trip, it was crazy! But SO fun.

On Friday, we took the kids to Lee's house where we did each others family pictures. My parents then came to get the kids and take them to their house for the weekend. We flew into Vegas that night.

Saturday we got up at 4 AM (I know, unreal) and got ready for the wedding. We went to Charlotte's house to shoot hair and makeup at 6, then over to the temple for the wedding. After the wedding we went to a yummy restaurant for the reception luncheon and were back to the hotel by 4-ish PM. A couple pictures from the wedding...





So then after gorging ourselves on italian we went back to the condo to change and went to the strip. We went to this place called tickets for tonight where you can buy discounted show tickets. We fot tickets for Phantom of the Opera. Only 1 problem. My husband and friends have absolutely no respect for a pregnant girl. After working on my feet for 12 hours they decided we'd just speed walk down the strip from the ticket place to the Phantom theatre. Only a mile and a half. Dave was literally pulling me down the street, but we got there in time to get decent seats and the show was AMAZING. Truly. The theatre was built specifically for Phantom of the Opera and it was just stunning. The cast was amazing, too. I sat there in awe for the whole thing. Unfortunately, we weren't allowed to take pictures. We took some after before beginning the mile and half walk back to the car (a bit more leisurely this time, thank goodness).



Me and Lee.


On our way back, we took our time, took some pictures and watched the belaggio fountain. It was really cool. I have a video of it, but it didn't upload for some reason. Definitely see it if you're ever there, though!

The next day we wandered around the strip some more and that got us this little gem. We were browsing M&M's world and ran into the M&M guys. After Dave and I took a picture with them, Dave and Randy decided to get down and make a video of it. It was practically all they talked about for the rest of the weekend.

Dave and I.


The video...


We walked around some more and took pictures before going to a yummy dinner. I did that thing where you choose an oyster and get a pearl. We had gorgeous pearl earrings made.

The strip....




Dave, me, Lee and Randy waiting for dinner and a show.


The next day we decided we were tired of the strip so we went to Hoover Dam. We were going to go to Red Rock Canyon, too, but we ran out of time.

Pictures from Hoover Dam.


See those pillars coming out of the mountain? That's going to be a road. Scary, huh?


That night we went to an outlet mall that Lee had heard was good. It was good alright, but still more than we could ever afford. Prada outlet, Gucci, Dolce and Gabana, Versace, etc. It was kinda fun to look at everything, but 10 minutes after we got there an alarm went off and we were evacuated for an emergency. I don't have any idea what it was, but we didn't wait around to find out. Luckily there was an amusement park in the casino across the street and they even let me go on a mild ride.

The next day we hit a zappos.com outlet store (where I bought 3 pair of shoes for great prices!) before heading home.

It was SO fun, but it's good to be home with my kids again.