Vegas!

Well, I have pictures galore from Vegas last weekend.
We got there about 10 pm Thursday night and didn't do too much. We got something to eat and walked around mainly near our hotel. Steve tried to tell me that we were going to stay up for 3 days straight and warn me that I would not be going to bed at 10 pm, like he knew I would want to! :) That night we were in bed about 1:30...which was really 3:30 am Iowa time, so I was pretty proud of myself.
Steve had a list of about 30 things he wanted to do while we were there, and we actually did a pretty good job at crossing those things off the list.
Friday morning we ate at Mon Abi Gabi in our hotel (1st item off list), we did some shopping and walking around the south end of the strip.
Steve took this pic on the inside of the Miracle Mile Shopping mall.

New York, New York....and we did ride the roller coaster! (item #2 off the list) It was worth it! It has been so long since either one of us had been on a roller coaster ride and it was fun!

We ate at Dick's Last Resort inside Excalibur (#3 off the list)...where the employees basically treat you like crap and make fun of you the whole time. They usually make hats that say obnoxious things like, 'I choke the chicken for Justin Bieber' or 'Happy Ending $5'. We did not get hats, but I got called 'peroxide' and 'cougar'. It was a different experience but it was fun!

The art work and architecture in all of these hotels is just amazing! We took way too many pictures of everything!

Yes, I played the American Idol penny slot machine. No, I didn't win. (in fact, we didn't win anything in the 3 days we were there!)

We did miss our baby while we were gone. The Elvis Cirque shop gave us some reminders of her! :)

My favorite thing in all of Vegas...the fountains at the Bellagio!

That night we headed downtown to Fremont Street. We ate at the Chart House a seafood place in the Golden Nugget (#4 off the list). Downtown has tons of entertainment and music, you can even zipline over the street above everyone (one thing we did NOT do, but wish we would've)!

We did really good and were up until 3 am this night! and we got up too early Saturday morning and started walking up the north end of the strip.

The Beatles Cirque show was inside the Mirage.

We came across a rat-rod car show across the street from the Stratosphere, so of course, Steve wanted to check it out and the cars were pretty darn cool. Plus it gave us an excuse to spend some more time enjoying the 80 degree weather.

We made our way to the top of the Stratosphere. AMAZING view!!!!!!!

And we actually rode the Big Shot. The ride that shoots you straight up in the air....when you are already 109 stories in the air! (item #5 off the list) I will admit, I was freaked out! It was worth it but I was shaking when we got off!

The ceiling in the Venetian. Again, the art work is just amazing everywhere you go!

This is also on the inside! Even though it looks like it is outdoors and you can take a gondola ride!

Saturday night we were so exhausted! We went to bed early (10 pm!) but it was worth it! We spent two days just being on the go! My calf muscles hurt SO BAD from walking around for two days straight!

It was a great trip and we had fun! It was nice to get away but it is good to be home!