It's Vegas Baby!!!

Me & my Honey outside PF Changs

Crazy Eyes & Crazy Eyes II

We're cool! :)

Dallas & Paul

Dallas & Jayne at dinner.

The monster omelette!

Do you see the size of that donut?? :)

And the famous "Chicken & Waffles!" The chef even came over to check it out.

Todd and his breakfast (just kidding). :)

The girls.

Me & Sister.

Kevin & Jayne

The Group!

Pirate meets Cowgirl! Yee-haw!!

Paige!!! Haven't seen Paige in forever & we got to meet up in Vegas!!

Bride & Groom.

My Groom. xo

Good times @ Ghost Bar.

That's right... Gabe and I actually had a little vacation this past weekend... we went to Vegas baby!!!!! We went with a group of friends to celebrate Todd and Leigh Ann's bachelor/bachelorette parties. We had so much fun.

We arrived Friday morning, checked into our hotel (we stayed at Bally's), and then we were off to the strip to find something to eat! Since we had such a big party, PF Changs gave us the "Champagne Room." We had our own little private room with a huge table. It was great.

Then we were on our way again, down the strip, stopping into different casinos/hotels. We spent most of the afternoon in The Mirage. Let's just say that the drinks were really good there. :)

Since the drinks were so tasty in the early part of the day, after dinner, I was ready to crash! I could barely hold my eyes open! Crazy!

The next morning we ate at a really cool restaurant called Serendipity. They are well known for their BIG portions and frozen hot chocolate. Gabe ordered the waffles & chicken. I just assumed that the chicken would be tenders...um, no. It was a whole chicken!! It was hilarious. I ordered a ham & cheese omelet which was served with these awesome fried potatoes. MMM, so good. Kevin & Jayne got a donut. Just a donut, you say? No. This donut was as big as Sophie's head! No joke. :)

We then explored the strip some more. We spent some time in Ceasar's Palace (I think this is mine and Gabe's favorite hotel), shopped in The Forum, and hung out with our awesome friends. For dinner, we all ate at Samba, a Brazilian restaurant in The Mirage. Then the girls threw Leigh Ann a lingerie shower. After the shower, we all met back up at The Palms hotel. This is where all the cool nightclubs are. We were kind of "VIP" (long story), so we went to the Ghostbar (for those of you that watched Real World Las Vegas, this is where they went) and Rain. Ghostbar was a low-key, let's sit around and enjoy some drinks place. It is located on the 55th floor of the hotel, so the view from the balcony was awesome!! Part of the balcony was plexi-glass. It was a little frightening to stand on that part, but very cool to look down on. Rain is a nightclub with very loud music. And it was packed!!!! There were dancers/gymnasts (don't know what else to call them) hanging from the ceiling doing tricks. Very cool. It was good to just experience that.

On Sunday, Gabe and I were on our own. Everybody took different flights home, and ours wasn't until 2:30. We walked down to the Harley Davidson Cafe and grabbed some lunch. And then got some souvenirs for the kids. We explored a little on our own and then it was time to get a taxi for the airport.

The flight home was good, but I was anxious to get home to the little munchkins. My mom gave them late naps, so they were still up when we made it home. We heard screams of excitement as we walked in the door. I love taking a vacation with my husband, but I will always miss those smiling faces.

A big thanks to my mom & dad (and Danni too) for keeping the kids. Thank you, thank you, thank you! And to Todd & Leigh Ann... thanks for inviting us to Vegas. We are looking forward to the wedding!!! :)

p.s. sorry the pictures aren't so good. i had to scan them (hence why some of them are also crooked- it's very hard to keep those suckers straight!) :)