Viva Las Vegas!

We dropped off the kiddos with Nana & Papa early last Tuesday morning and flew off to Vegas for three days. The kids did much better than I thought they would...but that will be another post. This one already has too many pictures!

I hadn't flown in over 7 years and quickly remembered why. On the flight there, we sat on the plane at the terminal for 45 minutes due to "electrical difficulty". The power kept turning off and they couldn't get the plane started. So we went on another plane, right? Wrong! They just jumped ours...yes, I said jumped it, and we flew off. I think I almost broke Mondo's hand during take off. On the way home, we sat on the runway for 30 minutes because of some problem with the air traffic control tower. Nice. Then the whole 2.5 hour flight felt like we were in an earthquake because of surrounding storms they were flying around. I just kept looking at pictures of the kids on the camera and trying not to cry thinking that I would never see them again. A little dramatic, I know. I was never so glad to get my feet back on the ground and hug my children!!

We stayed at the Mirage. This is the outside where they have the volcano show every night.

The room.

This is part of a giant pool. There was also one smaller one. We didn't do a very good job of escaping the Texas heat. I think it was 80's in Texas...104 in Vegas!

I was so excited to get to eat at N9ne Steakhouse since they closed the one in Dallas. It was so good but we all got so full! The highlight of the evening: The bartender chick asked Mondo if anyone has told him he looked like Mario Lopez. Ya, we could've just gone home then because Mondo's trip was complete.

The hubbies: Mondo & Mike.

This was a lounge in our hotel called Revolution. Those are giant letters that we are sitting on.

Part of our hotel scenery. Everything was so tropical. I felt like I was in Maui again!

This was outside of Caesars. That hotel was ginormous and amazing! So much to see, so little time!

My favorite slot machine game called Quarter Millions. Really, it's the only one I could figure out! I won some money the first day, lost my winnings the second day. So...I broke even which is still winning to me!

There was an FAO Schwartz in Caesars so we had to stop in for a little shopping for the kiddos.

I am probably the only person who would blog about this but I thought it was so cute! There was a little nursery inside the toy store. It's hard to see but there is a glass window in front of the babies and a rocking chair inside. You can hold a baby and rock it and if you fall in love you can adopt it!

I was so amazed by this that I asked the guy how much it was. You can adopt a baby for the bargain price of $79.99 and he was quick to tell me that they are "asexual" so you can decide if the baby is a boy or a girl. Lets hope he doesn't use that word around small children!

A giant aquarium in Caesars.

There was a mall in Caesars...what wasn't in Caesars?? All of the ceilings were painted to look like you were outside. Pretty cool...and a little confusing at night.

New York New York...no, we didn't ride the roller coaster! Yikes!

MGM.

There was a lion enclosure inside of MGM. I was a little sad that Ethan wasn't there because he would've loved it! There were trainers inside with them trying to get them to play but they were being lazy.

I'm not sure what hotel this was at but we wanted a picture on the strip.

Yummo! I indulged in a tiny chocolate shake...ok, it was huge...and I drank it all. But the top was just chocolate whipped cream. It wasn't all ice cream! :-)

This is the volcano show outside of our hotel. It was very cool. You could feel the heat from it in the street.

Outside of the Venetian where we had dinner at TAO the second night.

My BFF Traci at TAO. It was kind of like a PF Changs on steriods. It is where all of the celebrities eat. No, we didn't see any.

Mondo and me at TAO. Check out those yummy duck rolls he ordered...yuck! He claims they were good. I took his word for it.

The Vegas gang at TAO.

Ahh, going home...this was on our way out of our hotel. What a great trip, but it was a great relief to come home to our babies! Don't worry Nana & Papa, we won't be going anywhere without them for a long time! We're a little too attached to the little critters.