So I am a little late in posting this, but oh well here we go. So for spring break we decided to take a little road trip with our friends Kipp and Krystal. We didn't want to be gone too long, leaving the little ones isn't easy, so we decided to go to Vegas for a weekend! We had a lot of fun! Here is a break down of our trip.
We left Friday morning and drove through the worst weather I have seen. It was a crazy snowstorm that didn't stop until we hit St. George. We kept ourselves entertained by listening to Kipp sing karaoke and playing a little family feud on the computer.
We got to Vegas and checked into our hotel, The Excalibur, and then it was off to our first of many shows! We decided to drive down the strip to the hotel where our show was and boy was that the wrong thing to do. It took us like an hour to drive 1.2 miles it was CRAZY! Before the show we ate dinner at this "sports bar" The boys were awe struck at the amount of T.V.'s in this place. They even had a section that was like stadium seating in a movie theater with recliners. Let me saw you defiantly pay for the atmosphere.
Here Caleb and Kipp are relaxing on the couch that served as our eating area. We paid $14 for a hamburger and a bag of nasty chips! Not worth it! Oh well though.
After eating we went to the show Blue Man Group! It was awesome! I honestly didn't know what to expect out of this show. Kipp had been the one talking this one up. He was so excited because we were sitting in the "poncho" section. We hoped that our seats were good for this show and boy were they good seats. We had front row and center seats, they couldn't have been any better!
Here we are before the show started with our "ponchos" on!
We had great seats for a great show. I can't even describe to you what it was like, all I can say is I defiantly recommend it! Oh and if you were wondering if the poncho's were needed, yes they were! We got sprayed with bananas!!! Krystal and I got it the worst and we couldn't stop laughing the whole time! At the end of the show we were covered in toilet paper, here are some pictures from that!
The next day we decided to walk the strip and visit some of the different hotels. We went to the M&M store and the Coke store. We also took a Gondola ride. I wore brand new sandals that day, I know what you girls are thinking out there stupid idea!!! I had a few blisters and was dying by the end of our adventures. We also got to eat at the cheesecake factory this day and we walked right in, it was a huge difference from the one here in Utah! Here are some pictures from this days events.
Caleb and I in front of the Excalibur
I just think this is a funny picture!
At the coke factory! Us enjoying our drinks!!
Us on the Gondola ride. The lady that took us around sang to us when we went under the bridge and she had a really nice voice.
After walking the strip we went to another show, Chris Angle's show. For those of you who don't know he is a magician. Let me just say DON'T go to this, it was not worth it! There was like 5 magic tricks the rest was crazy weird stuff! It was horrible! Good thing we didn't fork out a ton of money for the good seats!
The next day we rode a bunch of roller coasters and played in the arcade rooms. We drove to Buffalo Bills Hotel about 30 min. away so that we could ride one of the tallest roller coasters. It really was pretty scary.
Here is a picture of the roller coaster and of Krystal and I about to ride it and wet our pants. Krystal said she didn't open her eyes for very much of it because she was so scared!
We also rode the New York, New York roller coaster and I would have to say that Buffalo Bills was better!
After riding the roller coasters and what not we went to a show called the Tournament of Kings. It was in our hotel and it was a dinner and a show about knights back in King Aurthur's time. The food wasn't great, but it was sure a lot of fun. Before it all really began they were teaching us how to cheer and making us practice. Well if you know my husband he gets really into those things, and well I shy away and get a little embarrassed. We were sitting on the front row and the next thing I know the guy in the middle of the arena points to Krystal and I and says that we have to do it on our own because we weren't doing it well enough. The spotlight came on us and he made us stand up. He tried to make us do the cheer, but we were laughing too hard and he finally told us to just sit down. We were so embarrassed!
Here we are at the show, it is dark so you really can't see much of the set up behind us, sorry!
After the show Krystal and I had our picture taken by a guy who was very nice looking. He was so buff it was crazy! You can't see it in the picture, but his thighs are crazy buff! No our husbands weren't jealous, They know they really are better looking!
That night we walked the strip again so we could see it in the dark and the next morning we drove home! The ride home was a lot quieter. I think we were all worn out from everything! It was a lot of fun, but we were all ready to see our kids again! Thanks Kipp & Krystal for a great time! We will miss you guys when we move to Iowa!!
