Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Vegas, Baby!

The hubs and I jetted off to Vegas for a long weekend a few days ago. It was just what the doctor ordered! We had a fabulous time and enjoyed ourselves immensely. A very big thanks to all of the grandparents who watched our kids so that we could go play.


We stayed at the Encore, which is the new tower of the Wynn Hotel. It was uber nice! Big smiles all around at our fantastic view and all of the hotel amenities.


The first thing we did was go check out our hotel. We found this super fancy white peacock and although we never ate at this restaurant, I thought it was worthy of a pic:)



We then set off to tour the Wynn and found the sports book. Pretty cool place to be on the first weekend of College Football, although who knew TCU was going to get beat by Baylor?




This was probably my favorite part of the Wynn--what girl doesn't like twinkle lights in the trees? It was like walking through a fairy tale book.



On our way to dinner we stopped by this really cool waterfall outside the hotel.



The next day we got to hang at the pool all afternoon. Check out that screen behind Jared. Awesomeness.




The pool had it all. In addition to watching the big screen, it had poolside drink service, poolside gambling, and lots of really great people watching! Never in my life have I seen so many people who thought they were starring in Jersey Shore or the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.




After lounging in the pool all afternoon, we got ready to go out to our first show of the weekend. Le Reve is a Cirque du Soleil show and was in our hotel.




While I loved getting all dressed up and going out with my hubby, I can't really say that I would recommend this show!



Sure, there was no denying how amazing the production of it all was. Cool pool, great lights, and very talented performers...but you can only watch so much diving!




This was the end of the show--the whole ceiling looked like a giant garden. Jared would probably say it was the best part:)


The next morning we headed out to the strip in search of a Starbucks. The Encore was really nice, but didn't have any breakfast available under $30. We like nice things, but we gotta draw the line somewhere!


On our way we snapped a few pics that were really pretty. All of the hotels truly amaze me.



The view towards our hotel. After we found a Starbucks and then did a little souvenir shopping for the kids, we went on back.



Once again, it was pool time. We got a kick out of the Euro Pool--and yes, there were a few topless girls in it. I'll let you guess who was the bigger fan of this:)




A view of that crazy pool from our room.



That night we went to see Ron White and had a really fun time. Much better than Le Reve! Guess we've got some red neck in us after all. The next morning we awoke to this beautiful view--the mountains and golf course to our left...



and Wynn Tower and Strip to our right. Not bad. Not bad at all.

We are already planning our next trip back! Vegas 2012. Who's in?



1 comment:

Weismann Family said...

We're in for next year!! :)
Sounds like you had such a great time!

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