Last month, to celebrate our 4 year anniversary and Taelyn's birthday, we decided to go on a trip to Vegas. Todd brought it to my attention that I never blogged about it or posted any pictures. So here it is!
Todd and I used to go to Vegas all the time, since having kids, he has gone for work purposes and Taelyn and I went with my mom and Richard while I was pregnant with Trent, but we haven't gone together.
We got a comp for free rooms at the Encore/Wynn, so we decided to cash it in.
Taelyn checking out the view from our hotel room at the Encore
We brought my niece Maila so that we could have some help.
Maila, the kids and me
Todd and I were apprehensive about going to Vegas with kids because Vegas has always been somewhere we would go to have a fun time and the fun we would have, kids were NOT allowed. We LOVE to gamble and have drinks and gamble and go to clubs and gamble and stay up super late gambling... see a trend here?
Todd, the kids and me
Todd did some research of things we could do with kids, so we went to the dolphin habitat at the Mirage. Taelyn got a kick out of the dolphins. She kept saying, "FISH" Right idea baby, but wrong! I kept trying to get her to say, "dolphin" but it just is not as easy to say as fish. It was cute.
Looking at the Dolphins
Todd looking for something to do with the kids
Waiting for the water show at the Bellagio
Water show! Taelyn loved it!
Posing in front of a waterfall in the Mirage
The 1st day was the busiest. We did the Dolphin habitat and walked the strip. We went from the Encore all the way to Bellagio back to the Encore, I don't know how many miles that was, but it seemed forever and walking with sandals on and pushing a stroller, we were VERY happy to get back to the hotel. We had dinner at the hotel, bath time and then put the kids to bed.
Todd and I went downstairs and gambled. We stayed up til about midnight gambling. I decided to cash out because I was winning and I was tired and my boobs were full (TMI, I know, but hey, its the truth!) I cashed out at $580! Back in the day, this would have been chump change, but I would have played until I had no money left, so I guess there is something to having kids to go back to the room to.
Taelyn waking up in the hotel
We went off the strip and met up with a friend for lunch, then we went to Circus Circus for dinner and some game time. We watch the circus show and played games
After Circus Circus, we went back to the hotel and did our nightly routine. Todd and I were going to go out again, but we were so tired, we ended up packing and going to sleep so we could leave 1st thing in the morning.
Oh, look what my man started doing while we were in Vegas
Sitting up, like a big man
All in all, it was a fun trip, but I don't think we will do Vegas with the kids again until they are much older.
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