Las Vegas!

Steve and I just got back from a little summer getaway to Las Vegas! I had a parent of a child in my class this year offer us 2 free plane tickets on Southwest as a thank you, so we decided we would take him up on the offer! Very generous, I must say! We had both never been to Vegas before and we had a blast! We stayed at the Venetian, which was absolutely beautiful. We had fun exploring all the different hotels on the strip. They all seemed so close together but we learned very quickly on our first day there in the 109 degree heat, that they are a lot farther apart than you think! The monorail became our friend after that! :) I will let some of our pictures give a snapshot of some things we did!

Heading out to explore the Vegas strip!


Our hotel, The Venetian


In front of The Venetain at night...doesn't it look like we're really in Italy?!


Our private gondala ride...one of my favorite parts of the trip!


Steve loves to watch "The Deadliest Catch" on TLC. At the Bellagio dinner buffet, they had Alaskan king crab & opilio crab, which is what they are always in search for on that show. He was pretty excited he was getting to indulge in some!


This guy played us "The Yellow Rose of Texas" when he found out we were from Texas!



We had dinner at a restaurant in "Paris". We sat right under the eiffel tower on the "streets of Paris" & got a view of the Bellagio fountains during our dinner! It was wonderful!


Our dinner view of the eiffel tower


Our dinner view of the Bellagio fountains...so pretty!


You can't go to Vegas without a little casino time!


Steve played at a poker round table one day at The Exalibur...he was really excited about it!


The pool where we spent a good part of our afternoons to beat the scorching Vegas heat!


We saw the MGM lion exhibit. This lion played fetch with a man & this big blue spool. It was really amazing!