Vegas, Baby!

Since Josh and I both turned 30 on our last birthdays, we decided we wanted to bring in this decade with a bang!

We got to spend a fun four days in Las Vegas with some of our good friends.

We ate way too much food, walked until we had blisters and sore legs, and enjoyed the sights.

We arrived in Vegas early on Friday morning and got our fun going right away. We were able to get a lot of things comped or discounted on our trip, which saved us so much money and made the trip that much more enjoyable.

Cheers to a fun weekend!

As it was my first time really experiencing Vegas, I wanted to see as much as we could. The only part of Vegas I had ever seen were the shops and moving statues in Caesar's Palace, so we tried to walk through almost all of the other major hotels on the Strip. We did a lot of walking our first day there. I'm pretty sure when we checked our step count that it was well over 13 miles that day.

Inside the Bellagio

We also took a little bit of a nap, as our flight left so early and none of us got very good rest the night before. We had In n Out for lunch, since my dear CO friend hadn't had it in awhile, and we ate at The Pub in the Monte Carlo for dinner. We went out to The Bank at Bellagio to do some dancing. We had a lot of fun there.

All dressed up with somewhere to go

The next day, we slept in and ate at the food court in the Excalibur for lunch. We did some more exploring of the hotels and did a little bit of gambling. Later that night, we had dinner at Pampas in Planet Hollywood, which was an incredible Brazilian steakhouse my hairdresser recommended to us. It definitely did not disappoint. I would highly recommend it to anyone heading to Vegas. We had the best service and definitely got our money's worth of food. They also had these really yummy drinks called Caipirinha that we all tried. So good. After dinner, we headed over to Aria to see Zarkana. As I had never seen a Cirque du Soleil show before, I really enjoyed it. Some of the things they did made me so nervous, but it was really cool.

Mandalay Bay 

Luxor 

We didn't even plan to match every night but it just happened

Not even the best representation of all the food we had. It was delicious! 

I love lights so much

The next day we continued exploring. We walked down to the Venetian and stood in a long line to try the cannolis at Carlo's Bakery (Cake Boss from TV). We did some more gambling and hung out around our hotel. We did an early dinner buffet at the MGM Grand. It wasn't my favorite meal but they had a pretty good selection of food. We went back to the hotel and hung out for awhile before we went out to the Foundation Room at Mandalay Bay. It was advertised as a lounge with dancing, so we were hoping it would be the best of both worlds. It had an incredible view of the strip, as it's at the top of Mandalay Bay. But, there wasn't any dancing, so we went down to Hakkasan at MGM Grand. It was a really cool place.

The Venetian

Ready for our last night out 

On the balcony of the Foundation Room

The next day, we hung out around our hotel and went to Buca di Beppo for a late lunch. The ambiance wasn't as fun in this one, as it was in our hotel and not a standalone restaurant, but the food was still really good. We then headed down the Strip again to see a few other hotels we hadn't been in yet. By the time we got back, it was just about time for us to head out.

Caesar's Palace

Outside LOVE at the Mirage

It was such a fun trip and I was definitely sad when it was over, but we were all exhausted and ready for more sleep and our own beds. I am so thankful for our friends that were able to come and celebrate with us. They made the trip so much more enjoyable.