Las Vegas 2011 (Part 2)

Last Thursday, my parents came (or down I guess) to watch the kids for us so Tom and I could take a trip to Vegas. We planned this trip to celebrate our anniversary and both of our birthdays.

We got to Vegas around 12:45 am and headed straight to our hotel to check in. This trip we tried out Aria Hotel and Casino. It's one of the newer hotels and VERY nice inside. One of the guys I work with had a contact there and we were able to get a corner suite for an amazing price. We actually stayed on the top floor of the hotel and loved our room (except for the temperature - it never got below 78 - yikes!) The room was a little over 900 sq. feet, had 1 1/2 bathrooms and floor to ceiling windows in each room (including the bathroom).

Friday morning (after staying up until 3:30) we got up pretty early and headed down to the pool for a couple of hours. It was nice and hot down there. :) We went back to the room, got cleaned up and then went to the Miracle Mile mall so I could hit up the H&M Store and have lunch. After that, we pretty much walked the strip (and yes - I went to the M&M store) and gambled. We ended up having dinner around 11:00 that night at a restaurant in the hotel.

About to head to the pool

Lunch at The Cheeseburger Stand

Saturday, we got up pretty early again and headed to Mon Ami Gabi (in Paris) for our usual brunch. It was yummy as usual. We gambled a little and headed downtown - which was a mistake - we didn't have much luck at all down there. That night for dinner, I had made reservations for Serendipity 3, mainly so I could get a frozen hot chocolate. I'm not going to lie, the food wasn't that great, but the dessert was! We gambled the rest of the night (mostly at Aria - it's a nice place) and then headed up to bed at a normal time - before midnight - the lack of sleep from the other nights caught up with us.

Brunch at Mon Ami Gabi

Tom playing The Hangover Game

We had a table right on the strip

Look at that Frozen Hot Chocolate

Waiting for the tram

Sunday, we packed up and then went to do a little more gambling before heading to the airport. My dad and Tommy picked us up around 4:30 and then once we got home - visited with my parents for about an hour or so before they left.

Tommy checking my purse to see if I had any money left.