Vegas
This past weekend (Friday to Monday), I joined Brian on his work trip. He had to go to Vegas for work Monday to Friday so we decided that since Easton didn't have hockey the weekend right before Brian's work trip that this would work nicely as a weekend where I could join Brian away for the weekend.
This was our first weekend away just the two of us in about ten years.
Brian's mom and sister watched the kids. They loved their weekend and we had a fabulous time also! Apparently there were lots of games played! We are super thankful that they were able to babysit!
After arriving Friday night it was late (Toronto time) but we were trying to adjust to Vegas time so we went out for beer and nachos. There was so much hustle and bustle. It was a little cool but we sat at an outdoor patio with heaters and planned for the weekend ahead.
Saturday we got up and spent about 6 hours playing Urban Adventure Quest. We paid to have an app on our phones that lead us around Vegas (Amazing Race Style), where we had to look for clues and solved puzzles to get to the next location. We also played Pokemon Go on our phones, which Easton loved as the items I collected are connected to his device at home, so he got all the cool items I collected!
One of the stops on the Urban Adventure was at the Wedding Chapel. I was always curious to see what these places looked like but never would have gone to check it out otherwise so this was a nice excuse to check out the chapels. While we didn't venture everywhere we did go to quite a few places. I really like how the Venetian is done. It had authentic looking buildings and gondolas.
With our flight and hotel covered by points, we splurged and got tickets to a show to see Carrie Underwood, for her Story Teller Tour. It was fun to get dressed up, go out for dinner (at the Village Buffet in Paris) and have a nice evening out at the T-mobile Arena. She had multiple costume, and stage changes, and our seats were great!
We stayed at the Cosmopolitan hotel and got a room upgrade due to Brian's status. So we got a one bedroom with a had a hot tub right in our room.
The weather during the day was warm enough for no coats, but at night it got cool. There were a few Christmas displays around but it didn't feel like winter at all.
We rented skates and skated on top of our hotel during the day and then came back and did it at night as the rental was for the entire day. They had blowers to make fake snow but it was actually just bubbles. Still it made for fun atmosphere once an hour for 5 minutes. The workers said we stood out because we could actually skate. They were not surprised at all that we were from Canada.
We also had a fun time on the High Roller. It is like the London Eye in England. A large ferris wheel. We got there at the most perfect time, just before sunset. During the 30 minute ride on the High Roller we saw the sun go down and the Vegas lights come up!
We walked by the Bellagio fountain a few times before actually seeing the water display. Always fun! The last time I was in Vegas was before the kids were born with Mandy, Jason, Joe, Brian and my dad.
By the end of the weekend I was happy to be heading back to see Hadley and Easton but I was supper thankful for the weekend away.
This was my first solo flight. I only had carry on luggage and myself to worry about. It was so easy!
What a great weekend!