viva las vegas.

we had a BLAST in vegas. we did SO much in the time we had there- although it seemed like it just wasn't enough time, although i was very ready to get back to my baby- i was missing him terribly. the snow storm hit us hard, therefore we had to leave sooner than expected. we headed out saturday before dark and made our way to knoxville where it barely looked like it had even done anything, we ate dinner did some shopping and then decided that we should get a room about midnight when we had exhausted everything we had to do. we got about 2 hours of sleep, IF THAT before we had to be shuttled to the airport for our 5:30 a.m. flight to CHARLOTTE (for whatver reason). flying was just as great as i remember, although the little planes to and from knoxville were a bit more nerve racking than the bigger jets. we had a short layover there and then we boarded and headed to our destination. once we made it to vegas we had been awake a total of 23 hours- that did not in any way hinder our ability to hit the ground running...and that we did! in the two days time we were able to check off everything on my list (after elliminating a couple things that we opted to not do). it was an amazing trip and i LOVED going somewhere that i had not been to (that i could remember). here is some pictures, only highlighting some of our adventures- there are tons more- blogs are just a pain to upload to. we are looking forward to our other travels this year, extremely excited to start thinking and planning them, maybe another one even as soon as my twenty fifth birthday. this year has started off just right and i am loving it- cheers to many more travels.

waiting to board our first flight in knox-vegas.

the grand canyon, welcome to vegas, casinos right off the plane.

the pawn shop. ever seen pawn stars on t.v.? thats it!

THE famous vegas sign.

in.n.out burger (the hubby was EXCITED!)

fountains @ the bellagio...AMAZING!

paris, las vegas (my fave)

arc de' triomphe.

inside paris, LV

NY, NY (LV)

brooklyn bridge, inside NY.NY, NY style pizza (yum)

inside coyote ugly, the boys @ C.U. & the Statue of Liberty

the BLVD.

the strip & our hotel (the flamingo)

freemont st. experience

so MANY lights.

us on freemont.

living statue on strip/worlds largest light beam (luxor)

view from our room/us in our bathroom (yes thats a TV)

the lovely beds and awesome t.v.

caesars palace.

inside caesars.

shopping @ the forum shops (amazing)

the guys playing, shopping and dinner at planet hollywood.

caesars, again!

leaving vegas, lay-over & DELAY in Chicago (c.dog a MUST, DELISH!)