We have been married now 12 wonderful years. We've been through so much in our time together, grown up a lot, learned more lessons than I can count, seen some amazing things & places and have 4 fabulous children together, but it is so nice to be reminded that we are truly best friends too. We found a great deal on last minute plane fare/hotel/show tickets for Vegas. We bought the tickets on Sunday I think and we left on Tuesday early. So we were really rushed to get ready for the trip but we did it, got ourselves organized, the kids sorted with all their appointments and such and got away for a few days, just the two of us. We walked, I think, about 50 miles in 100+ temps, but we saw so much! Even though we saw a lot we didn't feel rushed at all, we stopped when we wanted to and it was really relaxing. We saw two shows, a Cirque de Soleil show and Jubilee. the acrobatics in the Cirque show were really good but we were both blown away by Jubilee, it was a 'show girl' type musical show, kinda what you always think of when you think of vegas shows complete with huge feather head dress things and all. It was fantastic! We stayed at New York New York which was really cool. It was huge! I think that was what surprised me the most, the shear size of the casinos/hotels. They were much bigger than we imagined. There was a piano bar at our hotel with 'dueling pianos' that was really cool to watch. Ty got a Guinness at the 'Nine Fine Irishman' Pub at our hotel, sadly it wasn't nearly as good as those at the true Irish Pubs, but he suffered through! We aren't huge gamblers but we did play the slot machines and video poker and blackjack. The slots were more frustrating to me than anything else but I did alright at the Blackjack...at one time I had doubled my money (which a whole 20 bucks!) But sadly I didn't stop playing then....I quickly lost it! On our last evening there Ty did pretty good at the slots and won back all that we had gambled the days before so we broke even! I was happy with that and we were smart enough to cash out then too! We were only gone a couple days but it was so nice, a great break we had such a great time just being us and being together. We missed the kids but loved our time away.
Twelve years ago (tomorrow)......I married my best friend, the one I laugh with, dream with, live for and love! Happy Anniversary sweety! I love you and can't wait for the next twelve years with you!
a nice couple took our picture while we were waiting for the fountains at the Ballagio
Ty out front of Margaritaville
Our gondola 'driver' at the Venetian
Ty was sad drinking a Guinness at the Irish Pub.
Self portrait at the Venetian.
Foot bridge over the Gondola river at the Venetian.
Ty at the botanical gardens at the Ballagio
Ty with Miss M&M
Kel with M&M and NASCAR car
For their surprises we brought the kids back t-shirts from M&M World....Meara the lil Peanut!
