For our anniversary this year (in May), Brandon and I left the kiddos with my favorite babysitter slash cousin slash friend, Karen, and went to Vegas for a couple of days. We saw two shows there which were both amazing! The performers in these shows are just incredible. I kept telling Brandon that it's too bad that these awesome shows are in Vegas because...yuck! After walking around the strip, I felt like coming back a taking a shower to get the "sleaziness" of the place off of me. It wasn't too physically dirty (actually, the hotels do a good job of keeping the garbage off the sidewalks, etc.) It was just the amount of horrible language, smoking in my face, disrespectful, drunken behavior, and all around immorality of the place that bothered me. Thankfully, we stayed at the Marriott Hotel (no smoking or casino) and we spent time at the pool which was relaxing. We also listened to an audio book: The Hunger Games. Which was very interesting. We both liked it and we are looking forward to getting the second one. Get ready for a bunch of self-taken photos:
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| In front of the Marriott Grand Chateau Las Vegas |
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| At the Lion King |
Our favorite part of the Lion King was the woman who played Rafiki. Her voice was just incredible and she was hilarious. All of the voices were amazing, though, including the two children who played Simba and Nala. I wished we had been able to be closer to the stage for this show, the costumes were amazing and the interaction between actors was moving.
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| Beatles- LOVE by Cirque Du Soleil |
This show was super fun because of all the Beatles music. I think that Brandon and I sang out loud the whole time...much to the dismay of the people sitting next to us. We sat at the very top of the theater, which were almost the cheapest seats, but it turns out, (we thought) they were actually the best! We could see all of the stage from above and the acrobats up closer. It was so awesome. We both loved it.
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| The Volcano at the Mirage |
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| Brandon's reaction to the fact that the Volcano was CRAZY hot. (Brandon said later that it was unfair that I knew the photo was being taken...since I took it.) |
The last time Brandon and I went to Vegas together (to the strip) was in 2003. We took these photos then and this time, we tried to re-create them. How do you think we've aged in 8 years?
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| 2003 |
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| 2011 |
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| 2003 |
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| 2011 |
Not bad, eh?
5 comments:
You guys are a beautiful couple! Thanks again for the opportunity to watch your children. I will never forget it. Thanks for being the best friend/cousin/cook teacher/advice giver. Can't wait to move back in August!
You've aged well.
Btw, did Karen say you're a good cook teacher?
uh.. not fair that you look younger NOW than you did then!
P.S. just the other day I said to Linc, "Maybe, maybe not... you don't know"... then we talked about that story and how funny it is that it stuck... we both say that ALL the time :-)
you guys are so cute. looks like a fun trip.
you have definitely aged well!! The shows look like soooo much fun! Good for you. I agree that it is too bad that all of this entertainment is in Vegas with all of the OTHER entertainment. It's nasty.
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