v.e.g.a.s

We went to Vegas for a few days to celebrate B-rad's 23rd birthday. His birthday isn't until June, but because of school and work this was the only time we could really go. I did all the planning and it was a surprise where we were going up until a few days before we left. We made our way down Sunday night and the weather was awful! It was raining so hard and it took us a lot longer than 4 hours to get to St. George. But we finally made it and we stayed overnight with Catharine and Kirk. On Monday it was off to Vegas. We got there and the first thing we did was find a Buffalo Wild Wings. Brad used to eat there all the time on his mission and he and his mission companions talk about it all the time. He was like a little kid while we were waiting for our food, he could hardly contain his excitement. It was cute. After lunch we went to check in at our hotel. I made reservations at the Luxor hotel (the one that looks like a pyramid) I thought it would be way fun to stay there! We got there and at first it was cool but the more we saw of it the less I liked it. After getting lost and going on 3 wrong elevators, we finally made it to our room...I was less than impressed. It wasn't horrible, but for $200 I expected it to be a lot nicer. I was getting really sad and I was begininning to feel like this trip was going to be awful, but then Brad came to the rescue. He got all serious and called the front desk and asked for our money back. After a few minutes of heavy discussion she finally told us she'd refund our money. I was so happy! We called the Paris hotel and the rates had dropped like $100 from when I checked online, so we ended up staying there the first night and Planet Hollywood the next. These rooms were so much nicer and because we booked the day of they were even cheaper. It was awesome! Our view from the Paris hotel was of the water show at the bellagio. It was perfect! While we were there we did some shopping, went to margaritaville, ate at the harley davidson restaurant, saw Penn and Teller which was so awesome, ate at buffalo wild wings again, and did some gambling. It was such a fun trip and it was so nice to get away!

Brad and his wings

we even got some sauce to take home.

Brad loves the "homies" and made a new friend

Brad tells me one day we're going to own one of these...

These nachos were HUGE

Inside the Penn and Teller box

Happy 23rd Brad!