Monday, August 24, 2009

Sin City

Warning: Picture Overload. Seriously.

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Brandon and I spent most of last week at this awesome resort in Las Vegas. Tahiti Village. Our friends Michael and Ashli invited us to go with them and we had an absolute blast!!!
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Here are some pictures of the resort and pools which we of course visited every day.
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The lazy river. We went around this thing hundreds of times. It was so much fun.

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Michael and Ashli.

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The sand beach at one of the pools.

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We bbq'd hamburgers one day and they were so good but it waaay to hot outside!

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We went and walked around down the strip a few times while we were there. My very favorite thing about the strip is the Bellagio. I love the water show and I love the displays inside. I could sit out there for hours and just watch all the different water shows.
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And just for kicks, I included some pictures of the last time Brandon and I were in Vegas. Right after we got married 3 years ago.
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Now.
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Then.

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We love the little water fountains inside the Bellagio. The displays are always so amazing.
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Now.

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Then.

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This snail's shell was made out of flowers. I thought it was cool.

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Inside the Coke factory we tried coke products from 16 different countries. Some of them were pretty good and others tasted like medicine and mouthwash. It was a fun experience though.

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This is us inside the New York New York. I bought a New York pretzel there and it might have been the best thing I have ever eaten in my life. Seriously.

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Inside the M&M Factory.

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Can you find me in this picture? These colored M&M's were on sale for the bargain price of $13 a pound. Ridiculous!!!

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The strip.

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My friend Jessica told me we HAD to go walk down Freemont Street. So we did. And it was pretty darn cool with this roof covering the street that was a movie screen. It was really fun.

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More Freemont Street.

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The typical Las Vegas cowboy. Love it.

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One night we went to the Shark Reef at Mandalay Bay. I absolutely love aquariums and ocean life so I had a blast.
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Sharks. Yay!
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In the tube with sharks swimming around us.

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The touch pool.

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These were seriously the biggest jellyfish I have ever seen. The big one was about the size of a basketball. Crazy!

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I LOVE watching sea turtles swim.

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At first I was nervous that all we were going to get to see was these small wimpy sharks but we finally got to another tank with lots of big ones. It was really cool!
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Ha ha. Love this. A picture by the picture of the famous Welcome to Las Vegas sign.
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The real thing. Had the camera on the wrong setting dang it, so it's not clear. Oh well.

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Thanks so much Michael and Ashli for inviting us to come. It was an awesome vacation!!!

11 comments:

The Ensign's said...

I LOVE your friend Ashli's swimsuit!!! Maybe because it's MODBE!!! WOOPWOOP!!! ....and I have that same one.

Anyways... looks like and awesome trip! Sweet sand pool! You two look like you are jut as in-love as you were three years ago (if not more) =)

Emily said...

Oh, Vegas...Vegas, Vegas, Vegas. My memories of you are not exactly fond. I remember walking through the aquarium 9 months pregnant with Ella hoping to put myself in labor. Glad you had fun...glad it was you & not me :) Although we will be there in a few days but we will decidedly avoid the strip :)

The Alands said...

Seriously...so jealous!! Love all the picture, looks like so much fun!! So glad you had a fun getaway.

Butler Family said...

Steph I LOVED the Now and Then pics, LOVED LOVED them! Im so glad you're back though. Thanks for being such a great friend. Can't wait to see you tomorrow!!

Kris said...

I'm so jealous! Looks like you had so much fun! The now and then pics were awesome. And, once again, I love your suit :-)

byufish said...

Wow...looks like the only "sinning" going on was all the fun you and Bran had!! Love all the pictures! Obviously there's more to do in Vegas than what they advertise...wehew!!

Losee's said...

We stayed there when we were there in October! I LOVED the pool, but the lazy river wasn't done yet. That looked like fun!

bishopfamily said...

JEALOUS! You guys look like you had so much fun! That resort looks awesome! I'm glad you guys had a blast!

Susan Bishop said...

Steph,
I loved your "picture overload" - great pictures! Thanks for sharing. Love you, MOM

Tara Fears said...

FUN! That place looks AWESOME! I also loved your before and after pics. Remember when you had braces?!? Next time invite us too k? :)

Jamie said...

last summer mark sent me for a surprise trip to las vegas with my sister. He bought us tickets to go to the "phantom of the opera" and we went to the fountain display at the bellagio. very cool. also the flower displays inside are amazing. You went to WAY more places than I did. There are lots of cool things there. I love looking at all your pictures. Keep blogging! keep posting pictures.