8 Years...

A couple of weekends ago, Adam and I had our 8th wedding anniversary!! We dropped the boys at Adam's parents (thanks guys!) and headed to Vegas for the weekend. It was relaxing and we had a lot of fun... although I did have a rotten cold! I coughed non-stop- but that didn't stop us from our fun trip!

We stayed at the South Pointe Hotel, which is not on the strip, but it was so clean and nice and we LOVED it! It had the biggest, nicest room and had fun little restaurants and deli's. It even had a movie theater inside, but we didn't have time to watch anything.

We also got to go watch Mystere, by Cirque De Soleil (sp?) which was pretty amazing. And thanks to a tip from a cabbie, we ate at the best restaurant- The Grand Lux. It is owned by the same people who own Cheesecake Factory, although the food was completely different. It was so good!

This is the BIGGEST eclair I had ever seen! We saw it in the hotel deli and had to get it. We were worried it wouldn't be as good as it looked- but it was divine! We could only finish half and had to save the rest. Yum.
One of my favorite places in Vegas is the Bellagio. They always go all out with their decorations, and for fall it was great. This tree's eyes moved, so I took this pic for the boys.

More fall in the Bellagio.

The fountains at the Bellagio. (You would think we would just stay there since I love it so much, but it will never be in our price range!!!) I say I could never get sick of watching these shows, but once we walked by during a slow Celine Dion song, and I couldn't even stop to watch, it was so lame. I love that you can see Adam's glasses in this shot...
We also visited the Liberace Museum- which was the highlight for Adam. I never even knew who Liberace was before this visit!! He was an amazing pianist and quite the showman. Apparently, Elton John got a few of his ideas from him... not that they said anything about it there. If you are ever in Vegas (or live there...) it is quite the experience to go to the museum.

We thought this was pretty funny.

Liberace wore these crazy outfits with capes and jewels... They weighed hundreds of pounds. Too bad he isn't alive still- he seemed really nice.

That sums up our weekend. It was funny to just go when we wanted and not have to worry about naps, snacks, strollers and staying up late... we should do it more often!