Road Trip to Vegas

So I never got around to posting about when my little sister and I road tripped down to Las Vegas to see Rachel, Andrew, and baby Katherine.

They were in town for Andrew's business trip and Elaine and I decided we needed to leave the Provo bubble and do a little site seeing as well and some good quality family time. (Not to mention this was our first road trip ever without the entire family.)

Well we being the poor college students that we are staying in Circus Circus Hotel, and let me tell you that the room we had wasn't fit for much more than sleeping in, extremely sad, but as we were only there for the 7 hours of sleep a night it was fine.

And let me tell you the inside really is a circus just like the sign says.

The second thing we were there for was to see family. And even though we didn't get any pictures of Rachel and Andrew we assure you they were there and didn't ship there child to us in a box. Isn't she the cutest child ever!

She was teething so everything went in her mouth.

She wasn't too happy in these, but at least she wasn't screaming which also occurred while we were there. We all had fun playing with her the whole time.



So we spent most our time in Rachel and Andrew's hotel the Aria and let me tell you it was amazing. Just look at what we saw in the lobby of the shopping center right next door.

This is the kind of car my brother wants to drive.

We ate breakfast a little French patisserie in the lobby called Jean Phillipe and it was worth driving to Vegas to eat there. The food was to die for.

And the architecture was pretty neat too.

This was the view from their room! A little better than ours...

The lobby casino, so convienent except when you want to walk through it. The scented air they pump through it is not quite strong enough to eliminate the alcohol and smoke smell, but that is what should be expected.

Remember I mentioned site seeing...well this is what we passed in the short drive to there hotel everyday.

Harrah's, Mardi Gras Central
(a little taste of home)

The Sphinx, not the name of the hotel, but I forget that part.

The Eiffel Tower
I always wanted to go to France and in a way this could count right? (Correct answer: NO!)

Caesar's (classic)

The Statue of Liberty
I saw this one in NY and you get a better view in Vegas let me tell you, except for the boat ride part.

Excalibur
This is a more kid friendly place to stay and looks pretty cool.

And Finally my favorite part of tourism in Vegas, the 4 story tall M&M Store. It has everything you can think of in M&M and is amazing. It was totally worth holding Katherine in our arms as we looked around since she couldn't wait to get back to the hotel to take her nap. She was heavy and escalators aren't easy, but we had a lot of fun and three sets of arms to take turns.