Happy Anniversary!

On one hand I can't believe its been a year already, but on the other hand I feel like its just always been the two of us. Strange how that happens. Anyway for our first anniversary we wanted to get out of dodge for a little rest and relaxation, and what better place for the two of us to go then Vegas baby!

Vegas holds a special place in our hearts because it was there at a conference years ago that I think we both realized maybe we were more then friends. Also it is where Jeff proposed to me.

This time we decided to take it pretty low key being I am 6 months pregnant, and we didn't want to spend a ton of money. So Jeff went to one of his timeshare presentations and "scored" us a free 3 night stay in Vegas. Well I should say we thought he "scored..." About a week before we left we got a call from the timeshare place saying we had been "upgraded" to the Sahara hotel. UPGRADED??? If the Sarah hotel is an upgrade then where the HECK were we staying before??? Jeff had never been to the Sahara and he still wanted to check it out, I mean it was free and this is my frugal husband we are talking about, but he agreed to look at some backup plans. Long story short is that we got to Vegas pretty late, so we checked into the Sahara really because we both just wanted a bed at that point. The hotel wasn't as bad as I had expected, but it was no peach either. I was actually okay with staying there for a couple nights as long as we got to go somewhere nice for our actual Anniversary. As I went to sleep I remember thinking if I am okay with this place, Jeff has got to be because my standards are definitely higher then his, right? Guess not, the next morning I woke up to Jeff just laying there staring at the ceiling, and the first words out of his mouth "pack your stuff, were leaving."

I have to say I was relieved, so we ended up checking out this hotel called South Point down the strip a little ways which was a great find from our friend JoJo. For anyone heading to Vegas you should check this place out. Its a new hotel with awesome rooms, great air conditioning, a nice pool, a full on theater and bowling alley inside and its cheap!

From that point on Vegas was awesome. We lounged by the pool, drank our virgin Pina Colodas, and got some baby shopping done. Here are some pictures of some fun things we did on the trip.


We shared a piece of Cheesecake from the Cheesecake factory. We had to eat here because when we were here for our conference years ago I saw Jeff seriously pissed for the first time in my life. Actually now I think about it, I don't know if I have even seen him that mad since then.


We saw the show Mystere, which was awesome... though not as good as "O" in our opinion.


We ate our year old wedding cake! I am a nut case I realize, and I have this thing for traditions. So I made Jeff go get me a small cooler just so we could take this cake down to Vegas with us. It just wouldn't be right to eat it on any other day but our actual Anniversary!


And for those of you who wonder what a one year old cake looks like... here ya go. It did get a little wet in the cooler which I am sure didn't help, but not quite what it looked like on our wedding day. Regardless I have to give it to Carrie's Cakes because it still tasted fantastic!


Lastly we ended up eating at some Mexican restaurant that for the life of me I can't remember the name. No name Mexican restaurant on an Anniversary you may ask? Here is the story. Jeff's brother Tyler and his lovely wife Bethany now live in Vegas. Tyler just graduated from law school in the spring and while we were down there Tyler finished up taking the Nevada bar. So we had planned on taking him out for lunch when it was over so we could hang out with him and he could relax from his crazy studying he had been doing for the past couple years. Also Jeff had really wanted to hit up a buffet while we were in Vegas so I have this brilliant idea, since I despise buffets, that we should do the buffet thing with Tyler so at least he will have someone there that is actually enjoying the food with him. Looking back this was a horrible idea. Not only was the food terrible, but we didn't eat until 2. So by the time we were suppose to head to some fancy and romantic steak restaurant neither of us wanted much to do with food. I think Jeff was still too full, and I was still disgusted by the taste left in my mouth from eating that buffet. I do have to say the Mexican restaurant was pretty good, even if we barely touched our food, and I would go back again... but probably not for an Anniversary.

Well there you have it, one year down with many more to go. Happy Anniversary Jeffy, I love you with all my heart.

Heather