Las Vegas

Will and I spent the weekend in Las Vegas celebrating my brother's wedding! Daniel and Meg got married on Friday, April 1 in a charming little chapel called Little Chapel of the Flowers. It was a gorgeous day (91 degrees). They both looked amazing. I can't wait to see all the professional photographs. There should be a lot to review since there were 2 photographers. If you would like to view the ceremony or take a look at all of their photos...here's the link:

We dropped the girls off at Will's parent's house on Wednesday evening. Sophia and Lilly were thrilled to be spending the weekend with Grancy and Big Daddy. Grancy took them to the National Zoo and they saw a blue headed motmot bird, which was the highlight of the day according to Sophia. In fact, it was so awesome, the girls decided to have a blue-headed motmot party and literally emptied every single one of their drawers onto the floor in Lilly's room - creating an enormous mound of clothes - and then they added pillows, puzzles, books, shoes and blankets to the mess! Grancy also took the girls to see the dinosaurs at the Museum of Natural History. WOW!

Will and I had a whirlwind trip. Because of the tornados in Florida our flight was delayed for over 6 hours and when we finally did catch a flight (a different flight) - it was to San Francisco (2 hours beyond where we needed to go) and then had to backtrack to Vegas. We missed the cirque du soleil show we had tickets for at the Mirage. The casino hotel we called home for the weekend was the Sahara...which is closing at some point this month. We did NOT ride the roller coaster on the top of the hotel, but we did gamble a bit in the casino and ate in the restaurant - which was decked out in Nascar-themed decor.

When the wedding was over we all had a wonderful meal at a Brazilian steak house in the Hard Rock Cafe Building. The wedding cake was delicious! After dinner a few of us went on a walking tour of the Las Vegas strip. It was really fun to people watch. We got to see a water fountain show in front of the Bellagio Hotel and then headed over to check out the dealer/impersonators at a different casino. I found a Wizard of Oz penny slot machine and planted myself down. Will played some electronic poker, but neither of us had any luck! Oh well.

We left on Saturday at 1 so we really didn't have much time to explore before we had to head home. Meg and Daniel went to explore the Grand Canyon on Sunday. I wish we would have been able to make the trek too, but we'll just have to go back one day with the girls. Boy, did I miss them!