What Happens in Vegas....

What happens in Vegas goes on the blog!  Well maybe not!  But I do want to share some pictures and memories from an amazing trip.  Last January I sent a message to a group of girlfriends stating I was in need of a girls weekend asap and not just at someones house but a real get away, like maybe Vegas!  Within 24 hours I had 4 friends respond that they were in.  We booked flights and a hotel and the first weekend in May we spent a a couple days in Las Vegas!  I am not going to give all details of the weekend but I will say that the weekend was amazing. I spent time with some of best friends a girl could ever hope for.  I laughed more than I ever imagined I would.  I was able to let go of all stress and problems currently in my life and just enjoy living in the moment for a few day and it was exactly what I was needing.  We flew out late Thursday night, arrived in Vegas around 12:30 am (which is 2:30 am here), we got our rental car, found our hotel and decided that we couldn't just go to sleep so we headed down to Fremont Street to find something to eat (and a drink).  We ended up at Denny's and after some food and drinks we headed back to the room and were sleeping around 4am (again 6am back home, so many of us had been up for 24 hours)!  We didn't sleep in Friday, too much to do and see to waste time sleeping.  Angela and I headed out to tour the Hoover Dam while the other 3 headed to the pool for the day.   Hoover Dam was amazing.  I have been there a couple times before but had the boys with me so I didn't do the tour which I would recommend to anyone who has the chance to do it, so cool to go down into the dam.   We of course drove across to Arizona so Angela could say she had been to that state and then we went up to the high bridge to get some amazing views looking back at the dam.  After a long day hiking around at Hoover Dam we headed back to the hotel to get ready to go out for the night.  We spent Friday night on Fremont Street with some new friends the girls has met in the pool.  It was an eventful night and another late one, it was about 2am when we finally crawled into bed.  Saturday I decided I wanted a day poolside too so we headed to the pool for the morning/afternoon! We enjoyed many drinks and laughs poolside.  Such a fun and relaxing day.  The weather was amazing, 95 degrees both days!  Saturday night we headed to the Strip to take in some of the tourist spots such as the Bellagio Dancing water fountains and the Volcano at The Mirage.  Then we stopped at Cesar's Palace for a late night snack.    Two of the girls headed back to the hotel around 11pm while the other three of us headed to The Tryst nightclub at the Wynn.  We were invited by some friends to join them at their VIP table.  It was amazing!  We drank and danced the night away and it is a night I won't forget anytime soon, I mean how often do you get to go to club VIP.  No waiting in line to get in, no $50 cover charge for us, no charge for drinks at all... just relax, dance and have a great time!  We got back to the hotel around 4:30 to try to get in a few hours of sleep.  Sunday morning we packed up our room and brought our luggage to the hotel to store for us so we could go have a little more fun.  We enjoyed breakfast, a little gambling and went Ziplining over Fremont street- we soared across 4 city blocks as speeds of up to 35 miles per hour.  I enjoyed one last Corona before we picked up our luggage and headed to the airport.  We were back in Minnesota just after midnight and ready to get back to our normal lives.  

I cannot thank my friends enough for going with me on this trip.  I spent three days in Vegas, slept a total of only 13 hours in three nights and have memories that I will never forget.  This trip is exactly what I needed at a point in my life where I am not always sure what the next day will bring.  This trip helped me to let go of the past, stop planning so much for the future and reminded me to just live in the moment and truly cherish all the amazing people I have in my life.  Life is short, enjoy it friends!!