(welcome to) Vegas, baby!

One of my dearest friends celebrated turning 4 decades right before the new year! Right before the holidays she mentioned wanting to go to Vegas the first of January to celebrate and the dates she mentioned actually corresponded with Josh being off from work! (but he did have to get coverage for the weekend that he was supposed to work so we were nervous about that) That almost NEVER happens so it seemed like a good idea. Then we realized we had enough Southwest points to cover the flight. And the hotel for the 3 nights was super cheap. Then another couple was able to go! The stars were aligning to celebrate Stacey in Vegas Style and before we knew it, on January 1st, we were wheels-up on our way to Vegas! Josh and I had never been and it had been nearly 8 years since we had left just the two of us (except a random weekend in Nashville here and there) so we were pretty excited for some adult time. We were so thankful for Gamma and Poppy taking on the humongous task of watching all four kids!

crazy early morning flight! Chasity and Billy flew business class so they sat up front

Happy New Year!! Heading to Las Vegas!

a bunch of people in a tiny car on the way to our hotel

Hash House A Go Go - crazy delicious food

Jamie Foxx wax figure

The Venetian! This was my favorite hotel!

These next several pictures are all inside the Venetian

Stopping for a drink and Big Elvis!

BIG ELVIS!!!
(check out the below video that Stacey got...this dude can SING!)

View from our hotel room

looking for the (real) flamingos at our hotel, this is what we stumbled on the first night!