Las Vegas

A few of my siblings and I went to Vegas to see U2 in concert but we decided to make a weekend of it since we were there. We drove down Thursday morning, the drive was pretty uneventful which is actually really good considering we were traveling with 3 kids. Shortly after we got there we had to hit up a Buffet so we decided to go to the Bellagio since we had heard such good things about there buffet. The buffet was pretty good however I was a little dissapointed, the desserts were worth it. As you can see Shad LOVED the chocolate pie:)After the dinner we went outside to the fountain to see the water show. I was really excited to see how Shad and the other kids would like it. Well I am terrible mom to not notice that Shad was actually sitting on the speaker for the show so when the show started with a bang Shad was freaked out to say the least and refused to look in the direction of the fountains after that:( He was still freaked out when we made our way into the Bellagio gardens so he still would not look around. I am afraid that i have traumatized my kid for life and he will never like Vegas...I guess that is not such a bad thing.



I couldn't believe that Shad feel asleep on the way back to the hotel it was like a 5 min drive, and he fell asleep with his hand in his snack cup.
If you have not seen these snack cups you are missing out (well if you have a toddler). I think it is called a Munchie Mug and it is a snack cup that has an elastic type of material over the top of it so that the toddler can get his hand in but the snacks dont get all over the car, house etc.

shad had a lot of fun exploring the hotel room and found himself a nice cozy spot in between then sofa and the bed.
Yes this is the actual size of the pancakes they serve at one of our favorite places to eat in Vegas called the Hash House a Go Go. Needless to say Shad hardly touched it, well he actually touched it a lot but didnt eat very much.
The main reason we went to Vegas in the first place was to see U2. It was the closest to UT that they were touring so we decided it was worth the drive and IT WAS! This is the line we stood in to get into the concert although we found out when we got to the front that this was the General Admission line and we had assigned seats so that was a waste of time although we got to see a fight break out right in front of us so it was worth it in the end:)
The stage set up was incredible and over the top you could actually see it from outside the stadium from the freeway a few miles away.
I went with my sister Angie and brother in law Stefan who are both huge U2 fans as well so it was a blast. Dan wanted to go but he had to work so we will be going again in June to Anaheim so that he can see them in concert.
Even though it is fuzzy Im sure you call can recognize this dude. Overall it was an amazing concert especially because Black Eyed Peas opened for them and they were very entertaining as well. It was even worth the bottle of beer that got dumped on us by the hammered girl behind us.

The trip to Vegas was a blast I only hope that Dan can join us next time we make the trip.