My spontaneous trip to Vegas

This past weekend I was in Las Vegas for a total of 24 hours. My coworker/friend, Amber mentioned at lunch last Friday how she wanted to go to Vegas so she could lay out by the pool. I thought it was just wishful thinking. She asked me that afternoon if I wanted to go with her and I'm like she's crazy, I can't just go to Vegas tomorrow?! I talked her out of it saying we could go another weekend. On the drive home I realized I didn't have anything going on this weekend and after talking with Heather, she said just go! I got a hold of Amber we made our fun weekend in Vegas happen!

Amber picked me up early Saturday morning and we started our drive to Las Vegas! We made a stop for lunch in St. George and ate at In & Out. It was my first time eating there. Yummy! :) We got into Vegas around 1:30 and checked into the JW Marriott Resort! (Amber got an awesome deal). After checking into our awesome room we changed into our swimming suits and headed to the pool to lay out! It was 77 degrees (about 40 degrees warmer than SLC)!

After the pool we took our own tour of the resort. You wouldn't even need to leave the resort! They have a casino, restaurants, shops, a spa and a pool! But we did leave for the evening... we went to the strip! After driving up and down the strip, we parked at the Belagio and went inside. Here are a few pics and a video!
















We checked out Ceaser's palace too and had dinner at Planet Hollywood! By this time both of us were very tired! We did do some more exploring on the strip but we were back in our room by 10! It's insane the variety of people you see on the strip!

The next morning we had breakfast brought up to our room! So nice! Yes, it was kinda pricey but hey we were pampering ourselves this weekend! After breakfast, I took some pictures of the view from our balcony (we were on the 6th floor) and a video of our room:



It was sad to have to leave our resort. We brought our luggage to the front of the hotel and had the valet get our car! hehe Our next stop was the Premium Outlet Mall! It was fun looking at all the different stores! A lot of things were too expensive, but I did find some jewelery! We ended up leaving Vegas at 1:30 and made the drive back to Salt Lake. It was sad to leave, but it was worth the 24 hours that we were there. We grabbed some food in Beaver, UT and I was home at 8:30. First Boston, then Vegas... where should my next trip with Amber be?

New Hair Cut

I got a haircut today! I've been meaning to for awhile. I ended up getting about 3 1/2 inches cut off!

Super Bowl Craft Time

Heather got an idea from Pinterest of what to do with all your birthday cards, thank you notes, etc. The Saturday before the Superbowl we went to JoAnn Fabrics and got cute scrapbook paper, metal rings and stickers. During the Superbowl we worked on making books with all our cards. Heather was done by halftime, but it took me the entire game to finish. It takes awhile to organize your cards and get an idea how you would like your books done! Heather ended up making one book with two metal rings on the side. I put my cards into two books with one metal ring in the upper left corner. One book was birthday cards and the other was miscellaneous (thank you notes, holidays and graduations). I'm proud of how they turned out! It's nice that I can easily add new cards to these books!

So is there a thing called a craft hangover? By the time I was done with these books my back was killing me, I was getting a terrible headache and I felt dehydrated. I may have forgotten to drink while I was crafting!