Vegas through MY eyes..

So the hubs & I went to Vegas the weekend before last. We haven't gone to Vegas just the two of us in about 9 years! Ha! So it was nice to get away JUST US! We had a wonderful time. No poopy diapers, no sippy cups & snacks. SLEEPING IN! Ahhh....the good life! Not to say that being with my girls isn't the good life...but we ALL need to get away from time to time.

Please excuse the lack of variety. Eric is SO over my photography, so I didn't want to focus on it too much. But with the drunk fest last trip was, I wanted to get SOME shots this time. So I played with some creative edits to try to spice it up. I will say that the outside shots were fun, but the inside shots with my little XSi were a challenge. Boy my FF would've been nice indoors! That'll have to wait til March tho! :O( That's okay tho, I've got almost all my lenses, so I'm good for now.

Anyway...back to the trip! A lot of these (including the nights shots) were taken through the 4 in opening in our hotel room window! :O) ALL were taken with my trusty ole kit lens, which will be put to sleep this week when I get my EF 24-70mm 2.8L on Wednesday! :O) See how I get off track with photography A LOT!?! :O) And a good amount of the outside shots were taken WHILE walking! So this is what I saw out of our window the night we got there...11:30 pm...UGH!




Here are some random shots inside our hotel room with a possible Ugly Chair. Ha!



And my famous MIRROR shot...


And what is a Vegas trip without pics of this...mine is the Jager & Rock Star...


And here are just a bunch of random shots thrown together of our walking around and through the opening in our window...














And some taken inside the Luxor Hotel (the only other hotel we went too). And if you find yourself in Vegas in the future, check out the Body Exhibit in the Luxor Hotel. SO worth the money...








And Eric playing some slots slightly annoyed that I'm taking his pic...haha!


And here are some shots I took on our way home...





Lunch...


Doing 70 down the freeway. The desert sure is BLECH!


And our girls! They were happy to see us and we were happy to see them!


So that was our trip. I always say one of these days I will drink less and take more shots. Especially slower shutter speed night shots on my tripod. But in Vegas, the drink always calls my name. Perhaps one day. But until then, these will have to do.

Thanks for looking and leave some blog luv if you stop by. I hope this post finds you and your family well! :O)

Disneyland...

Eric's work gives us 4 free tickets to Disneyland. Then we get a hotel and stay the night there. This is our second year and we had a lot of fun. Last year Avyree stayed at my moms, but this year she got to go. Haylee brought Destiny and I brought Bina! Ha!

Here we are in our room. It was really cool and as you can see, the girls were really excited about the bunk beds.

Then we headed out to the happiest place on Earth...FOR KIDS! Ha!

Did I just catch Haylee saying a NAUGHTY word in what she THOUGHT was the pitch black??? Inquiring minds want to know! Ha!

THIS is what eyes look like when it's PITCH black and they get FLASHED! Ha!

Tiki torch and Mr. Toad!

Winnie the Pooh ride!

After the 3 of them rode the water ride on a cool day! Haha! I had to stay off with Avyree & Des was smart and stayed with me! :O)

It's a Small World ride...with a line 5 miles long! We didn't make it to this one this year!

Bina RIDING Dumbo...sounds naughty huh? Teehee!

Last pic of the day at the park!

We stayed on for another couple hours, but it was too dark to take pics & I detest flash and use it as little as possible. So the camera went in the bag...

That is until we got back to the hotel. It was a bit after 10pm I think and I snapped a couple of the girls playing cards before bed trying to unwind!

Then in the morning I just couldn't resist this little scene..

They look even more tired than us OLD adults! Pffffttttt...kids these days!

So that is our trip to Disneyland! I have to say that I am THANKFUL it's only once a year...that's enough for ME!

Hope you enjoyed the pics and that this post finds you well! Thanks for stoppin by! :O)