Las Vegas and California!

Happy Thursday everyone!! As some of you may know Thursdays are known as “Throwback Thursday” or #tbt so because I still have access to them I thought I would share some pictures from my childhood Enjoy! :) The first one is from my favorite Christmas present, the Barbie Dream Boat! The second is from a trip to the Baltimore Aquarium with my family!

As I mentioned yesterday today’s post is pretty freaking awesome. So it was 2014 and we were thrilled that Auburn was heading to the BCS National Championship game to take on the Florida State Seminoles.  Mr. Tan Lines and I were lucky enough to get tickets to the game along with Mr. Tan Lines' parents! We were so excited for this opportunity! We were looking forward to the warm California sunshine and excitement surrounding the game, especially because the temperature in Virginia was in the negative digits! We also decided to stop in Las Vegas for a night, I had never been, and explore! The best part was that while we were away there was a snowstorm in Virginia which thankfully we got to miss!

 

Here are three pretty cool pictures! One is of the Rockies as we flew over and the other is when we flew over the Grand Canyon!

We did A LOT in Las Vegas, considering we were only there 1 day. We walked all the way up and down the strip, Mr. Tan Lines and I ate some really delicious pizza. We went to the Coyote Ugly Saloon located in the New York, New York Casino which was so fun! My only disappointment was that they didn’t serve wine! Can you believe it?? Yes, I know that in the movie they don’t serve wine either but they had a very large assortment of liquor and beer (not like in the movie) so I figured it was only right that they had wine!

We also of course did some gambling! We went to New York, New York and I learned how to play Roulette and actually did pretty good! I think in total I only lost $10! However Mr. Tan Lines was able to gain all that back! We played black jack and I hit the slots as well. The first picture is of the very first dollar I spent and the second is of the last dollar I spent!

 

We watched the water fountain show at the Bellagio that was fantastic too! It was a super trip and we sure can’t wait to go back in a few years!

 

After that our next stop was Pasadena! We rented a car and made the 4 hour drive west! We arrived Saturday afternoon and were exhausted, Mr. Tan Lines and I had dinner with my aunt and cousins who live in Los Angeles then called it a night! Sunday was a day full of fun and sightseeing! We headed to Venice Beach first and got to put our toes in the Pacific Ocean! I couldn’t believe there were people swimming in the water in January!

 

Our next stop was the infamous Santa Monica Pier! We got to ride the roller coaster and even checked out Muscle Beach! We ate lunch at a delicious seafood restaurant that had amazing clam chowder.

 

Sunday evening we drove into downtown Los Angeles and Hollywood. We drove down Rodeo Drive and I got to see the Avenue of the Stars! Here is me putting my hands on Marilyn Monroe’s star :)

And here I am with the cast of Twilight, the Harry Potter gang and a little Sweet Home Alabama love :)

It was such a great day filled with so much fun! We also did something that some of you may be very jealous of, we ate dinner at In n Out Burger! It was very good but definitely not our favorite! Now we can really say that we’ve “been” to the west coast though!!

 

Next stop? The BCS National Championship game!