Yay for vacations! I love them :) So, Friday, April 15th, we left about 10:15am with two cars - us and Zach, Stubbs, and Michael. We called Shawn and Darren and met up with them on the freeway in the middle of nowhere. We had to make a stop in Cedar to drop off a drum and some other stuff to someone who is going back to Nauvoo this summer, and then we headed down to St. George for some lunch and food. We lunched with Shawn and Darren at a little strip mall. They went to Panda, and Matt and I went to Durango's Mexican Grill. It was alright, and we were able to lunch outside in the sunshine :) After lunch and filling up, we were back on the road to Vegas :)
We met up with Stubbs and Natalie and Tashina at the house we rented in North Las Vegas. Such a good idea! It was fun to have everyone in one place. It made for relaxing evenings in for those who didn't want to venture out to do something as well. That's probably because of having actual couches... and not a hotel bed to sit on :) Oh, and it was so much cheaper than renting hotel rooms!
The room Matt and I shared - notice the curtain? Yeah, we didn't have an actual door.... but we did have a full length mirror :)
Zach, Stubbs, Shawn, and Darren chillin' in the kitchen.
Matt relaxing on the futon that doubled as Stubbs' bed :)
That night, Matt, Shawn, Darren, and I ventured down to the strip to do a little shopping. We failed to actually shop, though. We were looking for an H and M that apparently wasn't there, so we stopped at Fremont Street and wandered around for awhile. That's where the scottish festival had entertainment as well, so we got to listen to some celtic rock. After a longer than necessary stay, we headed down to the 'new' strip and decided we really should eat some dinner. We parked at Paris Las Vegas and decided to find something there to munch on. We ended up in this very nice, dimly lit, Italian restaurant - Le Provençal. Mid-range on the pricing, but SO GOOD!
It took awhile, so we got lots of good conversation in. Our server, Florence, sort of bugged me at first (much too chipper), but as the night went on, we were all friends :) I had cheese ravioli, and Matt had a steak - which he was very impressed with. Even their french fries were yummy! Darren got the special, chicken parmesan, and Shawn had, I believe, the grilled salmon - which he thought was exquisite. We also ordered desserts -- OMG the dessert! Shawn and Darren shared crème brûlée and Matt and I had a mouse, nougatine, and praline pie thing - soooooo good! I was in heaven! By that time, we didn't do any shopping and opted to just go home. I feel I should mention that while leaving the Paris, we passed a parked Lamborghini Gallardo. Dirty though. They apparently drove it there, so the front was all covered in bugs... but still....a gallardo ;)
Upon getting home (late) we quietly got ready for bed, but not before I hung out with Susan and Heidi for some girl talk! Our sweet Susan had just been in Missouri visiting her boyfriend - and GOT ENGAGED!!! So of course, I needed all the details :) Then I had to finally go to bed because we had to be up early Saturday.
