vegas vacation!

for the past few years, we go on a vacation the week after christmas. for a lot of varying reasons, we couldn't get away from the whole week this year. so we took a "long weekend" trip over new years to VEGAS!

we got there early on saturday morning, checked in, had lunch, and went shopping. 

{our fabulous room. we also connected with leigh & d which is always fun!}

because we've been to vegas a few times, we have tried out all the fabulous restaurants at the encore & the wynn. so my stepmom came up with the great idea for each of us to pick a restaurant off the strip. saturday night we went to me & court's pick - mundo! it was AWESOME. we drank a lot of margaritas, ate a lot of chips and fancy queso, and all had some ridiculously good entrees. after dinner we headed back to encore and hung out at the dueling piano bar until bedtime.

{swanky mexican}

{loved this wall}

{my chicken enchiladas}

court and i spent sunday in the ever-so-fabulous encore spa. we've only been to the wynn spa before - so this was a new experience. my oh my. we hung out in the pool size hot tub for awhile before our massages. my massage was amazing and just what i needed. i hadn't been relaxed like that in months. after the spa we got ready for leigh & d's pick for dinner - capos.  it had a whole "godfather" theme and was super delicious italian food. we loved that place too! 

after dinner we ventured over to fremont street . i had never been before... what an interesting place! someone had told us there was a zip line down fremont street, so of course we had to do it. we really love to zip line, but it's kind of scary after a few drinks! after fremont - we attempted to go see deadma5 at  xs at the wynn. after being there for about 10 minutes, i confirmed i am not a club person and went back to meet our parents. everyone else joined eventually - no one actually even got to hear deadma5! we made an executive decision we won't be going back to a club. ever. 

{post zip line}

{fremont street}

{outside xs at the wynn}

new years eve was so lazy and i loved every minute of it. i finally got out of bed around 4pm to go watch the clemson vs. lsu game with my dad in the sports book bar. new years even night gets it's own post because it was just that awesome. 

new years day was also very lazy. i woke up just in time to watch my gamecocks - what a game! between clowney knocking a guy's head off, and our 2nd string QB throwing a touchdown pass with 17 seconds left to win the game, i was a "jumping up and down on the bed" mess. after the game we went to ride the roller coaster at new york, new york. i ride it every time i go to vegas and i still love it like it's the first time. 

{on the way up!}

{pals}

our last night in vegas we went to the popular tao at the venetian. we had some delicious appetizers and i ordered the filet. however, this was not any old filet. they brought it to me raw, and i actually cooked it right in front of me! it was an early night because we had a early flight the next morning. 

{my mini grill}

it was another fabulous fowlkes family vacation! so thankful we can do things like this - i'm a lucky girl.