This past weekend Bryan and I went down to Vegas to once again play (I would say compete, but is it really competing when you automatically lose because you don't play on Sunday?) in the Trouble in Vegas Ultimate Frisbee Tournament. We decided to go down a day early since driving 5 and a half hours both ways (especially with a pregnant wife) isn't that.....relaxing. And since we were going, we might as well make a vacation of it!
I left work early on Thursday to go to a spa. Yeah. Bryan got me a mani/pedi and facial package for my birthday and it was expiring that weekend. I knew I wanted to wait until the last moment so that I would be as pregnant as possible so that reaching my feet was difficult. Don't worry, we have definitely reached that point. Since it was a spa (and not some little Asian place in the mall) it lasted almost 3 hours! It was heaven! I could get used to facials and mani/pedis. I felt so relaxed!
The next day we spent going around some places that we've been meaning to see in Vegas. We don't really like 'The Strip' so instead we went to Gold and Silver Pawn--from PawnStars. It is a show on the History Channel and is actually really cool and funny. They get all this really cool, old, historical stuff. There was, of course, a line out the door to get into this place, but it moves really quickly.
Waiting in line
I kind of wanted to buy something just to say I had, but seriously, since SO many people come to this place, everything they have is really nice and like over $500. They did have some gift shop type stuff with the show on it, but I don't know if I really would wear a shirt with PawnStars on it. I'm a little more traditional than that. Still, this place is almost like a free museum and it's fun to see something on the shelf and say, "Hey, I watched that episode!"
We had this awesome shot of Bryan sitting on the bench looking all cool, but somehow it got corrupted. I'm so sad!
After that we went in the completely opposite direction to the new-ish Hoover Dam Bridge. Although that is not what it is called. You don't even realize you are driving over it since the sides are about 5 feet tall, but they have a place that you can stop and walk on one side to look down. It is pretty darn awesome. And a little scary.
Looking down from the bridge. And you can see the awesome shadow.
It was funny to see how empty the actually rode over the dam now is. It was always so crowded with cars and people!
On the bridge.
My handsome husband.
This is the medallion saying you've reached the middle of the bridge!
That night we had dinner with Mom and Dad Stiles and Chris and his fiancee, Erica, at a Hawaiian BBQ place that was sadly closing. The food was pretty good too. Service was a little slow, but isn't that the Hawaiian way?
The next day was tournament day. The guys (The Killjoys--which is basically a BYU alumni team) haven't played together since October of last year at their big Florida tournament. Which sadly I just noticed I never blogged about......oops. Well, that's why Bryan is now a "contributor" to my blog and he can write his own dang posts! Still, half the guys hadn't even picked up a frisbee in that long and they still won 4 of their 5 games. One was even again the BYU college team where they won! It's pretty amazing since the average age of the BYU team is probably 21, maybe 22 and Bryan's team is an average of 29. They just have better skills I guess.
Awesome bid--sadly by the other team.
Great catch by one of our guys.
Sadly the only picture I got of Bryan.
The best part about this whole thing. The weather. It was a wonderful 70 degrees! I can't wait for Spring and Summer to finally arrive in Utah. Even Bryan is tired of the winter and he usually loves it! Maybe it's because this Winter was a little too crazy for everyone. -10 degrees, seriously? Very unnecessary. Anyway that night we went to the movies with Chris and Erica to the that Jack the Giant Slayer movie. It was entertaining and worth it since we got to see it for free with some passes.
The next day we reluctantly woke up, especially Bryan's tired body, and drove back to Utah. Always a pleasure Vegas....always a pleasure.
