Saturday, December 6, 2008

For Our Anniversary, We Went...


Here!

And Here!

And here! {all in one day!} Yep, you guessed it... Las Vegas, baby! 12 years ago, we came here on our Honeymoon, and haven't had a getaway since. My wonderful Mother came to tend the kids, and Darren & I got to have a very fun & relaxing vacation. You know, no matter where you are, {even in cheezy/sinful/noisy Vegas} beauty can still be found.
Darren was there attending a nerd convention-- I mean an Autodesk convention. Their main entertainment was the "Powerpoint Comedian"-- need I say more?

The Venetian

Darren's convention was held in the Venetian, which is a lavish and gorgeous hotel. They have this amazing river running through it, and Darren took me on a romantic gondola ride. Kissing under the bridges is supposed to bring good luck! We have high hopes for 2009;)

Our gondolier, serenading us in Italian... she was from Italy, so it seemed authentic. I was trying to be inconspicuous recording her.. so don't mind my sideways face:)

Phantom
Our last night, Darren surprised me with tickets to Phantom of the Opera. I've seen it a few times, but it was Darren's 1st Broadway show. It was amazing {as always} and the Phantom rocked {more so than Michael Crawford!}.

8 comments:

Shannon said...

Happy Anniversary!!!!

karen said...

thats funny you say that - the first few times I saw phantom, nobody could touch Michael Crawford, but the last time we saw it at Gammage, that dude blew the socks off Michael Crawford! I was in shock!

I'm glad you had fun!! Looks like it was a blast!

Mike and Ariane said...

What a great getaway! Happy Anniversary!

Messy Jess said...

awe! That looks like it was so much fun! Happy Anniversary late!

Sheri Trimmer said...

Sounds like you had a great time! Nick and I went to see Phantom of the Opera when we were first married. I saw it before that with Michael Crawford in it, but when Nick went with me to the Gammage, that guy was just as good as him, maybe even better! LOVE that show! Nerd convention...I was busting over that one! Funny! Happy anniversary. You guys had a good one it looks like. :)

The Garbison family said...

How awesome!!!!! Happy Anniversary!

Anonymous said...

Wow! I didn't know Las Vegas could be so much fun, (without gambling). Congratulations! 13 years right!!! Wow!! It just get better from here, I'm an expert cause I've been married 13 and a half years. Ha ha! I'm so glad you guys got the chance to get a way for a bit!

Darren and Natalie said...

12 years, actually:) Thanks to all you well-wishers!