Alan had a dance competition in Vegas the end of April. So, we made a trip out of it. Maren's MIL let us use her condo points and we were able to stay in a 2 bedroom, 2 bath condo for $100 for the whole week. Pretty stellar! It was one of our favorite parts of the trip! LOL Here is a photo dump.
![]() |
| Alan's face as we could finally see Vegas. A 9 1/2 hour drive makes a person a little excited to be done. |
![]() |
| Vegas coming into view |
![]() |
| Dining area of our condo |
![]() |
| Living room w/gas fireplace in our condo |
![]() |
| Master bedroom with king sized bed and walk in closet |
![]() |
| View into the bathroom |
![]() |
| Kitchen |
![]() |
| The fountain outside the Venetian |
![]() |
| Looking down the street |
![]() |
| Alan and I in front of the Venetian fountain |
![]() |
| The Venetian |
![]() |
| The Venetian |
![]() |
| The Venetian |
![]() |
| Wax Will Smith at Madame Tussaud's |
![]() |
| Wax Bradley Cooper and Alan |
![]() |
| Wax Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt and Me |
![]() |
| Don't ask |
![]() |
| Me on Jerry Springer. Lovely. |
![]() |
| Alan on Jerry Springer |
![]() |
| Wax Jerry and Alan in the Hot Seat |
![]() |
| Wax Jane Lynch and Alan- He and I both hate Glee |
![]() |
| I've always wanted to snap those suspenders! LOL |
![]() |
| Fergie and I compared.... I won. She ain't got nothin on me! |
![]() |
| Alan and Louis |
![]() |
| I could be one of them... well, if they allowed me to be clothed and... well, maybe not. |
![]() |
| Alan sings with the Rat Pack |
![]() |
| Heheheee |
![]() |
| The gondola rides outside the Venetian |
![]() |
| Waterfall inside the Venetian |
![]() |
| Really pretty tree inside the Venetian |
![]() |
| Waterfall outside the Wynn |
![]() |
| Inside the Wynn |
![]() |
| We went and saw Le Reve at the Wynn. It was single handedly the most incredible show I've ever seen! |
![]() |
| New York, New York |
![]() |
| Looking down the Strip from the top of the Eiffel Tower at the Paris |
![]() |
| The Bellagio |
![]() |
| Sunset at the top of the Eiffel Tower overlooking the Bellagio |
![]() |
| View of the Strip at sunset |
![]() |
| Other side of the Strip at sunset |
![]() |
| My favorite, the Eiffel Tower, at night |
![]() |
| Inside the Luxor |
![]() |
| We went down to the Aquarium at Mandalay Bay. This is a "white" alligator |
![]() |
| Big ugly fish :) |
![]() |
| Piranhas |
![]() |
| Shark tunnel |
![]() |
| Shark tunnel |
![]() |
| Shark tunnel |
![]() |
| Tiger fish |
![]() |
| Alan playing with the rays |
![]() |
| New York, New York |
![]() |
| The Temple (or the light in the darkness and the rose among the thorns!) |
![]() |
| Alan, Blue Man and I |
![]() |
| Hoover Dam |
![]() |
| INSIDE the Hoover Dam (Holy Claustrophobia!) |
![]() |
| The giant turbines inside the Dam |
![]() |
| Oh yeah, and this is one of the leaks inside the Dam that "mean nothing". Ha ha. Yeah right! |
![]() |
| The SkyBridge at the Hoover Dam |
![]() |
| Alan and I at the Dam |
![]() |
| Lake Mead |
![]() |
| Legend has it, when you rub the foot of these statues at Hoover Dam, you get good fortune coming your way. Hmm, we've been back for a month and a half now and I still haven't quite seen it. Go figure! Maybe it takes a while longer! |
![]() |
| Alan and I tried to find the craziest glasses we could |
![]() |
| Mine are just gross |
![]() |
| Alan looks like a bug or an alien |
![]() |
| These were just dumb |
![]() |
| Alan won the whole thing when he put this little beauty on! |
![]() |
| The butterfly and flower conservatory inside the Bellagio |
![]() |
| The butterflies inside the little greenhouse were huge! |
![]() |
| I'm such a sucker for calla lilies |
![]() |
| More lilies |
![]() |
| This was a doubler! I LOVED it!!! |
![]() |
| Blown glass light fixture inside the Bellagio |
![]() |
| It's kind of blurry, but this is Fremont Street |
![]() |
| Here is a better one |
![]() |
| We only stayed here for about 20 minutes. People were so drunk and stupid down here and we were too tired and fed up with the Vegas lifestyle to be patient with it anymore. LOL |
![]() |
| And finally.... the whole reason we went to Vegas. Alan's National Dance Competition. This is Alan and Brandi practicing. |
![]() |
| Both teams |
![]() |
| Dance performers |
![]() |
| They took 1st and 3rd! Whoo! |
