Vegas vacation

Over a month ago (yikes I'm behind...) we took advantage of my three week break from school to go on a little family vacation with my dad and Matt's parents. As it turns out, my dad had always wanted to see the Grand Canyon and Matt's mom had always wanted to see Vegas, so we decided to kill two birds with one stone. And thus a vacation was born.

Our first stop was Vegas. This was my third time there, the dad's second times, and Matt and Marcy's first. Since I was really the only gambler in the group, we spent most of our time hitting up the "must-see" Vegas sites. We also got to have dinner with Matt's cousins Dan and Kristin, who took us to THE MOST DELICIOUS RESTAURANT EVER that I can't remember the name of...Table 7? Table 35? Table...something.

But enough narrating, time for a photo dump:

Mirage volcano

The amazing Bellagio gardens

Marcy admiring the view from the top of the Eiffel Tower

Dad, Matt and I in front of a very large chandelier at the Cosmopolitan

Checking out downtown from the top of the Stratosphere

John, Marcy, me, Matt, Dad on top of the Stratosphere

Pirate show at Treasure Island

Gondola ride at the Venetian

We also took a short bus ride to the Hoover Dam. I'd been there before, but that is one impressive sight, no matter how many times you have seen it.

The dam, as seen from the really large bridge that I can't remember the name of

Matt and his parents on top of the dam. (Aforementioned large bridge in the background.)

Waving at each other from different states

Next stop, the Grand Canyon!