1st Anniversary Weekend!

Yay Blade and I have been married for 1 year now! We got married September 18 2010! You can read about our wedding (including our vows) HERE. Blade decided that for our 1st anniversary vacation that he would plan the trip and keep it a secret and surprise me with it the day we left, September 16, I am such a planner and hate surprises, but I thought that it was such a cute idea and made it all that more exciting and special. It was so hard to pack when you had no idea where you were going or what you are doing. I pretty much packed everything I own, not too different than any other vacation!
We left Friday after taking the kids to my mom's house. When we got on the Freeway I was supposed to guess where we were going, the only hint I had was out of Utah, We were going south so I first guessed Vegas, that was a no, Then I guessed Mesquite and I was right! I have only stayed there once when I was too young to gamble, drink, etc. I was way excited to check it out. We arrived in Mesquite at about 3. We got checked into our room and I started to get ready for the night. It is so nice to go on vacation and have time to get ready I actually curled my hair and took time doing my makeup. At home I feel so rushed to make getting ready quick so I have time for other stuff. Then we went for some dinner and hit the casino. We stayed at the Virgin River Hotel and Casino. The first thing I did was played some slot machines. I made $10 last a long time and even got up to $40 at one point. I knew I should have walked away at that point but wanted to make more and lost it. The first thing Blade did was play Black Jack, his favorite game, He was doing awesome at it and even won us $200! Then we decided to do my favorite thing, the Craps Table! I started out doing really awesome but then they kept bringing the free drinks and the dealers started encouraging me to bet more etc and I lost $60. All in all we came out ahead that night! After we were done gambling we went to where a country band was playing and danced. After that it was bed time!
The next morning we did some much needed sleeping in and woke up around noon! We got ready, had some breakfast, then went to the pool and swam and worked on our tans. After that we got all ready and went back to the casino to bet on the BYU, Utah game. I'm sure everyone knows now that I am a Utes fan and Blade is a BYU fan, but I won and we bet on Utah and guess who was right? ME! Utah did awesome! It was so fun to watch and we won some money off of it! After the game we tried some gambling but everything we tried to play we just lost everything. So we decided to just chill and have a few drinks and then went to bed for the night.
On sunday (our anniversary) we drove home. On the way home we stopped and picked up the top of our wedding cake from Blade's parents house, went to see my parents, and came home to wait for the kids to get back. As most people do, we ate our wedding cake, most people do this alone as a couple, not us, we did it as a family! It was so special that on the day we officially became a family that we ate our cake as a family! Our anniversary was great and after a crazy year it was great to get away, spend some alone time, and celebrate making it a year!

I left my camera in the hotel the whole weekend so I didn't get any pictures of our trip.

Eating the yummy Cake!