Vegas 2014

my family spent a few days tearing up Las Vegas, Nevada.

here's how it went...

1. our pre-flight drinks. you know my family is always all about the pre-game.
2. my parents and I right before take off. peace Ohio!
3. momma and I waiting for my dad to park the car before heading into the airport.

after landing in Vegas, we checked into our hotel, The Mirage. and then we headed over to the Luxor to see Carrot Top perform.

he was pretty funny. my favorite part was when a bottle of Crown Royal came down from the ceiling via a bucket, and he passed out shots to a few people. I thought that was pretty cool, would have been even better had myself or someone in my family been offered one of the shots.

after the show we decided to have a late night dinner before calling it a night. (it was about 11pm Vegas time, which meant our bodies thought it was 2am.) we ate at T&T Tacos & Tequila located right there in the Luxor. man was it delicious. they had three different salsas to snack on, with three different hot sauces, that alone was great. but then I tried my food, I ordered the veggie tacos, and they were hands down the best tacos I ever had. so freaking good.

the next day we did some early morning drinking by the pool. I mean, how else are you supposed to start your day when you're in Vegas?

 

1. The Mirage

2. Kelsey and I "triple fisting"

3. cherry vodka and sprite, my go-to drank.

4. Brad, Kelsey, Brian, me, and Dad.

then we acted like total tourists, before walking around the Las Vegas Strip.

1. Brad and I twinning it up.
2. my family
3. my family with Brad and Kelsey.

while walking the strip we stopped and played some beer pong at O'Sheas.

and then headed to Harrah's to eat at Toby Keith's I Love This Bar & Grill. yummo, it's one of my favorite restaurants. every time my food is amazing. this time I ordered the shrimp blt po-boy. it was one of the best sandwiches I've ever had. for my drink I ordered a georgia peach in the boot, it was also really good.

1. us with our boot drinks.
2. my georgia peach.

after lunch we headed over to New York, New York. things like this happened along the way.

1. dad and Brian 'fighting' in the ring.
2. escalators, Elf style.
3. mom, Kelsey, and Brian.

first stop in NYNY, Nine Fine Irishmen. after enjoying some Guinness and Irish Cider Beer accompanied with beer cheese dip, we rode the NY rollercoaster, and then hopped around to three different bars collecting our free drinks. (we had a coupon thing that gave us a free drink each at a few different bars inside New York New York.)

1. my Irish Cider Beer.
2. Kelsey and I causing havoc.
3. the gals.

fast forward to the next day. Randy and Melissa join us in Vegas. we did some O'Sheas drinking and then found a selfie machine, which we took full advantage of. I had an absolute blast hanging out with my siblings in Vegas.

naturally we had to do an O-H-I-O

the next day one of my dads friends and his wife joined us. we took a ride on the High Roller, which was pretty cool. it's a giant ferris wheel that takes 30min to make a full rotation, and is 550 feet at it's highest point. after the ride we came upon another selfie machine.

my family then switched hotels. we went from The Mirage to the Downtown Grand, which is a new hotel in the old downtown Vegas area. my uncle, aunt, and cousin arrived and we took more selfies.

 
1. the High Roller
2-5. selfie machine.

for our final day//night in the wild Vegas, we spent our day drinking free bottles of Captain Morgan and Fireball, while playing cornhole poolside. it was awesome. (sidenote: people who live out west do not know how to play cornhole. it was very amusing.)

that evening my best friend Ashley and her husband joined us. Ashley lives in Texas now, so before Vegas I hadn't seen her in about nine months. I was so glad I got to see her.

the flight home was extremely rough. all I wanted to do was sleep the whole ride, but there was so much turbulence I barely slept at all. once we landed in the CLE and stepped outside I knew we were home, it was literally a 30 degree temperature drop. thanks, Ohio.

Vegas 2014 was AMAZING to say the least. so many great memories.

'til next time, cheers!

here are a few of my favorite things

yes, this is a delayed post based off of Sarah's post.

let's just get right to it, shall we?


favorite pet I ever had. my pup, Penny Lane. honorable mention, my kitty cat, Boots.

favorite car I've owned. the car I currently have, 2004 Honda Accord.

favorite meal out ever. I think I'd have to go with both meals from Toby Keith's I Love This Bar & Grill. delicious.

favorite food I've cooked. I don't really cook.

favorite food from childhood. I've always been about those chicken nuggets.

favorite movie of all time. The Sandlot and Remember the Titans. go ahead, judge me, I don't care.

favorite book of all time. PS, I Love You or Lone Survivor.

favorite item category to shop for with a girlfriend. I don't shop with my gal pals. I'm a very quick shopper, whereas all other girls take forever. I get bored and moody when I have to shop with others.

favorite day out - what, where, with whom. country concert and tailgate, Blossom Music Center, with all my friends.
or, Cleveland Indians game and tailgate, Jacob's Field, with all my friends.

favorite color. red.

favorite artist. Lukey. (Luke Bryan).

favorite song. there's so many. too many.

favorite paid entertainment ever seen. this is tough. I'd have to go with one of the country concerts. possibly Lukey's concert summer of 2013.

favorite flower. I don't know, whatever looks nice. it's a flower.

favorite gift I've ever gotten. I've received a lot of great gifts, but I think I'd have to go with my Omar Vizquel autographed baseballs (yes, that's plural, I have two.)

favorite tv rerun. Boy Meets World.

favorite food item I can't run out of. hot sauce and cayenne pepper.


well, there ya have it.
happy Friday!

hey heyy!

it's been a while. coming up on two months without a single post, nor have I been reading posts.

I'm going to work on fixing that.

anyways, here's what I've been up to...

Las Vegas. it was a blast! I'll eventually type up a whole post about Vegas, pictures and all.

weddings. I've gone to two weddings so far this summer, and have another one in September. one was for my friend Allison, I learned how to swing dance- it was a great time. the other was for a family friend- Melissa and I basically tore up that dance floor.

country concerts. so far I've been to: Tim McGraw//Kip Moore, Toby Keith, and Jimmy Buffett. this Friday is Jason Aldean//Miranda Lambert//Florida Georgia Line//Tyler Farr- which I'm super excited for.

sprained ankle. unfortunately, at the Toby Keith concert I sprained my right ankle for the 9th time. this one was by far the worst though. I had to take off work for two weeks because I couldn't walk. you'd think during the time I was stuck at home I'd type up a post, but my ankle was so bad I didn't bother hobbling/crawling/crutching over to my laptop. I stayed as close as I could to the kitchen/bathroom. basically for two weeks I watched random tv shows, a few movies, and had my ankle submerged in a bucket of ice water.

4th of July. I'll do a whole post for this as well, since I actually have pictures from that night.

Indians games. one of my favorite things to do during the summer is watch my Tribe boys play some ball. I've been to 9 games so far this season. I figure I at least have to make it an even 10, if not more than that. majority have been with Mac.

Lane Family Golf Outing. I could do a post dedicated to this event as well. we'll see. it was a good time, as always.

movies.
Major League- let me just say, I'm a huge Cleveland sports fan (we all know that) but I had never seen Major League, which is about my Cleveland Indians. Mac made me watch it, and it was good. I'm glad I finally saw it.
Lone Survivor- finally watched Lone Survivor. I've been wanting to watch it since I first saw the previews. I absolutely loved the book, the movie was great as well. but like usual, the book was better.
The Family- I quite enjoyed this movie. it's about a mob family who has to be in witness protection because other mobbers are trying to kill them.
World War Z- didn't care for this. it's about a disease that's spreading over the world turning everyone into zombies and then a long-haired Brad Pitt has to save the day. (long hair and Brad Pitt don't go well together).
Pain & Gain- this was alright. I didn't think I'd be a huge fan of it in the first place but still wanted to watch it. some parts were funny.
Italian Job- decent movie. pretty much exactly what I thought it'd be like, kinda predictable.
Good Will Hunting- loved it. I don't know what took me so long to finally watch this movie but I'm glad I finally did.


I'm sure I'm forgetting things, but that's all I can think of right now.