We did Vegas this weekend. It was hard core. I mean no drunkeness or clubbing with Justin Timberlake or anything like that... but it was still pretty intense.

Vegas is a fairly familiar place to me because my grandparents have lived there my whole life. I wouldn't say I know it like the back of my hand or anything, but I can navigate the central part of the city pretty well and I remember watching many of the big casinos being built back in the 90s.

But we always stayed at grandma and grandpa's house, which changes the feel of things (aka makes Vegas way more relaxing...)

But this time we met Micah's cousin, Josh, and his wife, Brittney {one of the couples we are closest to and LOVE} in Vegas for the weekend since Brittney is a fellow teacher and it's her spring break. They flew in from Washington at 11pm on Friday night and we drove there after Micah got off work, so we didn't meet up at our hotel {The Hard Rock} until about midnight.

I figured we would just go to bed when we finally arrived, since everyone had worked that day and Brittney is notorious for going to bed early. So when she said, "Okay, let's go out" at half past 12, I was shocked. So out we went. We were just going to head to the MGM, as Britt remembered that being her favorite hotel the last time she was in Vegas during middle school, but then we {meaning I... since I think I was the only one who didn't know this} discovered on the ride over that Josh had NEVER been to Las Vegas before! Change of plans. We drove down the entire Strip to show him the sights. We didn't get home until almost 3am and that's how we began our weekend of fun and exhaustion. I want to try to recap everything we did, but I think it's impossible, so I will let the Instagrams do the work for me. For those of you who follow me on Instagram {jenrussum}, sorry for blowing up your feed all weekend!