This past weekend, Zach and I did a lot of traveling. We went to the BCS National Championship game to see Auburn play FSU. It was one of those trips that shouldn't be rushed but we were rushed the entire time. We traveled from our house in NJ to Philly (about an hour) to get on a plane to Las Vegas Sunday morning. We had only gotten 1 to 2 hours of sleep so we were exhausted. Took a 5 1/2 hour flight to LV but ended up spending about 7+ hours on the plane due to ice and such. We stayed in Vegas Sunday night (I slept most of the afternoon) and then got up early Monday morning to pick my brothers and their friends up so we could all carpool to Pasadena. It took about 4 hours to get to Pasadena and we all spent the day walking around, eating, and trying to stay cool. All of that traveling had taken its toll on my feet and ankles. They were so swollen so Zach and I sat most of the afternoon and just people watched. We had a blast at the game even though the outcome wasn't as we hoped. Then we all made the drive back to Las Vegas for the night to get up early and head back to the airport. I think we got back to the hotel at about 2:45AM and everyone was afraid our flights were going to get cancelled because of all of the bad weather all over the country so instead of everyone getting a few hours of sleep, we all showered and went ahead and headed to the airport to see if we could get on earlier flights. Zach and I ended up taking our scheduled flights and had no problem -thanks goodness considering we flew through Chicago- but the other boys got onto a direct flight to Atlanta which was good because their original flight got cancelled. We finally got home at about 6PM Tuesday evening.
Overall the trip was neat but with all of the rushing and travel problems, it was utterly exhausting. I am soooooo glad that it was my last *planned* trip before the babies come. Well, besides going home in a few weeks for baby showers but that trip will be filled with lots of rest and relaxation. Here's some pictures from our trip. I'm disappointed I didn't get more but I'm terrible about taking pictures.
Our first view of The Strip
Our hotel sign - The Luxor
Not a great picture but a better view of our hotel
The lobby of our hotel - The Luxor
The lobby of the hotel
Zach "showing them how it's done"
Auburn tailgate area
We saw Bubba from Rick and Bubba
The crowd was insane
This guy had on nothing under his get-up
Purty! Loving all of that orange and blue
Rose Bowl
Warrrr Eagle!
Us, aren't we just so cute?
We also saw A-Rod (wearing the wrong colors)
AUMB
John Legend
This guy is amazing
Annnnd that's it. We were so upset, shocked, and exhausted after the game we didn't even think about taking anymore pictures. The bottom picture is the very last picture I took on my camera the whole trip.
Even though Auburn lost, we still had fun and wouldn't change the experience for the world. We love our Auburn Tigers and always will. WAAAAR EAGLE! HEY!
