Visit to Las Vegas. . . . . .

Last Saturday, Mary (Sam's mom), Jake (Sam's brother), Sam, and I decided to drive up to vegas for the day. First stop: the Bellagio garden. It was beautiful! It was an autumn theme this time. Pumpkins, apples, corn, fall leaves, cornocopia, and fall colors everywhere. I think it was my favorite out of the ones I've seen.

They had this really neat arrangement of flowers
that looked like a painting-fooled me!

After the Bellagio, we went to get something to eat: which is why we come to vegas in the first place!! ha ha. We usually eat at the Cheesecake Factory, this time we decided to try something new. Sam's sister Katy recommended a place called Hash House. We were excited to try it because she said the portions were huge and the food was really good. . . . sounded like our kind of place. The Hash House is famous for their breakfast, and more specifically, for their hash dishes. I ordered bananna pecan french toast, which I thought sounded interesting. French toast is my favorite and they didn't have just plain regular french toast, so I decided to try it. Sam and Mary both got hashes. Sam's had salmon in it (yuck) along with eggs, patatoes, cream cheese, etc. Mary's had veggies, mushrooms, tomatoes, spinach, and patatoes. Jake ordered a burger....with mashed patatoes inside of it and two pattys! The portions were HUGE!! Jakes burger was much bigger than his mouth, Sam and Mary's hashes were served in skillets full with enough food to feed two at least, and although mine was probably the smallest meal, it was enough to fill me up completely! Each meal was presented very uniquely, which made it really fun. We found ourselves looking around to other tables to see what other peoples meals looked like. Not only was there a lot of food--it was delicious!! I loved my french toast. It came out with a carmelized bananna on top and sprinkeled with pecans and maple pecan syrup...Yum. I didn't try Sam's meal because I'm not a salmon fan but I did snag half of the biscut that came with his meal and it was delicious. I also tried some of Mary's hash and it was amazing too...the patatoes were the best. We left the Hash House stuffed and satisfied.

As if this wasn't enough, we stopped by a place called La Creperie to get desert: a warm crepe filled with strawberries, rasberries, blueberries, and some sort of fruit sauce. mmm.....

After all that food, it was time to walk it off a little at the Fashion Show Mall. I treated myself to a few things at The Body Shop and Sam bought himself a couple of shirts and Nike. After shopping for a while, we were tired and ready to go home!

We had a great trip. However, I have to admit, after a day in Vegas, I am always SO glad I'm going home to St. George. :)