Adventures of the Happy Hineys: Viva Las Vegas! Celebrating 40 years of LOVE!

A few weekends ago we went to Las Vegas for my parent's 40th wedding anniversary. It was so much fun to spend time with my parents and brother, and Tim and I got to experience Vegas for the first time.
After a late night arrival on Friday, we had a drink and some snacks with my parents at our hotel, The Mirage.
On Saturday, we had brunch and spent the day relaxing at the pool. For dinner, we went to Raos at Caesar's Palace. Raos has a Harlem,NY location that has only 10 tables and you can't ever get a table there, so they opened a Vegas location. The restaurant was really authentic feeling, and the waiter was hilarious. The highlight was the food though- we had an amazing antipasti with the best fresh mozzarella I have ever had, and then I followed with an amazing fresh pasta with ham and peas. Delish! After dinner, we headed to Criss Angel's Believe show - we do not recommend it. While it wasn't the worst show, the title was deceptive (it was promoted as a Cirque du Soleil show, which it wasn't) and he just wasn't very entertaining. After the show, we headed over to the Bellagio to see the fountain show and the flower display. It was a fun evening :)
On Sunday, my parent's anniversary and Father's Day, we had breakfast and hung out by the pool again. The afternoon was spent gambling, getting a massage, and having frozen yogurt. We met in my parent's room before dinner to toast with champagne sent up from my Uncle Jim and Auntie Cloi for my parent's anniversary (aren't they they sweetest?!), and then we headed to dinner at B&B at the Venetian hotel. B&B is Mario Batali's restaurant, and since I am obsessed with the Food Network I was pretty excited. We had a fantastic meal, complete with a calamari and pasta course, and then we had our dinners (I had the best pork chop I have ever had in my life!), complete with great wine and a special anniversary dessert. Then we headed to the Beatles Cirque du Soleil show called LOVE. IT WAS AMAZING! We all absolutely loved it, and it was the perfect end to our night!
On Monday, we had breakfast, said goodbye to my family and walked around the strip. Then we found out my family's flight was delayed so we headed to the airport to hang out with them for a few more hours.
Thanks Mom and Dad for a wonderful weekend with you all! We had a great time! :)