May 29, 2004 — Our lives changed forever. On our honeymoon in Las Vegas, we both agreed that we would come back for our fifth anniversary.
May 29, 2009 — A certain pregnancy does not allow us to return to Vegas. Instead, we decide to spend the weekend at the Gaylord Texan.
First piece of business: Drop Katie Lynn and Wrigley off at Monica’s folk’s house.
Next up? Getting to the hotel. Easy right? Well.. yes.. it should have been. I bet Monica will remember this differently.. We exit from the highway an exit past the one we should have exited at. No problem.. u-turn around and it’s all good. We come up to a stop light and I ask “Turn right here?” to which Monica responds “Yes.” So I turn and Monica says “No, not right here. At the next light!” Okay, so a quick turnaround and we’re on our way.
So we (finally) arrive at the hotel, get checked in, and head up to our room.
Hotel Room
Bathroom
View from our Balcony
Our room
We decide to head to Macaroni Grill for dinner. I had never been before, and was pleasantly surprised with how good the food was.
After dinner, we head back to the hotel. Before heading in, we go up to the top of the parking garage to watch a fireworks show the hotel puts on every Friday night.
Saturday morning was all about one thing — sleeping in! We slept until the ripe, late hour of 9:30am. Hey, that is late when you have an eighteen month old!
First up — swimming in the indoor pool! It was nice and relaxing.
Next up — lunch. We eat at the Texas Station which is the sports bar. Great food!
After lunch comes exploring the hotel! We walk around and take it all in. Even though we weren’t really doing anything, it was exactly what we wanted to do. We sat out by the outdoor pool for a while before heading upstairs to our room for — what else.. a nap!
After about a two hour nap, we get up and get ready for the night. There was a caricaturist downstairs, so we had to get one of those done! I tried scanning it, but that didn’t go so well, so you’ll just have to come by the house to see it.
After putting the caricature in our room, we head down to do the one thing we actually had planned — attend the murder mystery dinner show! We get seated and proceed to help ourselves to the dinner buffet. I won’t go into too much detail about the actual show, but we had a blast. I personally knew “whodunit” even though our table guessed a different way. 
Sunday morning, we grab some breakfast down at the Riverwalk Cafe. After breakfast, we head back up to our room, pack, check-out, and head over to pick up Katie Lynn and Wrigley.
We had a great time celebrating our fifth anniversary together. Maybe for our tenth anniversary we’ll make it back to Vegas.