So, I turned 27! I really, really, really did not want a party or anything big to celebrate my birthday with. All I wanted was a nice, chill night with my family and that is exactly what I got. My family decided to go to the Denny's that's right by my house to have dinner. This included my parents, Nancy and Jacob, Josh, and Dylan, David and Melissa, Joey, Aaron, Cy, and Jonathan, and me, of course. After dinner, we all went back to my house and just hung out for the rest of the night and had the most delicious cake and ice cream, of course. I love that we can have casual, fun nights like this without having a big "to-do".
That weekend, Nancy and I went to Vegas to see the Titanic exhibit that is currently in the Luxor. We stayed 2 nights at the Luxor and really took a bunch of time to relax in the room and spend time together.
Here's a picture of our awesome hotel. The Titanic exhibit was absolutely amazing and well worth the drive to Vegas. When you first go in, they give you a boarding pass with a real Titanci passenger's name and info on it. Then, you go through the exhibit and look at tons of artifacts and recreations of what rooms in each class would have looked like. They also had an exact replica of the Grand Staircase and it was amazing! It looked exactly how the one in the movie and the one in the real Titanic looked. The craftsmanship was breathtaking! The people who set it up really did a fantastic job at creating the mood. There was a really cool room that had black fabric covering all of the walls and just had pin-holes of light all over, which looked like the stars. Then, they had the part of the room you walk through set up like a deck on the Titanic. It was really cool and felt really real! They also had a huge chunk of iceberg-like ice. At the end of the exhibit, you get to see what they call the "Big Piece". It's the largest piece of the Titanic that has ever been brought up and put on display. It was huge and took up nearly the entirety of the gigantic room it was set up in. It was crazy to think that I was standing there looking at the actual Titanic, history and all. In the very last room, they had the names of people who lived and died when the ship sank and you could look for the name of the person on your boarding pass and see if they made it. I lived, but Nancy wasn't so lucky! Her person went down with the ship. : ( It was SO awesome, especially since I have been extremely fascinated with the Titanic for quite some time. Here we are in front of the exhibit entrance. Unfortunately no pictures were allowed to be taken inside.
We just hung out the rest of the day and, of course, made a run to Target for a few things. What's a vacation without Target, afterall?!?!
The next morning we headed home and actually hit virtually no traffic. Miracle!
I dropped Nancy off and went home to an empty house (my parents were in Utah) and I took some time for myself and just relaxed.
On Tuesday of the following week, my mom, Nancy, Jacob, Josh, Dylan, and I went to eat at Northwoods Inn in Azusa. Mmmmmmmm! It's probably my favorite restaurant and has THE best red cabbage salad. Ever. We had a good time and, as always, the atmosphere at Northwoods Inn was unrivaled. I love this place! Here are a few shots:
Jacob insisted that we pose by the wheel since most of us are WHEELers! hahahaha ; )
In front of the restaurant
All in all, it was an awesome birthday! Here's to the best year yet!
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