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OUR ANNUAL LAS VEGAS TRIP

June 19, 2020 Las Vegas
Ahhh how much I love going to Vegas! We had our annual Las Vegas trip last week when Tim and I dropped Jussi off at Tim’s parents’ place and drove across the Californian desert to the sin city. This was our fifth summer going there. It has become a little family tradition for us to visit Vegas every year and because I just looove the desert heat, we usually end up going there during the summer. By the way, if you follow me on Insta you probably noticed how red I got after tanning just one day. Well it turns out that even though I was red like a tomato during the day, I didn’t “burn” too bad because my skin never started pealing. Tim’s did! My LA native hubby who has spent all of his summers outside playing and coaching football ended up being almost torched compared to my pale Finnish skin, haha!

Ahhh kuinka tykkään mennä Vegasiin! Menimme meidän vuosittaiselle Las Vegasin matkalle viime viikolla kun jätimme Jussin Timin vanhempien luokse hoitoon ja ajoimme kuuman Kalifornian hietikon läpi sin cityyn. Tämä oli meidän viides kesä kun menimme sinne. Vegasiin matkaamisesta on tullut pieni traditio, ja koska rakastan autiomaan kuumuutta, matkustamme sinne joka vuosi aina kesällä. BTW, jos seuraatte mua Instassa niin huomasitte varmaan kuinka punaiseksi tulin yhden auringonottopäivän jälkeen. Vaikka ihoni olikin punainen kuin tomaatti, en palanut läheskään yhtä pahasti kuin mitä kuvat antoi olettaa. Itseasiassa, Tim paloi paljon pahemmin! Jep, mun Losissa syntynyt mies joka on viettänyt jokaisen elämänsä kesän ulkona pelaamassa ja valmentamassa jenkkifutista poltti ihonsa.

Las Vegas roadtrip Las Vegas Strip Seven Magic Mountains

the Venetian canals Las Vegas

Las Vegas couple

Last year we had our little boo with us. He turned 2 months old during the trip and that’s when he also laughed for the first time. We were filming homevideos (I’ve mentioned them before here) and we actually caught his first laugh on camera! What a coincidence! Anyway, this year Jussi was already  one year old so we thought it’s OK to leave him for a few days. I was sure I’d be absentminded and longing after my little one the whole time but I was wrong. We had a blast and it was so good for me and Tim to spend some quality husband & wife time. At the end, we are more than mom and dad, we are also hubby and wife and we need to nurture our marriage just like we nurture our baby!

Viime vuonna meidän pieni rakkamme oli Vegasin menossa mukana. Jussi täytti kaksi kuukautta siellä ollessamme ja silloin hän myös nauroi ensimmäistä kertaa. Me olimme juuri kuvaamassa pientä kotivideota (mainitsen ne aikaisemmin täällä) kun Jussi päästi ensimmäiset vauvanaurunsa ilmoille! Melkoinen sattuma 🙂 Tänä vuonna Jussi oli jo yhden vanha joten ajattelimme, että hän voi viettää muutaman päivän ilman meitä. Olin ihan varma siitä, että olisin omissa ajatuksissani koko Vegasin matkan Jussia kaivaten, mutta olinkin väärässä. Meillä oli Timin kanssa todella kivaa ja matka teki niin hyvää meille. Loppujen lopuksi, olemme myös mies ja vaimo, äiti ja isi tittelien lisäksi. Meidän täytyy huolehtia parisuhteestamme yhtä paljon kuin huolehdimme pienestä Jussistamme <3

Waterfall pool Las Vegas MGM Grand MGM Grand pool Pool inspo blonde girl

So how was it going for our annual Las Vegas trip with the coronavirus going on? It really wasn’t that different. There were WAY less people which is only a bonus. We were in Vegas from Wednesday to Friday, and our hotel was filled with families with small kids. We stayed there pretty late on Friday and you could definitely tell that the crowd was changing from families to younger party animals, haha! All the restaurants took very good precautions and I wasn’t worried about contracting (or potentially spreading) the virus at all. The only downside was that all the shows like Cirque Du Soleil’s “O” were closed. We love going to shows in Vegas and unfortunately couldn’t do that this year.

Millaista se sitten oli mennä Vegasiin koronaviruksen aikana? Ei se tuntunut paljoakaan erilaiselta. Siellä oli PALJON vähemmän ihmisiä, joka on tietysti iso bonus. Olimme Vegasissa keskiviikosta perjantantaihin ja hotellimme oli täynnä lapsiperheitä. Pysyimme kaupungissa pitkään perjantai-iltapäivään asti ja silloin huomasi kuinka lapsiperheet vaihtuvat viikonlopun bilettäjiksi, haha! Kaikki ravintolat hoitivat tarjoilun todella asiallisesti enkä ollut ollenkaan huolissani koko viruksesta. Ainoa huono puoli oli se, että eri esitykset kuten Cirque Du Soleilin “O” olivat kiinni. Rakastamme käydä katsomassa Vegasin eri esityksiä ja nyt me ei niin voitu tehdä.

Bellagio fountain Paris hotel Las Vegas Las Vegas Bellagio fountain couple Our trip was amazing and I can’t wait to go there next year again! Have any of you traveled in the recent weeks? Where did you go and how was it?

Meidän vuosittainen Vegasin matkamme oli jälleen kerran ihan huippu! Himoitsen jo ensi kesän matkasta kun pääsen sinne taas. Onko teistä kukaan matkustellut viimeisten viikkojen aikana? Minne menitte ja millaista siellä oli?

A few more snapshots…

BlackTap crazyshake Mon Ami Gabi Las Vegas BlackTap Las Vegas

Bellagio hotel entrance

Bellagio fountain breakfast view Mon Ami Gabi

talk about a breakfast with a view!

MGM Grand pool New York New York Las Vegas

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