HOLLLAAA at 18!!

I'm FINALLY 18..

Seriously. i love birthdays more than anything! They are my very favorite! Now my birthday was August 12th and i was born in the year '95. My mother and i, have this birthday tradition. A vegas weekend. Not anything too exciting but it's always my favorite time of the year! Go big or go home right?? You only turn 18 once so naturally you need to celebrate in style. This year we did things a bit different. We scheduled our trip from Saturday the 10th - Tuesday the 13th. We brought my BFF Alexa Evans, and my moms BFF Lorrie Jensen. And what a party they through me!!!

-Saturday:

We hit the road at about 9 am. with our pals starting with a quick Starbucks run (always a travel must).

My mom and Lorrie are both VIPS at Nordstroms and have literally been spending thousands of dollars there since before i was born. Now if Nordstroms does anything right, they know how to treat their customers. They always do a lot for my mom but one thing they decided to do this year, was throw me an 18th birthday party, considering I've been a loyal customer since birth. It was seriously so amazing!! They bought us lunch, and desert. Then it was time to shop! We had a personal shopper named Tessa and she was the cutest darn thing. She took us back into a private dressing area. All 4 of us had our own dressing room filled with clothes to match our personalities, styles, and sizes. Now my room had a hip hop style with leggings, lots of layers, jackets, and boots, a free make up kit, balloons, and cupcakes. Talk about a great start right? There were accessory racks galore! It was amazing! Once we were done taking down Nordstroms...we conquered the rest of the mall. Literally an 8 hour shopping spree. None stop. I was exhausted and satisfied.  



Then we arrived at our fabulous hotel, the Aria. They upgraded us to not only a suite, but a sky suite. The room was seriously amazing with a private hall filled with Fiji water, chocolate covered strawberries, and my favorite...cheese! After touring our literally to die for room we went and had dinner at a Thai restaurant called "Lemongrass" it was so yummy!

-Sunday:

Today was our relaxation day. Lexi and i went and layed out by the pool for a good two hours, it was so warm and beautiful i never wanted to leave! After walking the entire hotel we were freezing so we went and took a hot bath in our big beautiful bath tub that had jets. Then we went and joined my mom and Lorrie in the day spa, and we hot tubed, swam, used the sauna, steam room, and took a nap on the hot rock beds. Most amazing day of my life! The spa had the best products so we showered there and used all of their individually wrapped hair care, and facial products.

We had tickets to see the Cirque du Soiel show "La Reve" it was seriously amazing. The performance takes your breathe away. The talent level of those performers is seriously insane. Such an amazing night!

-Monday:

Today was my actual birthday and it started out amazing!! The Eshelles called me during their practice to sing me Happy Birthday but naturally i was sleep because who would answer at 5 am. Cute thought though. Literally every person i could think of wished me happy birthday! So much love, I'm seriously so blessed! When i woke up there was a table of presents from my mom and a card. So cute. We had another spa day, which was super relaxing. Then i got all dolled up again for another night out!! We had dinner, my favorite Italian. They gave me a beautiful cake. It was truly the best of days!

-Tuesday:

Today was our last day in Vegas. We woke up and got ready, and then we had lunch at the best Mexican restaurant I've ever ate at! It was called Javier's and it was seriously amazing! They gave me a flan for my birthday! After we checked out we went and spent the afternoon shopping at town square. When we finally hit the road it was about 6 or 7. Once in St. George i was seriously so exhausted i had no energy to anything. But i got the best nights sleep I've ever had!

It's safe to say i had the most fabulous 18th birthday ever!! Thank you to everyone who has been apart of my life and my journey, you've helped me create the ME i can be proud of. My mom and Lorrie are amazing and went out of their way to give me an amazing weekend! Thank you to Lexi for coming and being apart of it all. Happy day of birth to me! Can't wait to see where this year takes me!!