Vegas Birthday Celebrations!

As I'm sure most of you know (judging by the facebook birthday wishes and Philly gifts) yesterday was my birthday.  I turned 27 this year in the great state of Nevada and we had a lovely day. The day started off great with pancakes made by chef Joe and a number of care packages from home stuffed with Philly goodies. Now, I'm pretty sure that I'd have been happy with Tastycakes for my birthday back home, but the fact that they are essentially unattainable out here made them even sweeter.  And now whenever I get really homesick for Jefferson, I can wear my new Jefferson nursing t-shirt and it'll remind me of where I came from and where I am lucky enough to go back to in a few months.  And now Joe and I have yummy fruit to snack on for the rest of the week!

Fremont street for ziplining was our first destination of the day.

You actually zipline right over the street! And it doesn't look that far up until you actually get ready to jump! Now I'm sure for those of you that have skydived before this looks like cake but I was pretty nervous until we actually got in the air. It was definitely cool to see all the people under you walking around and shopping and some even cheering you on. I think the harness was the scariest part for Joe (and every guy that was in line with us it seemed).

 

Later on we headed over to a restaurant right down the street called Roy's Hawaiian Fusion. Both the service and the food were fantastic. Joe ate the surf and turf and I ordered the shellfish trio and both were delicious. There was even an insert in the menu that said Happy Birthday Pam!  Not to mention the standard happy birthday dessert with a candle, done in a pretty classy way (no singing of happy birthday TGI Fridays style).  They even took a picture of us and printed it out at the hostess station with a little Roy's frame.  All in all, a great place to have a birthday dinner.

Ziplining and dinner were wonderful, but Joe really made my birthday the great day that it was. Despite being so far away from home and missing everyone, I still had a fabulous birthday. Thank you so much to everyone for making it so special for me. I feel so loved.