Vegas

NYNY Statue of Liberty (we also went on the roller coaster in the background, it was awesome)

Tauna and Patrick (Tauna is Brad's sister)

Grandma Puffpaff with the babies (Gavin 8 mo and Maggie 1 yr)

Soaking up sun in the pool (Ethan, Grandma, Brad, Addison)

Checking out night life in Vegas...people thinking we are crazy for bringing kids!

Vegas was a blast. It was our first vacation in a long time that we actually wanted to stay and not come home. We loved our condo and the 4 pools including the lazy river. We had pretty good weather, tolerated it well enough. No sunburns even though it was in the 90's and very hot. We ended up venturing out to the strip to see all of the attractions like the pirate show (which was supposed to be family oriented but really a strip show) the lions at MGM, the volcano at the Mirage "volcanocano" in Ethan's words, the M&M factory, toured most of the cool hotels and Brad's sister even came home winning $100 from $5. Off the strip we went to a chocolate factory, a cactus garden and the Las Vegas temple, including the first Mormon fort in Vegas and toured the Hoover Dam. It turned out very fun and busy. The family went to the tournament of Kings, where they duel on horses and you eat with your hands from a huge plate of food! The older kids went to a Cirque de sole performance called KA, and that was amazing. David Copperfield was okay, I wasn't quite into his magic...mostly trying to figure out how he did all his things and avoiding eye contact bc he picks people out of the audience to go help him on stage...not my thing. We even managed 2 movies and a little shopping while there. We even celebrated a birthday, an anniverary and managed 1 ER visit! We had a ton of fun and loved spending time with Brad's family. We miss them and need to see them more. Brad's mother watched the kids for us, so pretty much I changed only a few diapers, didn't bathe my kids once or have to feed them. She did it all, not to mention juggling 4 rowdy grandchildren at the same time. She even came in our room in the early morning when Gavin started to cry, so we slept in most days! Thanks Grandma Paulette!