This is a post just for the people who made this trip possible for us! First of all George and Myrna for allowing us to invade their space and stay in their timeshare with them. Also for putting up with our shopping, touring and my picture taking on the trip!!
I am really grateful for my parents and for my brother and sister in law for taking the kids while we were gone. The kids weren't on their best behaviour as I understand, so it makes me even more grateful that they put up with them for us!
We had a great time but couldn't have done it without you guys!!
Sunday, August 26, 2007
VIVA LAS VEGAS!!
So we had a great time in Las Vegas! It was super hot but you didn't even notice the heat because most of the time we were indoors in the a/c. I would say I spent more time shivering from the cold a/c then sweating from the heat. Go figure. That probably explains the nasty cold I have right now. That's what I get for leaving the kids for 5 days I guess.
I took so many pictures I won't post them all, but I selected a few to put in the online album for anyone who wants to check them out.
We started our trip by driving to Great Falls with Jeff's parents to fly with them to Vegas. It was a long drive, but I wasn't the one driving, so it was ok with me. The flight was short and sweet. We arrived at our hotel around 9 or 10pm, I don't remember really. I just know we hopped on a shuttle bus and headed to the strip. Jeff wasn't into going, but I pushed for it anyways. We went to New York, New York first. It was so cool to see all the lights, but it was a reality check the first step we took into the hotel. I realized it is not the life for me in Las Vegas. All the smoking, drinking and gambling. It was crazy. There were parents walking around with their kids that had to be around Clara's age at 11pm, carrying a beer in one hand and holding the kids hand with the other. It was crazy to me that some one could be so selfish. Those poor kids being drug around a casino 3 hours past their bedtime. It was very sad.
The next day I spent shopping with Myrna at the outlet mall. Why Jeff wanted to stay at the hotel is beyond me, but I was happy to have a shopping buddy. It worked out quite well. Though we spent a little too much time shopping, the boys were pretty hungry when we got back because they were waiting for us to go for supper. Oops. They will never understand why it was so important to us to spend an hour in a shoe store, but we were happy that we found so many pairs of shoes.
Jeff got to visit one of his mission companions. Heath Smith and his wife had us over for dinner on Sunday night. It was an amazing dinner and it was so nice to visit with them. It gave Jeff the itch to go back and visit his mission. That trip will have to be put on the back burner for now, but one day we will make it there.
Basically we spent the days sighseeing or shopping, and the evenings wandering around the strip. We spent a day at Hoover Dam, which was amazing. It was HUGE! It is pretty neat to see in person.
We went to a show called ICE.
It was a cirque de soleil type show, but on ice. It was pretty neat. We probably should have splurged for the cirque de soleil tickets, but I was happy with the show. They did some really neat things.
We visited as many hotels as we could, but there were a lot we weren't able to see in 5 days. My favorite hotel by far was the Bellagio. It was just stunning. They make the fountains dance to the music, and they do a different show every 15 minutes.
One night we went on the roller coaster at New York, New York. That was fun. It was shorter than I would have liked, but it was still fun. Even George joined us on that adventure. There was no convincing Myrna though. She was happy to stay on the ground and wait for us to be done. That same night we spent some time playing in the ESPN game zone at New York New York. That was a good time. They had all types of sport arcade type games. We visited the real ESPN game zone when we were in New York, but we had Donovan with us, so we weren't able to play any of the games. This time we were kid free, so we took advantage of that and had a great time.
Our last day there we went to
If anyone went to the Calgary Stampede Grandstand show, they say this guy. He is a ventriloquist and he is really good at it. It was so fun to see his show.
So that is our trip summed up as short as I can make it. I decided not to bore anyone with my great shopping finds, but I will say it was a successful shopping trip among other things. It was bound to be when you are close to Target and 3 different outlet malls. We feel very satisfied with our Las Vegas trip, so much so that we will probably never go back. It's nice to feel that way, we feel like we spent just the right amount of time there. Now we can plan our Disney Cruise with the kids!!
So to take a look at our photos just click on the one below. Please note that often we had to have random people on the street take our picture. I am not sure of some of their condition to be taking a picture when they had to put their drink down so they could hold the camera, but at least they captured our moment for us. That's what photoshop is for I guess!!
I took so many pictures I won't post them all, but I selected a few to put in the online album for anyone who wants to check them out.
We started our trip by driving to Great Falls with Jeff's parents to fly with them to Vegas. It was a long drive, but I wasn't the one driving, so it was ok with me. The flight was short and sweet. We arrived at our hotel around 9 or 10pm, I don't remember really. I just know we hopped on a shuttle bus and headed to the strip. Jeff wasn't into going, but I pushed for it anyways. We went to New York, New York first. It was so cool to see all the lights, but it was a reality check the first step we took into the hotel. I realized it is not the life for me in Las Vegas. All the smoking, drinking and gambling. It was crazy. There were parents walking around with their kids that had to be around Clara's age at 11pm, carrying a beer in one hand and holding the kids hand with the other. It was crazy to me that some one could be so selfish. Those poor kids being drug around a casino 3 hours past their bedtime. It was very sad.
The next day I spent shopping with Myrna at the outlet mall. Why Jeff wanted to stay at the hotel is beyond me, but I was happy to have a shopping buddy. It worked out quite well. Though we spent a little too much time shopping, the boys were pretty hungry when we got back because they were waiting for us to go for supper. Oops. They will never understand why it was so important to us to spend an hour in a shoe store, but we were happy that we found so many pairs of shoes.
Jeff got to visit one of his mission companions. Heath Smith and his wife had us over for dinner on Sunday night. It was an amazing dinner and it was so nice to visit with them. It gave Jeff the itch to go back and visit his mission. That trip will have to be put on the back burner for now, but one day we will make it there.
Basically we spent the days sighseeing or shopping, and the evenings wandering around the strip. We spent a day at Hoover Dam, which was amazing. It was HUGE! It is pretty neat to see in person.
We went to a show called ICE.
It was a cirque de soleil type show, but on ice. It was pretty neat. We probably should have splurged for the cirque de soleil tickets, but I was happy with the show. They did some really neat things.We visited as many hotels as we could, but there were a lot we weren't able to see in 5 days. My favorite hotel by far was the Bellagio. It was just stunning. They make the fountains dance to the music, and they do a different show every 15 minutes.
One night we went on the roller coaster at New York, New York. That was fun. It was shorter than I would have liked, but it was still fun. Even George joined us on that adventure. There was no convincing Myrna though. She was happy to stay on the ground and wait for us to be done. That same night we spent some time playing in the ESPN game zone at New York New York. That was a good time. They had all types of sport arcade type games. We visited the real ESPN game zone when we were in New York, but we had Donovan with us, so we weren't able to play any of the games. This time we were kid free, so we took advantage of that and had a great time.
Our last day there we went to
If anyone went to the Calgary Stampede Grandstand show, they say this guy. He is a ventriloquist and he is really good at it. It was so fun to see his show.So that is our trip summed up as short as I can make it. I decided not to bore anyone with my great shopping finds, but I will say it was a successful shopping trip among other things. It was bound to be when you are close to Target and 3 different outlet malls. We feel very satisfied with our Las Vegas trip, so much so that we will probably never go back. It's nice to feel that way, we feel like we spent just the right amount of time there. Now we can plan our Disney Cruise with the kids!!
So to take a look at our photos just click on the one below. Please note that often we had to have random people on the street take our picture. I am not sure of some of their condition to be taking a picture when they had to put their drink down so they could hold the camera, but at least they captured our moment for us. That's what photoshop is for I guess!!
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Thursday, August 16, 2007
August Long Weekend
We spent August long weekend this year at my Aunt's cabin in Shuswap. The drive was just a little too long for us, but other than that it was a great trip. The weather was perfect, it wasn't too hot. We enjoyed the company, it is always nice to visit with family. The kids loved the freedom. Their yard is huge and the kids had so much fun just running around the yard. Clara spent all day swinging on the swings. She would hurry and eat her breakfast every morning so she could go play outside on the swings. Then she would buckle herself into the swing and cry for someone to come help her get out. It was really cute. Donovan was happy just running around. When it came time to play in the lake, Clara was too chicken. She got about knee deep in the water before screaming to get out. Donovan was all over it, he probably would have walked right off the dock into the water and it wouldn't have phased him. It was nice to spend some time away from home with the kids. The next post will be about the time we spent away from home without the kids in VEGAS!! I am so excited, so stay tuned!!
Donovan loved these chairs, he played with them a lot.
Walking on the dock with Auntie Dawn
Clare enjoying herself swinging
I was trying to set the kids up so I could take a nice picture of the four of us. I sat the kids down and took a couple of shots and was getting the camera set up for the rest of us and Clara started screaming really loud and out of control. She threw something on the ground and when we looked down we saw that it was a wasp. She was stung 3 times. Poor girl. Needless to say, I made sure I took care of that wasp, it wasn't going to sting anyone again.
She handled it really well, but it was really sad. I think I was almost as upset as she was. I just felt so bad to see my little girl so sad. They swelled up a little but by morning there wasn't much left of her stings and within 24 hours you could hardly tell they were there. I am grateful for that.
She handled it really well, but it was really sad. I think I was almost as upset as she was. I just felt so bad to see my little girl so sad. They swelled up a little but by morning there wasn't much left of her stings and within 24 hours you could hardly tell they were there. I am grateful for that.
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