What Happens in Vegas.......

Happens in Vegas. Okay, so what do you do in Vegas for 8 days, with KIDS??? Let me just tell ya. You SWIM- ALOT! We went to Las Vegas last week with my entire family for 8 days. Chad and Kim were only there for 5 but we stayed for 8. We went for the 2008 Mine Expo. It is a HUGE trade show for mining. So, for 3-4 days of our trip we worked pretty hard. We had a booth that turned out awesome (thank you Cory). Our little business is doing great and its been so fun learn and grow as a company and as a family. Anyway, aside from the work, we had lots of fun. The kids swam alot, everyday but two. Grandma Jen was so nice to spend so much time with them at the pool. She spoils them rotten. "Sure kids you can have root beer floats and cookies for lunch, we're in Las Vegas!!" AND- the kids see Papa in a whole new light now, he learned to play Guitar Hero.

On one of their days off from swimming, Cory and Chad took them to Circus Circus all day. They came back with a garbage bag full of stuffed animals and toys. They are so lucky to have such fun dads. (who didn't bother to take a camera to help me blog about their day)

One night, we all went to "The Tournament of Kings" at the Excalibur. It was great. Our boys thought the sword fights were the coolest. I personally thought the girl who could do a double back flip with two twists on a bouncing balance beam was the coolest.

We found a really cool outlet mall. Its at the very south end of the Las Vegas Blvd. Cory and I did some serious shopping and had a blast. He was like shopping with one of my best girlfriends (except he made me turn around and show him my butt in everything I tried on). Its been a long time since we have just shopped together. I loved it. And we found some great deals.
We went to the M&M factory. Parker bought some blue and purple M&M's and Brock had Skittles. Poor kid, who goes to the M&M factory and has to eat Skittles?

One night we saw the Pirate show at Treasure Island. Its not so much rated PG anymore. I was embarrassed to have my kids there. I kept doing everything I could to distract them from the actual show but it was so crowed we couldn't even move to get out of there. It wasn't about good pirates and bad pirates anymore. Now, its about bad boy pirates against bad Girl Pirates who don't wear very much clothing and dance like they belong in a strip club. I would definitely not recommend this, especially for kids. (and I am not a prude)

We also went to Fremont street. I still think its pretty cool. Brock thought the light show was awesome. They did some cool rock-n-roll stuff, which is totally his thing right now

All and all we had a really fun trip. The day after we got home, Cory and the boys went on the Muzzle loader hunt for 3 more days. It was nice to be home and have some alone time. I've decided hunting season is the best reason to have just boys. I love them so much but I do have to admit that those 3 days home alone were fabulous. I am so thankful that they get to spend that time with their dad and my dad and their uncles with "no girls allowed". I know it is priceless for them. I'm glad they're home now. Brock and Parker went back on track and Cory went back to work. Maybe we can have some scheduling and order back in our lives now.