Las Vegas.....

Last Thursday and Friday the kids were off school for UEA so we thought this would be a good time for us to have a mini vacation with out them. And Mike's parents were able to come stay with our kids to help make this happen.

We headed out Thursday morning and drove to Las Vegas. We had a very busy weekend and had a great time.

We headed over to the Bellagio to watch the fountains. They are stunning. I really missed the kids while watching the fountains go off, they would have loved it, I guess that is a hint to myself that we need to take them back if just to watch these.

We headed inside the Bellagio to check out this talking tree. It was pretty cool. They must decorate for every season because it was all "Fall" in there.They also had this hugh but very cute scarecrow.We also headed over to the "Coke" store to do a little shopping, and look who we saw, the Coke polar bear. He was a little flirty, but super cute.On Friday we headed over to the Hoover Dam, we had taken the kids there last year, but didn't get the chance to take the tour down in the "dam" wall so we decided to do that this time. I admit I was a little nervous about this but i'm glad we did it. These are the generators. They have an Arizona side of the dam and a Nevada side with 7 generators on one side and 8 on the other. Alot of work going on inside this wall. They are so big, you would think they would be noisy but they weren't really bad at all. I also thought it would be cold down there, but it was surprisingly warm. I love the American flag hanging on their fork lift.This is the new bridge they are building. Last year they only had 2 parts of the arch on each side done, now that is finished and they are working on the rest. It's amazing how big this is, but will help with the traffic coming from Arizona.Friday night we went to "The Blue Man Group" it is an awesome show. We had a good time.On Saturday we found my new favorite place to eat. I know all of you have probably been there before, but I had not and now i'm in love with it. And how lucky am I, apparently we are getting an IN-n-OUT burger right here in my little ole town of Centerville. YEAH ME! Can't wait for this. Lunch anyone?This is before heading to Disney's "The Lion King". This was a wonderful show. I highly recommend it. The lower photo is Rafeki (the monkey from the show) The costumes in this production were incredible. We were in aw of it all. We loved this show. After the show we went to another favorite restaurant of ours. "The Cheesecake Factory" yummy food, and yummy deserts along with the best company made for one great dinner.

We are so thankful to Mike's parents for staying with our kids while we had this fun get-a-away. The kids had a great time (a post will come about that later). We love you so much, Thanks again.