40th Birthday week in Las Vegas

Chad asked me what I wanted to do for my 40th birthday and I just told him i wanted to be somewhere warm. I was kind of thinking St George, but it can be iffy on warmth in the spring. So I decided to go further south to Las Vegas. I for sure thought it would be warm. We shipped the dog off to the babysitter and hit the road with a very packed car!

It's always exciting when the strip comes into view. Some of those buildings are just amazing!

We rented a house with a pool so that we could just relax and play. And that is just what we did. 

Our first morning in Vegas we hit the strip early. We had things to do and places to go! We gave the kids all the warnings of stay with us, don't talk to strangers, don't take anything from anyone and divert your eyes if necessary. I was pleased with how this first day went in that catergory. 

We went right down town to the Hersheys, Coke and M&M stores. We explore Marshalls for a bit and the kids were amazed it was underground! I had to buy some new shorts as I learned that jean shorts aren't the thing to wear in hot and humid places when you're doing a lot of walking!

The kids were amazed at all the fun things to look at. I mean a statue of liberty completely from licorice?! What!

And a hershey chocolate bottle half the size of your body?!

And so many fun photo ops. 

At the coke store we did the tasting tray from cokes around the world. Not worth it...so many were GROSS!!

M&M store is always fun and exciting. 

We found another BSU fan there too sporting the orange!

We did the Big Apple roller coaster and New York New York and had to ride it twice because its that great!

 

After lunch we were headed to the Boise State game that was being played at the MGM Grand! What a coincidence that they were there the same time as us! We had some trouble getting tickets and accidentally bought the wrong ones, and lost some money in the process. Chad was upset but I just told him he can now say he's lost $200 in Vegas and didn't even gamble! 

Carter got picked for a 3 pt competition at half time. He did so good but ended up losing to an older girl just barely. 

Later we went to the Blue Man Group show. Oh man it was silly. I loved watching my kids faces in amazement as they came up with the craziest things to do. They all said this was one of their favorite things. 

Phew and that was just day 1! We have four more days to go!!

Anniversary Take 2

We had wanted to do a get away for our anniversary but our schedule was too busy to allow for one. But a few weeks later we decided to do it anyway! We got a good recommendation about a steak house called Timbermine and it was amazing! It looks like an old mining building and is decorate so cool and you seriously feel like you stepped into the woods to have a dinner. Its so cool and SO good. 

Chad surprised me with a cute little cabin in Ogden canyon. It was the cutest cabin with a big tub and a big bed. We were surprised with chocolate covered strawberries and candles and flower petals all around. 

We had a lovely evening together. Then we got breakfast delivered right to our front door and it was really yummy. I might have had some of my dessert from dinner from the night before too.....

It had snowed and all around us looked like a winter wonderland. It was so pretty!

 We loved our time at the Alaskan Inn. Love you Chad!!! 

Just some things

Ugh, Carter had another bad BMX crash. Poor guy is going to have road rash scars on top of scars! He's always so great to hop up and not complain and get back on the bike. Sure makes me cringe though! 

I graduated from my pink cast on on March 4th! I was so happy I took myself for ice cream. 

The girls played their last game together and did so great. 

Carter had a random day off of school so I took him on a date to the Garage Grill. He loved every aspect of it. Its a really cool place! And those onion rings! Oh MY!

This kid has GOT to stop growing up on me! I really enjoyed the day with him.