It has been such a cold and long winter that a few of our closest friends and neighbors decided to venture out to Las Vegas with the kids for an extended weekend getaway!
The weather was much warmer in sunny Las Vegas so we took advantage and went swimming the first afternoon. On the second day we took the kids to the Dolphin Encounter at the Mirage - the wind kicked in and it became pretty chilly, so we didn't spend a lot of time there. The kids thought it was cool to see the tigers and the dolphins, but the adults thought the price was a rip off.
We also visited the Coke store and M&M store, which the kids all loved. We walked over to the Bellagio to watch the fountains and see the beautiful gardens and got some fun pictures!
It was a little crazy going out to eat with a group of 16 (10 kids and 6 adults), but we survived! One morning we went to Serendipity 3 at Caesars Palace, the wait was quite long, so we spent the morning out in the sunshine. While we were waiting Jaxson and Jake decided to be statues like several people do on the strip, trying to earn money. They sat on some small columns and froze with their baseball caps sticking out for money to be placed in them. It was hilarious and they actually made a couple of dollars!
Madi and McKaela were nice enough to watch the kids one evening and we were able to go out as adults for dinner. Dan took us to one of his favorite Mexican restaurants in Vegas. Everyone loved it and the view was incredible!
Rusty wanted Jake to ride the New York roller coaster, so we walked to the arcade - the sad thing was Jaxson and Jake were just barely shorter than the required height to ride (they even made them take their shoes off to measure them), so just the adults ended up riding the roller coaster. The kids did have a good time in the arcade, so all was well!
My favorite part of the trip was a comment Jaxson made about growing up. Unfortunately in Vegas it is hard to avoid pornography. Their are workers on the strip passing out cards of half naked women and most of them get thrown on the ground for all eyes to see. Jaxson is very sensitive to this and avoids the guys in the orange shirts. While driving into a parking lot to the M&M Store, Jaxson spotted the "guys in the orange shirts" and said;
"I'm going to get really good grades in college, so I don't end up here!" I asked him why he didn't want to end up here (When I really know the reason, I just wanted to get his response)
"You know, so I don't end up being one of those guys who hands out those pamphlets."
We all laughed and told him he better get good grades in high school too. I was glad to here that he wanted to avoid having a terrible job when he grew up.
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