So yesterday we returned home from Las Vegas... it was a great weekend! My family lives in Sandy, Utah so they drove to Las Vegas as kind of a half-way point to meet Ben, Emma, and I. We drove there after Ben's last final this past Friday (left around noon) and stayed through Monday morning. We did a lot of fun activities, and it was wonderful to be able to see my family. I love them dearly! My family consists of my mom and dad, my brother (Aaron, 21), and my sister (Sarah, 18). I'm the oldest in the family, so Emma is the only grandchild at this point. She gets lots of attention! Emma really loves her Aunt and Uncle, and her Grandma and Grandpa of coarse. Some of the highlights of the weekend, consisted of the following:
- Dinner at the MGM Grand Buffet: This buffet sure consisted of a lot of food! We all got so stuffed. I had three desserts! ;) Emma really enjoyed it because she got to eat a bunch of her favorite foods (grilled cheese, macaroni and cheese, tater tots, and ice cream!)
- Shopping at the Outlet Mall: we all bought new sunglasses at the Fossil store and really enjoyed strolling around town in our new shades. We felt very cool. I also got a couple of new maternity shirts - hooray! I love new clothes!
Walking down Las Vegas Blvd: We spent a good
portion of the morning at M&M's World. Emma picked out her own colors of M&M's (pink and blue) and ate them throughout the weekend. What a lucky child - chocolate all for herself. They also had a funny 3D movie. Afterwords, we walked to the Bellagio and watched the fountain show out front. I took a short video of a portion of it. It was quite impressive!
- Disc Golfing: We went to a local park one afternoon and played a round of disc golf. My mom and I took Emma over to the playground for a portion of the time. Everyone really enjoyed themselves... the weather was nice, but very windy!
- Poker night!: This isn't really what it seems, but on the last evening we were together, we all decided we wanted to learn how to play poker, so dad looked up the rules on the internet and we played several rounds using the change from mom's purse (mom got all her change back at the end, but it was exciting anyway). I actually won a hand with a full house! I'm a real pro. ;)
Sounds like you guys had a fun trip! I love vegas. We had a blast there last year with our girls! It is nice to have family there as well!
ReplyDeleteIt's hard to believe that we were enjoying all of that sunshine just yesterday morning! We had a huge blizzard this morning. I had to do some driving in it. Then later, of course, I had to shovel the darn stuff.
ReplyDeleteI like Utah, but Dec. thru Feb., not so much.
What fun!! Trips are the best and they are even better when it's right after a test and STRESS-FREE!! I'm glad you had such a good time and were able to see your family! You are such a cute pregnant girl!
ReplyDeleteMy cousins and I used to play poker using skittles -
yellow - gold
red - ruby
green - emeralds
orange - copper
purple - muck - the lowest =)
Pretty fun!