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We are sooooooooooo super excited!!!!!

Vegas, baby! Part 8

I actually found a store called Francesca's! And I went in and the store was totally "Francesca". All flowery and chic and darling little knick knacks and clothing. I wasn't able to bring Francesca into the store because she was asleep in the van with Justin.
All in all, Las Vegas was really fun. Lots of people told me I might see nudity and prostitutes and other offensive things, but I guess in a way I had prepared myself and so I knew what to avoid. So we really didn't see very many bad things. We mostly just went out in the daytime, then came back to our hotel at night. It pays to have a good attitude and optimistic outlook of Vegas. We were able to have a really neat trip by leaving the bad and looking for the good. I highly recommend it.
(End of Vegas blog posts.)

Vegas, baby! Part 3

We did a TON of walking. Those hotel/casinos are HUGE! We saw Bumblebee in the parking garage. The boys loved it.They got real tired, real fast.Then we went to the Shark Aquarium and that was pretty awesome. Our favorite were the saw fish.

Then we got back to the hotel room and I had never seen the kids play and tickle and laugh with each other like they did that night. This picture captures that memory, which means a lot to me. To me that's what family vacations should be about, spending quality time together, bonding, getting to know each other, building relationships.

Vegas, baby! Part 1

So, as some of may already know, we took a family trip to Las Vegas, Nevada. We booked a room at the Circus Circus for four nights, packed up our van, the kiddos and were off.The kids didn't really like having to stay in the van for the five hour trip, but we found ways to amuse them. Our van's DVD player was a life saver, same with the cinnamon bagels I packed.Once we arrived it was all very exciting, Justin pointed out all the hotels we could see from our hotel room window.If you ask Michael what his favorite part was about the entire vacation, he would say "Living in the hotel." with a huge grin on his face. The kids laughed a lot, jumped on the beds, and love to tickle each other. The kids actually slept pretty well considering all five of us slept in the same room.