The second half of August has flown by pretty quickly for us. We had a relaxing week after my mom left followed by a week that included a business trip to MN for Alex, my ultrasound, a new patio cover, and a trip to Vegas!!
My ultrasound went really well, everything looks good, and the tech gave me a ton of pics since Alex wasn't able to go with me. So, I'm already halfway through and feeling good...no complaints about the whole pregnancy thing, couldn't be better.
A little park just opened in our town that has the water stuff for the kids to play in. I found it was open when I randomly drove by it while Alex was at the Angels game with his dad, and I stopped to let Alicia play in it. Then we had to go back the next day with Alex, so that he could play in it with her...and they both had a blast!!
We all went to Vegas for a couple of nights this past week and had a great time!! Before I get into the trip, I have to say a little bit about the drive!! I've done my share of roadtrips and every one that I can remember used to have signs as warnings before long stretches without gas stations, but there we were driving through the desert when our gas light went on...so we started to look for a station. As we got farther along and were watching the fuel gauge getting lower we were getting a little concerned. Finally, we started to see signs that a town was about 30 miles away, but we were pretty concerned that we wouldn't even make it that far, so we went into gas conservation mode. We turned off the AC and started driving 55. The car didn't take long to heat up approaching the outside temp that was easily over 100, and the 30 miles seemed like it would take an eternity at 55...we were literally so concerned that Alex was putting the car in neutral and just coasting on down slopes, and I was waiting for Alicia to start freaking out in the heat as I watched the sweat starting to bead up on Alex's forehead. Finally we saw a sign for a station in one mile and we quickly threw on the air and were laughing about our near disaster. The station was so in the middle of nowhere that they were charging 5.59 a gallon!!
We stayed in a great room at the Mandalay Bay that overlooked the strip, but was also right next to the airport...and Alicia loooovvveeess planes!! So, we were able to set up her little seat right in front of the window and she could watch the planes while she ate.
Another reason that we chose the Mandalay Bay is that they have some of the best pools and a lazy river. We spent most of our pool time in the lazy river...Alicia couldn't get enough of it.
We also tried to get in all the sights, pushing Alicia to the limit, and she snoozed through a bunch of it. We had a great time despite the heat...it was over 108 and Alicia was the best behaved baby in Vegas!!
I think that Alex's favorite part was the endless king crab legs at the buffet dinner the first night!! Alicia enjoyed the buffet too. She ate like a little queen and really enjoyed the desserts!
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Hate to see all the fun we missed out on....Sure am glad you guys had a ball, though! The pools look too good to be true! I just spent the day at our splash pad like the one in your town. Zeke had so much fun! Well, miss you sister and love you much.
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