Vegas Baby!

Late last year when we found out that my mom was retiring in January, Uncas and I decided to approach JoJo and see if she was interested in baby-sitting the kids for a long weekend. Like Super G would say no?! Once she agreed (ok, we might have already been brainstorming ideas before we actually popped the question) we needed to pick a location.  After much discussion, we thought that Las Vegas would be fun.  But since we had both been there before, we thought it would be fun to rent a car and check out some other cool sights that Nevada has to offer.

We set out on a Friday afternoon.  It was the first trip that I literally didn't care if the plane would be delayed.  I was just so excited to have some time to relax, read and spend with Uncas. But our plane was right on time and we even splurged to have extra legroom which Uncas was super grateful for!

 We stayed at MGM and that first night we just checked things out a little and had dinner before crashing back at our room.

 We were up early the next morning and when I called home to talk to the kiddos briefly, I found out that my grandmother had passed away.  I'm not going to lie - it made for a difficult day. We went to a great breakfast buffet at our hotel and walked up and down the strip.  We took a little to nap and then went back out to ride the roller coaster at NYNY hotel (so fun!) and had some dinner.  We were back in our room early again, but we also had to get up early the next day.

Sunday we rented a car and headed south to the Hoover Dam. It was truly amazing. Besides the dam itself, just the drive there was incredible - completely different scenery than what we are used to!

 After taking our fill of the dam, we stopped for lunch and headed northeast to our next hotel.  We decided that on Monday we would check out Valley of Fire State Park. This part of the trip was really relaxing and the sun was shining and temperature was up to the 60s. Valley of Fire was beautiful and we could have easily spent more time there, but we had a flight to catch.

 Our trip home was uneventful and we once again purchased seats with lots of legroom. By Sunday afternoon I was really missing the kids and they were asleep when we got home Monday night.  I went and checked on them and all seemed fine.

A very big thank you to my parents for taking care of the kids while we were gone.  I know how much work the kids are these days!