Christmas Trip

For part of our Christmas this year we did a family trip.  We had a time share kind of thing at a condo in Mesquite.  Besides the scary and stinky swimming pool it was actually a really nice place an besides Leah's left over cold we were all healthy the whole time.  Most of the kids slept through the night, but when Lean woke up there was a Downton Abby marathon on PBS- so it was okay.
Anyway we got there on Monday.  On Tuesday we went St George.  We toured the Brigham Young home and met up with our friends for lunch.  Then we went to the Children's Museum

 James playing mechanic

 The dinosaur room

 Cute little Leah

 One day we drove in to Las Vegas

 We went to the Shark Reef Aquarium, Spencer finally got up the courage to pet a sting ray

 A purple Christmas tree- go Cougars

 Daddy and Carrie and the lion fish

 Spencer and Komodo Dragon

 Spencer really wanted me to take a picture of him and the jelly fish because they are green!

 It was cool to see people swimming around in the tank, until we realized they were picking up the dead fish.

 Then we went to Circus Circus to play some games and watch a few shows, we saw some acrobats, a foot juggler and a clown.  Spencer got to go to a real Houdini magic shop which was on his bucket list.

 We went to the Bellagio to have Gellato and watch the fountains.  The Gellato was amazing as usual but I learned that unlike ice cream where chocolate is always your best bet, fruit is better in Gellato.

 The botanical Gardens at the Bellagio

 We got to see the fountains twice.  One time the background music was "Santa Baby" so Carrie was quite excited.
On the way out of Las Vegas we stopped at a triple D restaurant.  We were debating it had been a long day- would the kids be good, would it be worth it?  But it was sooooo delicious it would have been worth it if the kids ran around, but they were too tired to be crazy I guess.

One day we just hung out in Mesquite.  We went to a park, tried to swim and washed off a lot after, went to a cool little museum where the kids got to try a type writer (another thing check off of Spencer's bucket list) and ate a really yummy Chinese place that the kids have dubbed their favorite restaurant ever, for no anyway.

 Carrie bought an after Christmas sale hair kit that had a brush and princess clips and a crown.  She spent a lot of time in the bathroom doing this- I can't wait until she is a teenager.

 Hairdo with the crown

It really was a wonderful and relaxing trip