We decided to hit the road right after Halloween and headed for Vegas. It was the quickest Vegas trip I've ever taken but a much needed get away and well worth the 6 hour drive there cause we all really enjoyed it. Here's a picture of all of us at The Luxor where we stayed. Kasia is a huge anything egyptian fan at the moment so we thought it would be really neat for her if we stayed there. It was actually an awesome hotel. It's in the shape of a pyramid and to get to your room you had to take an inclinator (not an elevator) it was the weirdest feeling cause you could tell you weren't going straight up and down.
We went to the Shark Reef exhibit at Mandalay Bay. It was cool to watch the girls faces when checking out all the sea life. We got to touch the sting rays and watch two sea turtles dance in the water.
All in all, we had a great time just getting away and spending some quality time with the girls. We took over 300 pictures of all the fun stuff we got to see and do. We also went to see the Sirens of TI (the free outdoor show put on by Treasure Island) and M&M world. We look forward to more getaway vacations like this one but maybe just not as rushed. We only got to stay for one night but like I said, it was worth it!!
Friday, November 21, 2008
Vegas 2008
Halloween 2008
I know these pics are a little late but I had to get them up eventually. Halloween was really fun this year because Brooklyn was old enough to enjoy it more than she did last year. She caught on to the concept of trick-or-treating for candy really fast. She would get her candy and speed on to the next spot. If given a choice she would always grab suckers to put in her bag. She's a silly girl. She was a purple butterfly this year and she was just adorable.
Kasia wanted to be something scary this year, so she choose to be a corpse bride or black rose bride as the package read. She wanted her face painted and everything. This pic is after she had already been to her school parade and rubbed her face a little bit, she said it itched pretty bad. She managed to keep most of the paint on her face for the majority of the day though. We had a lot of places to visit so she wanted to keep the full effect all day long. This was taken when we stopped to visit my mom and she just had to make a scary face pose. :) She had fun!
This is a picture of all of us minus daddy of course. I was a "Bun in the Oven" (hehe) and he was "The Bun Maker". Somehow I never managed to actually get a picture of Cody in costume, oh well I guess. He had an apron that stated his title and a huge chef's hat to go with it. It made for fun conversation when we weren't together. When we were around each other we got a lot of people saying "Oh I get it now". Not so funny when you have to explain your costume. We went to a ward party and I had a bunch of kids come up and ask me what I was :) I got everything from "are you an astronaut?" to "I know, you're a washer, right?" I got a kick out of it when I would tell them "No, I'm a bun in the oven" They always looked confused, so I just told them to go ask their parents...LOL. We had a good time though.
