A much needed Spring Vacation

Our original plans were for Jeremy and I to go to Oregon and have a week to ourselves, but being the procrastinators we can be sometimes be, we never got our flights booked and they got too expensive for our budget, so we decided to make it a family trip to St. George and Vegas. We really needed some fun times after Kevin's passing and it was a big success. 

We got to see my Grandpa Greenhalgh and his new condo. He moved there last fall just before my grandma passed away and it has been a really good thing for him. 

Brielle, Landon, my Mom, Dad, Grandpa & myself

 We also got to check out his place which is just around the corner from my parents-very convenient. His place is more like a fancy hotel!! Brielle & Landon loved all the kid statues around the place. I loved the movie theater, ice creamery and restaurant for everyday eating. Not too shabby of a place to retire in!

I love seeing my grandpa and spending any quality time I can get with him

 The next few days in St. George were not as sunny as we had hoped, so instead of freezing in the pool we went to the wildlife museum. Doesn't this bear look like Doug on the movie "Up?" Must be the nose.

Brielle's great expressions! 

Landon was fascinated by all the animals! This is a moment when the lights turn down and it thunders really loud. 

 The next unusually cool day we headed to a bounce house to wear out the kiddos.

Next we headed to Las Vegas baby!!!

Here we are in the car on our way there. We brought grandma with so that she could be our sitter while Jer and I saw some shows. Thanks to my brother Mike who lives & works in Vegas who hooked us up with tickets to see KA at the MGM. It was an awesome show!!

Do you see the almost always-there-bonk on Landon's forehead? I'm starting to think he needs a helmet! 

Grandma G & Brielle sharing treats and watching a movie in the car.  Thanks to our new Pacifica to help us have room for extra passengers and luggage. Definitely couldn't have done that in the Alero!

Jer all smiles being our chauffeur!

Co-pilot Heidi

 While in Vegas we stayed in our condos that are so fun! They have 4 pools which keep us all happy and cool while in the hot dessert of Vegas. The first night there my brother Mike, wife Kimmy (expecting their first) and our friends the Hutchings all came to a BBQ at the condo. It was a fun night...so fun that I forgot to take pictures!

Here Brielle and Landon are playing on the pillars outside our resort waiting for the bus that takes us to the strip. We spent 2 days seeing all that there is on the busy Las Vegas Boulevard!!!

Family photo just outside the new Aria resort where my bros Mike works. This resort is amazing!!

The lobby of Aria

Brielle loved the butterflies!!!

 Next we headed to Bellagio where they have some great gardens!

These flowers are all made of glass and hang above the check-in counter at Bellagio.

 The gardens

Spring is definitely in bloom here!

We are so happy we purchased this double stroller just before our trip. We would have heard lots of whining from our little princess that can't even make it through one store let alone a whole city!

One of my favorite spots in Vegas-The Bellagio fountains!! We made it around to the street view just as it was about to begin with one of our favorite songs-Frank Sinatra's Fly Me to the Moon 

Thankfully we got in lots of sun and swim time on our trip. Completely opposite of St. George!

Grandma G with Landon and Brielle in the kiddie pool.

This was the view from our room. This was just one of the pools. Obviously not the popular one like the laze river and waterfall ones. We still enjoyed it though!

 The last night of our trip we headed to Freemont Street or Old Vegas where we ate a buffet with Mike & Kimmy and hung around just until we learned that the light show was still 40 min away!!! Being already 10:30 our time we headed back to the condo and ditched the show. The kids still thought it was fun to see the lights on the ceiling and all the characters dressed up. I am happy we spared them the "night" life of Vegas that was slowly creeping into view while we were there. 

Brielle with her Ariel balloon doll and Landon with his monster "woo-woo" truck. He calls all trucks with sirens
"woo-woo trucks." Not that you can see it though!

Overall this was an amazing trip that we really needed. Our kids did so good sleeping and driving on this trip that it makes me excited to take more! Thankfully here comes Summer!!!!