Saturday, December 31, 2022

Las Vegas

We made it to Uncle Steve and Aunt Cyhthia's house to stay for a few days. Their house was gorgeous and not quite kid friendly. We spent a day seeing some things in Vegas that weren't the Strip. We saw Aunt DeeAnne and Uncle Dan, went to park, Deseret Book, a movie, dinner at Chilis, celebrated New Years, and more. Sunday we went to church and the kids realized what a big ward looked like. That evening we saw most of Steve and Cynthia's kids and grandkids.
Bentely packed all these things herself and Khloee had very similar things too. So fun she went at put all of hers on too.
Unicorn sleeping masks
Kyler practiced his drawing abilities every morning.  He is pretty amazing!
Doing the girls' hair
In-N-Out!  Kyler and Damon entertained themselves the entire time by waving and making signs to the people coming out of the drive threw.  It was pretty entertaining for us too with how excited they were getting.
Found a park for the kids to run around, but it was freezing!!

Went to the movie to kill some time because there wasn't much to do at the house, and we were scared to have them there too long while awake.
Radley took advantage of the empty theater and wanted to hang in the back himself.
Chilis!!

Cheslea and Bryant threw a New Year's party!  The kids had fun!


Uncle Steve and Aunt Cynthia's House

The kids were stoked when we pulled up to this house!


Those big double doors are the ones we walked through and opened to the courtyard.


It almost looks more impressive at night


The entry
The courtyard
Living room



All the boys, including Kenney, were fascinated by the pancake machine at the hotel we stayed in.


Drawing in the morning.


That's one way to use an elliptical.

 
Mackenzie can find a way to play with just about anything.


All of us sitting as a family... and then there's Radley!! I love that he's confident enough to sit by himself.


We don't often eat at non-fast food places, so it was fun to watch kids' excitement at such a pretty small thing.


New Year's Party!!



Fake New Year's Eve countdown


This was a fun activity for all the kids! I love her huge smile at the end!


Bentley wanted to do it, but she didn't want anyone looking at her!


Radley loved it!


Damon found a new technique.


Vertical Slide

Friday, December 30, 2022

The Hoover Dam

 We had a dam good time visiting the Hoover Dam!!  The kids really did enjoy walking around and seeing the views. It was also really nice walking around here without sweating buckets!  


First time to Nevada for these kids.
We all took turns being in 2 places at 1 time: half in AZ and half in NV
A state away from one another, haha
Damon's favorite picture of this adventure, lol!
The younger 3 wanted their picture taken everywhere (I have a picture of the girls just like this).




Cute little reel of the dam!


The kids loved running across the bridge


Can you tell they have been in the car a little too long??



It is very impressive they built this dam in 1931!!


As impressive as the dam is, the kids were more entertained by the drinking fountain!


Nice views!


Radley was dying to use the bathroom for some reason. We thought it was because he wanted to see out of the window in the tower, but it was funny either way.