Viva Las Vegas!

So, last Tuesday, we got an email from my Aunt Kellee saying that on Saturday, my cousin Logan was going to be baptized. I read it, said "great!" and deleted the email, thinking, "I would sure like to go, but they live in Las Vegas. That sure is a long trip." Then Jeremy got home, and I told him about the baptism, and he goes, "Let's go!" And thus began our plans. Lydia has never been anywhere in her short life, and Wyatt has really only been to Salt Lake for surgery. This is something that we never have done before and we were excited! (BTW-the above pic is the only one we took in Las Vegas. We kept forgetting that we had a camera.)

This McDonald's in Lehi was our first stop. It was the most awesome playground ever! All the music instruments really played music! For example, the piano slide actually played an octave slide as the child slid down it. There was also a really cool guitar that you could strum too. Plus, there was a huge tower to climb too. We stayed for far too long at this McDonald's!

Then we drove to Cedar City and got a hotel to sleep in. I caught these sweet pictures at a gas stop somewhere. We got to the Horito's house in Las Vegas at around 11 A.M. Saturday morning. Aidan and Wyatt loved playing with all the cousins! And Lydia just enjoyed the attention being a princess brings. The baptism was lovely and then they had a big dinner and birthday cake afterward. So fun. On Sunday, we visited with my cousin Megan, who just had an adorable little baby boy. I have seen Megan in years so it was so fun to get caught up and see her and meet her sweet baby. After the visit, we headed down to the Strip. We caught the Bellagio fountains and went to the M&M Store. That place is so much fun! There is M&M merchindise everywhere and you can see how M&M's are made and also see a funny 3D movie. The kids really liked this place. Plus, we bought them shirts and they thought it was so cool to be dressed like M&M's. Aidan posing in front of Elvis M&M.

We wanted to go to the Fremont Experience because I have never been, but we had had a full and fun day and everyone was tired. We spent the rest of the evening hanging out with the Horito's and relaxing. The 5 of us had to prepare for the long trip home the next day. We are so thankful for them for hosting us-we had so much fun playing with them!

We left Monday morning for Idaho Falls. Honestly, the kids did really well, for being stuck in the car for 12 hours. Aidan needed to stop about a hundred times, but, that was okay. One of the funniest things were when we got to Idaho Falls and were driving through the city to our house, Wyatt kept saying, "Home! Home!" I had no idea he was so attached. Anyway, it was all in all a really fun little trip. We might need to be a bit more spontanteous (although, not so ambitious!)