Friday in Vegas

Two years ago all the guys headed out to Vegas for Halloween for Billy's birthday. Last year, Paul's mom and I decided we were going to go also. However, we had Colin and I was pregnant. We had a good time but didn't really get to enjoy Halloween in Vegas. I decided then that we were going to go back this year. When Jen and Jason were out this summer we convinced them to come along. Billy and Bobby were going anyways with their friends. Paul's grandma decided to come to watch the kids for us so we could all go out for Halloween. It ended up being a big family party in Vegas. It was a lot of work but we all had a lot of fun and Colin really loved it.

We left at 9am to drive down to Vegas. The kids did really well in the car. We stopped twice for Colin to go potty. We packed a lunch and just ate in the car. We made GREAT time....until we ran into a traffic jam right in Vegas. There was an accident and we were in stopped traffic for almost an hour.

When we got in we got the kids around and went right to the pool for a little bit.

Audrey had a lot of fun playing in the sand.


Colin in the pool


Enjoying the lazy river


I wasn't sure if I was going to get Audrey in the pool but I decided that I would since it was her first time "swimming". She liked it for a little while but then I think she got cold because she got really mad.




After some time at the pool we got ready and headed out to dinner. We all hopped on the tram to Excalibur and then walked over to MGM. We had dinner at the Rainforest Cafe. Colin and Tyler really liked all the animals, Natalie wasn't so sure.

Waiting for the train. Colin wondering "choo choo....where are you?"


On the train to Excalibur


This was on our walk over. Colin had a lot of fun with Uncle Billy that night. He threw a huge fit when Billy left.


Dinner at Rainforest






During dinner someone came over to make the kids balloon animals. Billy convinced her to make the "most amazing" thing she could make.


After dinner Jason, Paul and Billy took the kids back to the hotel while the rest of us went and saw KA. We enjoyed the show. Paul had a tough time with the kids because Colin got really upset when Billy left and Audrey was way too over tired. He managed though, both were tucked nicely in bed when I got back.






After the show Paul and I headed to bed. We were hoping to get a good night sleep in because we knew we'd be up late the next night. The kids had other plans. They each got up once during the night and then were both up at 5:30 am(since we were an hr behind Utah time).