Day #21 (Wow! What a lapse in posts! I bet you thought I've fallen out of LOVE, but the truth is I've been preoccupied, but thought I had better resume my LOVES because I have quite a few left that I really want to do before the months end.)
I LOVE visiting Vegas. HUGE emphasis placed on VISITING. I LOVE coming here to visit my parents, but I am not sure I could live here. I LOVE all the fun thing to do in Vegas (so different from being home. Five days flies right by!) I LOVE the climate (this time of year). I LOVE the time difference (getting up at 4:00 am to join my Dad at the gym feels like I get to sleep-in! Plus, Myka goes to bed at 6:30 pm here!!! Wahoo!) I LOVE my parents entertaining my kids! I LOVE the food....(lots of BBQ because the weather is so nice)! And my Dad makes the best popcorn! I LOVE just sitting around in the evening and not feeling like I need to be doing laundry, cleaning or other boring chores! I LOVE how my parents are so laid-back and let my kids destroy their house! (I bet they are so glad when we finally get out of here.)
Chad and his buddies were busy doing this (81 holes of golf in 3 days). Boring.
I didn't feel like being home alone for 3 days with 2 kids, so I hopped on this:
and headed here to visit the 'rents for five days:
I LOVE vegas for their parks! Amazing parks. My favorite park is in Aliente, which we visited almost everyday. It was great being about the only ones there (maybe it's because we arrive there about 9:00 a.m. With the time difference the kids are up by 6 and by the time we do breakfast and all the morning routine we are looking for something to do by 8:30).
Aliente Nature Park is incredible! Ducks are everywhere around the pond, and the kids loved feeding them crackers.
Myka and Carsen's favorite part was the sand pit. It's set-up to be like a Dinosaur Quarry and you have to dig for Dinosaur bones (or just eat the sand if your name is Myka). 
(not my photo)!
(not my photo)!
Before visiting the park we had to stop at our favorite store to pick up some necessities for digging:
Have you been to this store? It's fantastic! I can roam around in there for at least 45 minutes finding things I don't need, but how can you pass them up for only $1. I've found fabulous jewelry there and I always stock up on hair elastics, gift bags, coloring books and piece-of-crap toys that entertain the kids on plane rides. This time we bought shovels and buckets for the kids to take to the park.
Look at this beautiful park! It's magnificent. The weather has been beautiful! I parked my rump on a bench and watched the kids run around. Huge plus with this park is it's gated--and--the slides have gates around them too so I don't have to worry about Myka falling through a side rail. And, the ground is made-up of that soft surface so when the kiddos eat it while running they don't get scrapes.
And of course I LOVE Vegas for my favorite shopping destinations.
One in particular is kind of ridiculous, but so dear to my heart. I found this store about 3 years ago and HAVE to visit it every time I am here. (If my parents ever move I will still fly here just to visit this store). It's super stylish clothing for a cheap price (however, this time I was here I thought the prices seemed higher). Here's the ridiculous part; one dressing room for everyone! Yup, it's like a girls locker room back in Middle School. Everyone just undresses and goes to town. AND to make matters worse there are mirrors lining the dressing room. The dressing room is the absolute worst part about this store, but it's all worth it to me! I laugh every time I go in there, because people just don't care...so why should I? (Uhmm...maybe because my underwear is very different!)
And one of my last Vegas LOVES is In-n-Out Burger. Oh yeah! Chad told me they are putting a couple in the Salt Lake area and quite honestly, I am not too thrilled. Eating at In-n-Out is a treat, not an everyday routine. I wait patiently for my visits to Vegas to indulge in the delicious burger, fries and chocolate milk shake. I enjoy the scarcity of it. My kids love this place too!
I LOVE visiting Vegas and look forward to my quarterly visits! Tomorrow I go back home to reality (and snow) but I'm ready. It's fun to visit, but always wonderful to go home!
11 comments:
I'm so happy that you were able to have a little get-away while your husband was out playing golf. And, I have to agree, I find that game boring!
Oh, those dressing rooms. They have many of those in CA and they seriously annoy me. You have girls parading around in their g-strings or sometimes nothing on and then there is me!
I love that your kids love In-N-Out. I bet they were spoiled by your awesome parents. Glad you had a fun trip!
Every time we go through Vegas we have to stop at In-N-Out. I love it. We usually hit it in Barstow first then in Vegas and then in St. George. By that point, I have eaten so many calories it is a joke. But it is good!
Trisha, you're dead-on about the dressing rooms....(girl's in their skimpy little underwear, or no underwear)!
That's so awesome that you can so easily strap on your brave boots and take your two small kids on a plane to go visit your parents. Good for you!
And eat an In-N-Out burger for me before you leave!
I love Vegas too!! I am glad you will be back soon!! We missed you at the movie...we will do it again soon right?!? Travel safe, I am glad you got to see your family!!
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What a fun time. I was telling Collin it would be so great to have someone to go visit in such a fun place every now and again...I bet your parents just eat it up when you are there. They love their grandkids and they love their fabulous Keysha!! I missed you while you were gone and glad you are back!! Glad you had fun:)
I have only been to Las Vegas once and it was just over night as we were passing through for Jared's wedding when I was in high school. Jeff really wants to take a trip there and after reading your blog I think I am ready to go. I also have never eaten at In-N-Out burger but Jeff tells me good things. If they are coming to Utah maybe I will get the chance!
Oh, why didn't I ask you for ideas in Vegas soonr. We usually go there once a year and run out of places to see and things to do with kids. Thanks for the ideas. Sounds like you always have fun-- what a fun getaway.
Paul keeps trying to get me to go to Vegas with him for work but I have yet to make it happen. What's the matter with me, a free getaway and I'm not going? I'll have to call you up and get the specifics on some of these places...sounds like fun!!
Kari wants to go to the mirrored locker room store - ha! That would be funny, here I am girls, in my sexy, oh wait...not so sexy stuff!! Looks like a great getaway to take now and then! Lucky you to get out of the snow!
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