LAS VEGAS

SORRY IT HAS TAKEN SO LONG TO GET THESE PICTURES UP. I GOT LAZY AND THEN RAN INTO SOME TECHNICAL DIFFICULITIES, BUT HERE WE ARE ON OUR LATEST ADVENTURE.

I HAVE WANTED TO TAKE THE BOYS ON A TRIP DURING THEIR SPRING BREAK FOR QUITE SOME TIME NOW, BUT HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO MUSTER THE COURGE OR PART WITH THE MONEY. BUT THIS YEAR SOMETHING CAME OVER ME AND I JUST HAD TO DO IT. I WANTED TO TAKE THEM SOMEWHERE CLOSE, WARM AND WHERE THEY WOULD HAVE FUN. THE ONLY THING I COULD COME UP WITH WAS VEGAS. I HAD BEEN THERE BEFORE SO FELT COMFORTABLE ABOUT FNDING MY WAY AROUND AND KNEW THAT WE COULD FIND FUN THINGS TO DO. I SCHEDULED OUR TRIP AND AWAY WE WENT. I BORROWED MY SISTER CARMEN'S PORTABLE DVD PLAYERS SO THE BOYS COULD BE ENTERTAINED DURING THE DRIVE. THANK YOU CARMEN.

THIS WAS AT OUR FIRST POTTY BREAK. WE DID HEED THE WARNING ON THE SIGN AND DID NOT TOUCH ANY OF THE ANIMALS, THE BOYS ONLY STOOD NEXT TO THEM.


OUR NEXT STOP WAS AT HISTORIC COVE FORT. IRA HINKLEY, PRES. HINKLEY'S GREAT GRANDFAHER, WAS ASKED BY BRIGHAM YOUNG TO BUILD A FORT TO HELP PROTECT AGAINST INDIANS. A BATTLE WAS NEVER FOUGHT THERE SINCE THE POINEERS WERE ABLE TO MAKE FRIENDS WITH THEIR NATIVE NEIGHBORS.


THIS WAS THE CABIN THAT IRA HINKLEY FIRST BUILT UPON ARRIVAL TO THE LOCATION WHERE THE FORT WAS TO BE.


OUR NEXT STOP WAS IN ST.GEORGE. WE VISITED THE TEMPLE GROUNDS AND PLAYED TAG ON THE GRASS. I'M NOT SURE HOW APPROPRIATE THAT WAS BUT WE HAD FUN AND I'M SURE THE LORD DIDN'T MIND.



HERE THE BOYS ARE ON THE STAIRS OF THE TEMPLE.



OK, I GUESS I'LL PUT IN A PICTURE OF MYSELF. THIS IS ME IN FRONT OF THE ST.GEORGE TEMPLE. I THINK NICHOLAS TOOK THIS PICTURE.


HERE WE ARE. WE ARRIVED SAFELY AND IN GOOD TIME. WE STAYED AT THE EXCALIBER HOTEL.


THE BOYS CHILLIN ON THE BED IN OUR ROOM. IT WAS SO CUTE TO HEAR THEM SAY HOW FANCY THE ROOM WAS WE WERE STAYING IN. IF THEY ONLY REALLY KNEW.


THIS WAS THE PICTURE HANGING ON THE WALL IN THE BATHROOM. I THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY COOL.


AFTER GETTING SETTLED IN OUR ROOM, OFF TO THE POOL WE GO. THE WATER WAS A LITTLE COLD BUT THE SUN WAS SHINING AND IT WAS ALOT WARMER THAN WHERE WE HAD COME FROM, SO THE BOYS JUMPED IN AND HAD A BLAST. I TOOK IT A LITTLE SLOWER AND NEVER COULD GET IN ALL OF THE WAY.






M&M WORLD, A CHILDS PARADISE. THE BOYS ENJOYED SEEING ALL OF THE THINGS THAT YOU COULD POSSIBLY PUT AN M&M LOGO ON.


AT M&M WORLD THERE IS A 3-D MOVIE ENTITLED "I LOST MY M IN VEGAS" THAT WE WERE ABLE TO WATCH. IT WAS REALLY CUTE. HERE THE ARE BOYS SPORTING THEIR 3-D GLASSES.


SOME OF THE SIGHTS OF VEGAS.






THIS WAS OUR LAST STOP FOR GAS COMING HOME. ANDREW HAD TO "RIDE" ON THE SINCLAIR DINOSAUR. I'M NOT SURE BUT I THINK HER NAME IS CLAIRE.


ON THE WAY HOME NICHOLAS AND I TOOK THESE PICTURES WHILE IN THE CAR. THE SCENERY IN SOUTHERN UTAH IS JUST BEAUTIFUL. I REALLY ENJOYED THE BEAUTY OF THE VIRGIN RIVER CANYON.



WE HAD A GREAT TIME ON OUR TRIP AND I'M SO GLAD I TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY. THE BOYS THINK WE ARE GOING BACK FOR ALL OF SUMMER BREAK. WELL MAYBE NOT THAT SOON BUT I THINK WE WILL BE DOING LOTS MORE TRIPS TOGETHER. UNTIL NEXT TIME...