Spring Break: Las Vegas

For Sping Break, we had originally had Tayler scheduled to get her tonsils out, but since it wasn't urgent and her Dr. said we could wait until summer, we decided to head to Las Vegas for the week.  My work was slow and Sean got the whole week off, so we left Friday around 11.  We didn't tell the kids.  I packed for everyone, loaded it in the truck, checked out Tay & Rylee from school and picked up Sean in Salt Lake.  The boys were SO excited when I told them.  I wrote a letter for Tayler and Rylee to read before they got to the car.

(up to this point Tayler still thought she was having her tonsils out in a few hours).. mean!

They were all very excited when I told them!

 Jackson kept chanting "Las Vegas" about a billion times!

I had done a LOT of shopping and packed their suitcases with all new summer clothes, since we were heading into the 80's for the week.  It was heaven.  Friday night we found the yummiest pizza place. 

Saturday, the boys went to see the Sharks and the girls went to get manicures and pedicures

Our hotel had a movie theater and bowling alley so we saw:

  and Sean and the 3 oldest kids saw:

and we ate WAY too much popcorn!

Easter was that Sunday, so the Easter Bunny found his way to our Hotel room.

 
after the hunt, we All cuddled in Bed and watched "The Testament"  I cried.  I love that show and I love how well my kids watched it. Then we talked about our testimonies and the importance off what Easter really means.  It was wonderful.

Jackson was being a stinker and wouldn't stand close to Tayler.  What a funny little boy!

We rode the tram and had a great day together!

The rest of the week, we swam, ate, slept, and walked around all the hotels.

They loved the Venetian.  It is beautiful inside and they loved the gondola's.

One night, Sean found a mini Gran Prix. It was a blast.  They all loved it!

The sun felt so nice!  I love to be warm.  I love to not worry about jackets, or coats.  We wore shorts and flip flops the whole time.

My kids love to swim!  I love to lay in the sun, so it all worked out.  When Jackson got tired, he and Sean would go back to the room and take a nap.  Everyone was happy :)

We game home to the first outdoor soccer games of the season's.  Jayson was so excited to play he could hardly stand it.  Here is #2 back in action.

We also got our Lagoon Passes for the Season after Jayson's game.  Jayson was 46 inches, exactly, so he was tall enough to go on all the big rides. He was in Heaven and not afraid one bit! The 4 of us went on all the big rides and then Sean and Jackson came later and I hung out in kiddie land with Jacks.

Jayson's favorite rides were Wicked and White Roller Coaster.  I love that they are fearless.

It was a wonderful Spring Break, topped off with Conference on Sunday. I am so glad that we took a little time away and played together.  Love my little fam!

Brent's visit & Soccer lists

The end of March, Brent called and told me that he was in town and wanted to come see us if possible.  He had came to watch the March Madness games at Energy Solutions!  Of course we wanted to see him.

He said that he had Saturday morning open and wondered what we were up too.  Well, soccer, of course! :)

It was the championship game for Tayler's team at 8:30 a.m. and their last indoor game.  They had played in a Boy's league that session and the first game they lost by only 1 point.  Tayler had 3 goals, and put them up 5 to 3, but in the last few minutes it went to 6-5.  It was heartbreaking.  BUT, they got a chance to play this same Boy's team again (who had never lost a game in all 3 sessions) for the CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.  It was so fun to watch! 

The outcome was also awesome.  Tay's team beat them 5-1.  I don't think they knew what hit them.  I think they were in shock as they left.  I was so proud of our team.


Brent came up to watch it with us.  He has such a good nature about him,  just goes with the flow.  Love that about him!  I am sad this picture is blurry, but it is the only one I got.

In between Tay's game and Jayson's game we went out to breakfast so we could all chat and eat.  It was nice!  We are so excited for the arrival of Brent and Ashley's cute little BOY, in just a few short months!  They will be such wonderful parents.

They also had all the boards up that show the top 10 players out of all the teams in that age bracket and each of my kids were on the list!

 Super impressed that Tay was, considering that they were in the BOYS league and it was super competitive.

 

 So proud of my little munchkins!  Thanks for coming to see us Brent!  We love you.