Part 1 of our trip....Las Vegas

So we thought we would save some money and fly into Vegas rather then SLC because it was so darn expensive...but then the price of gas has gone WAY up since we bought our tickets and so it probably is about the same we are spending. Oh well, it was fun to have a little family vacation in Vegas for a night. So we got to Vegas at about 5:30 on Wednesday to find out that the car we had rented is only rentable in Utah, Nevada and California and that we can't take it into Idaho!!!! WHAT! So now we are having to rearrange things so we can drive my parents car into Idaho and they are going to have to get on our contract so they can drive our rental! Talk about crazy! So the flights went well, Gavin was wiggly but good. Thank goodness Matt has the touch and can get him to sleep. He did throw one toy that flew in the air and landed in the seats in front of us. Luckily the people were understanding! :) We stayed at the Hilton in Vegas and after dinner crashed that night. The kids were a little mixed up because of the time zones and so after a restless night of getting up every 2 hours they woke up at 5:30 a.m. and were ready to go for the day. They went to bed at 9:30 p.m. (which is really 12:30 a.m. in Florida) Needless to say they were exhausted! That night Luke and Emma both fell out of bed and landed in between the two beds! I had to take a picture :) The next day we went to the pool and hung out for a while and then went and drove around and looked at all the amazing hotels they have. Then we took the monorail and went to the hotel Treasure Island and had lunch at one of their restaurants. While we were waiting for the monorail Luke was sitting there playing near the escalator. Before we knew it he had stepped onto the escalator that was going up. He thought he would easily be able to step off but it was going too fast...after panicking for a brief moment I told him to relax because there were stairs right next to it, so he rode it all the way up. He was laughing so hard that he was almost in tears. Then he came down the stairs right in time as the monorail pulled up. He said "mom you need to blog that" :) After our little Vegas exploring we were packed up in the car and headed to Salt Lake to see Grandma and Grandpa! Emma and Luke were relieved to FINALLY leave for Salt Lake. They were dying to see Grandma and Grandpa and their cousins.

Here we are at the airport and on the airplane...

Here's our cool hotel....

And here's the two deep sleepers that fell out of bed :)

Next time we will have to put them all in a crib so no one falls out of bed! :)

Chillin at the pool!

Treasure Island

Luke's escalator adventure :)

At the pool Gavin ate a container of cream cheese! What a nutritious breakfast! :)