April 7, 2012

Las Vegas Trip

We went back to Las Vegas so Brad could go to the Wyndham Global Conference, thanks to his company for paying for the hotel room and gas! Brad had a great time at all his meetings, received a Chairman's Award, and got to meet all the big-wigs associated with Wyndham hotels. He came away really motivated and with lots of ideas to better himself and his hotel. And he got to meet Captain America and Thor.


The kids and I had a fun time swimming in the Luxor pool, visiting the zoo, eating their first Happy Meals, playing at a park, eating lots of frozen yogurt (there was a self serve place right outside the elevators we used in our hotel) and relaxing in our hotel room.


One of the funniest things that happened on this trip was Ruth's reaction to palm trees. The first one she encountered she ran right up to, turned around and started bouncing up and down trying to scratch her back. Then she stepped away and said, "Ow that hurts!" Can you tell she was watching Jungle Book on the way down to LV?


One of the kids' favorite things was riding on escalators, elevators and the monorail that goes between Mandalay Bay, Luxor and Excalibur. Tuesday was a bit of a grumpy day for the me and the kids. I took them to see the sharks at Mandalay Bay which they hated and the only thing that made them happy until dad showed up were the escalators and monorail. Later that day we went to Circus Circus and watched a fun circus show and played lots of kid games.

As a family we had fun eating at the Rain Forest Cafe (service sucked, food was ok...the refillable ICEES was exciting...decor was AMAZING and we got to sit right by the gorillas),


seeing the M&M movie, seeing Tournament of the Kings and generally seeing the sights and lights of LV. Tournament of Kings was the last thing we did Wednesday night and it was the perfect way to wrap up the trip. We got to watch a fun show with knights, horses, fire, dancing princesses and dragons, all the while eating chicken and roasted potatoes with our hands and making as much noise as possible...it was the perfect kid event that Brad and I loved too. Also a great b-day present for me!


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