Drive-in

Every summer I want to go to the Drive-in but we never make it........but this year.......... we actually went.  On the 21st of July we invited our friends to come with us to see Despicable Me.  It was fun!

It turned out to be a good night, the weather was good & the company.  

We took the Jeep & put down the windshield..........but the boys liked the truck idea better.

Which was fine with us........date night baby!! Thanks for taking all the kids :)

Plus our friends made GOOD popcorn.  

They are definitively invited back :)

  

Both of the boys were pretty tired after the show.  Here is Jackson just chillin' in the back of the Jeep.  

Here is Ethan about half asleep.  

It was such a FUN night.  We will have to do it again.  

Vegas BABY!!

Our friends who live in CALI.......invited us to Vegas with them & stay in a nice resort!! Of course we said YES....we see them about once a year.  It was going to be over the 4th of July weekend......can you say HOT!! .......but .......it ended up not being as hot as I expected.....it was just right......102-104

Our friends weren't going to be to Vegas until Saturday so we decided to leave on Friday & drive to St.  George to see Kevin's grandparents.  

We took off in our rented KIA......we have had some crazy stories of car problems when we have driven to California in the past......so we decided to rent a car.  Plus I like the idea of putting wear and tear on someone else car & not worrying about getting out car dirty &............. you get to drive different cars.......even if it is a KIA :)

It was fun to see his grandparents.   Kevin's mom was there also.  Her parents haven't been doing so well.....so the kids take turns going down there to be with them.  We were lucky to have her down there when we went.  

AND.....again I didn't take pictures of that......I need to have my camera on me at all times!!!

Right when we got down to St. George we decided to take the kids to a place called Fiesta Fun Center.  They had been in the car for awhile & needed some running around time.  It was like a smaller version of boondocks.....there was hardly anyone there.....it was a Ghost town...but the kids loved it.  

After we spent some time with his grandparents we drove to Logandale....which is about an hour outside of Vegas.  Kevin has a mission companion who lives there....they invited us to stay with them that night.  It was fun to meet them & hear about mission stories again.  He is a cop in Vegas! It was fun to hear all the stories & you can tell how much he loves his job.  Then in the morning we took off to Vegas!

THANKS for the nice accommodations......hopefully we will see you all again!

Our nice CRIB

We showed up in Vegas around 3 pm on Saturday the 3rd & went to our digs!! 

It was a awesome place.....the Cancun Resort.  We were on the top floor.  It looked over the pool area........which we spent a few hours there.   It was nice!!  

The cute girl with us is Charley........she is SO funny!  Ethan & Charley got a long great, they had fun with each other.  

Not the best picture....but this is our view of the pool.  I always mean to take more pictures but never do.......bad Lindsay :)

THANKS for the great place!!!

4th of July Fireworks

On Sunday we went to church with one of Kristi's friends who served a mission with her.  She hadn't seen him for about 10 years or so.  After that we hung out at the condo & all of Ameri's family showed up.  They were staying in Vegas & then heading off to Price for one of Ameri's sister's wedding.  

We had a yummy spaghetti dinner & then watched fireworks.  It was AWESOME!! Out of our balcony we could see about 30 firework shows.....it was great.  They weren't right on top of you but it was awesome!! I love fireworks.  I didn't take very good pictures but you get the idea.  

After the kids were done watching the firework we watched some on the TV....the Boston Pops celebration. It was fun.  This is a picture of our friends girls......Charley & Maddie.....they are TOO cute. 

Movie & water place

On Saturday we went to Toy Story 3,  after we arrived in Vegas with our friends and their 2 girls.  It was cute....I really liked it.  I only cried once for entirely different reasons then why Ethan cried.

Ethan was kind of scared of the pink bear & a part in the movie that was kind of iffy.........

He kept saying "I want to go" but then he ended up being ok :) 

After the movie we went to California Pizza Kitchen for dinner.  It was yummy!  I got a appetizer that looked REALLY yummy but was a totally rip off!!  I didn't get very much for the money I paid for it.  

Oh well.........vacation.  

After we walked around the mall area, I noticed a water fountain place where kids could play.  It looked fun so we decided to come back & play.  

Ethan had so much fun playing & I loved watching him.  

As you may have noticed.....where is Jackson?? 

Well, he was so tired.....that we decided to let him sleep in the car with Kevin. 

I felt bad he couldn't join in but he needed sleep.   

Ethan & I could have stayed there forever.  I wish we had a place like this around here....but I have never found anything close to it.  Ethan had fun going through the maze they had.  He likes that kind of stuff.  

The strip & Circus Circus

We decided to let out friends have some time with their family......they don't see each other that often.........since they live all over.......so we decided to go see some of Vegas.  We took off & toured some hotel & saw some of the attractions around.  It was fun to be in Vegas again.  There were TONZ of  people there......but do you expect any less for Vegas?? 

 I love it & wish I had tons of money to go to all the shows.......now that would be fun.  

After we did that we met up with our friends at Circus Circus.......my old stompin' grounds.  We went to Vegas a lot growing up.  My brother Ryan played basketball & we would go to Vegas for the Easter Tournaments.  I spent a lot of Easters there.  We would always make it to Circus Circus to play all the games & would take a lot of stuffed animals home.......I think Ryan even has a lot of them still.  It was fun memories.  

We had dinner there & then watched.....about.......4 circus acts......they were cool.  Then I had to try my luck at the games.  I did one game & WON......a cute little lion for Ethan.  It was fun to play again.   

Hoover Dam

The last part of our trip was on the 6th of July,  we all went to the Hoover Dam.  It was awesome to see the new bridge they are building.  I am still amaze that civil engineers can do all that.  It is pretty great.  We stayed there for a bit & walked around ......it was SO HOT!! After that we made the long trek back home in our KIA :) Thanks for getting us there & back with no big problems. 

 THANKS again DAVID family for the awesome vacation.....we LOVE you all! 

Hope all goes well with the move.  Hope to see you again soon:)

I am SO mad....... we never got any pictures together with our friends........

I guess that calls for another vacation!