Vegas Baby! Mesquite Trip part IV The finally.

We stayed Sunday night at Mandalay Bay. It was sooo windy that we didn't get to enjoy the pool as much as we'd like to have.Checking in


The rooms were really nice for the price! Tierra and I loved the bathroom with it's TV!

Me in my office trying to call around to find out our cheapest options for entertainment in Vegas.

Nice big Plasma screen TV!

Walking the strip.The Luxor

Giddy-up

M&M factory is free...that's always a plus. I miss the Coke factory with all the drinks from all around the world...why do they get rid of the cool stuff?

On the way to the 3D movie.

Lots of colors and types to choose from. Only $11.99 a pound? um we'll take just 5. One a piece...I don't like them so I'm good.

MGM, looking up at the Lion's

The Rainforest

Waiting for the alligator to come alive.

Logan working up his appetite

Hud and Parks love magic...they have been making up their own tricks using cards and pennies since we got back.

Riding the tram because it was too windy to walk.The lights at Freemont Street

Heading to the pools

Wish this was my backyard view!

Hudson and Larry in the Lazy River

Hot tubbing...it was too cold and windy to swim for us.

We were going to go to the Shark Reef Aquarium that night but it closed so we went in the morning before checking out.

Since Logan was free he didn't get a handet so he was fighting with me the whole time to listen...he's not into taking turns! (He has Tierra's in this pic) Fiesty little booger!

Cool Jellyfish...Why in the world were they created?

They have no brain, eyes, heart...amazing.

Touching the stingrays...ew slimy

Lion fish

Octopus

The boys wanted me to get a shot of the sharks teeth.

They had 2 huge sea turtles. Some other cool things to look at were eels, sword fish,

a golden alligator and a Komodo Dragon.

Mesquite part III

(For those of you on facebook, the Mesquite pics may be a repeat)

After hiking Snow Canyon the boys wanted to swim at the Woolsey's hotel pool. So all the girls went shopping at the Red Cliff Mall while the boys swam and played some parking lot football. We stayed 4 nights at the Oasis where we did a little swimming and laying out.The boys watching a DVD on our laptop. We had a 2 bedroom suite so Tierra had her very own studio apt. Which she loves!Logan had his very own queen size bed while the older boys slept on the fold away couch.
Larry looks forward to Casa Blanca's Sunday Buffet Smorgasbord...it's delicious! Even with the cook of 15 years gone and a new woman making the Belguim waffles and omelets.

3rd Grade Buy and Sell

"Hudson's Variety Store"

Hudson (I should say "I" cuz I manned his store most of the time so he could shop) sold tattoos, mini pops, mini chocolate donuts, and glow-n-the-dark necklaces and bracelets.
I found Parks heading out to recess so I brought him in to go shopping with Hudson. He loved it. We still couldn't spend our money fast enough. I wish I had been on the ball and bought all the pops, candybars and snacks I found because really they were "free"!!! Natalie Roper and I were running around at the last minute trying to snatch up anything left. It was a blast.

Lynn manning Scott's store. Scott, Hudson, Parks and Alex covering themselves in tatoos! Heidi (Mrs. Woolsey, the school secretary) had been given money from students, so she came in to buy things for Jacob who is in the 2nd grade. She gave me his money so it was mine and Hudson's job to buy him toys and treats. Oh the pressure! :) We still had tons of money left over when the day was done.

I paid my 5 bucks (what a steal!) to have my picture taken with Edward Cullen. Notice how jealous Bella is next to me!

I had to take a picture of Kaydon who was happy as a clam eating his cotton candy with his newly painted black fingernails! Hope Coach Larry doesn't notice them at baseball practice tonight. ha ha
Kaydon also got his picture with Bella. I asked if he knew who she was and he didn't. He said he was the first boy to get a picture with her that day though!

The sad thing is Mrs. Sheffield informed us that "Business and Economy" was being taken out of the school curriculum which means the 3rd graders will probably no longer be doing the buy and sell. ??? With today's economy is that such a bright idea?

Mesquite part II Snow Canyon with the Woolseys

Trailhead The Woolseys were visiting Heidi's grandma in St. George the same weekend we had our baseball tournament. They came to Friday's games to watch Hudson and Scott play. Then we met them Saturday to hike Snow Canyon, a tradition for them. I was so excited to have something new to do when we go down there from now on! It is soooo beautiful!
Easy climbing, it was like steps all the way up.

Hudson and Jacob were always ahead of us!

Larry and Mike carried our lunches.

Best buds

We sat at the top to eat our lunch.

The views were breathtaking.

This is the Mountain to our left that Hudson, Jacob and Parks hiked to the top of and back before we were even done eating our lunch! They are just dots on the mountainside from here.

Taylor, Alix and Tierra

Why they have to take their shirts off is beyond me. Skinny, white, bony boys, always flexing their muscles! ha ha ha

While hiking we lost Hud and Jake. Heidi and I went back down to this Lava Rock cave because we knew they wanted to go down in it and sure enough....after much hollering we heard them deep down inside the cave...there are two entrances and it's pitch black deep inside!

So all of us came back and ventured inside.

Mike had gone in ahead and hid in a hole waiting for the girls. When they got close enough he turned the flashlight on his face and growled. Logan heard the screams and started hiking back out by himself!

Hud and Jake found a new way out...They got scrapes from it but they kept doing it several times!

Eating a snack outside the cave.

Heading back down the trail for home.