SATURDAY
Our flight out of Ausin was horribly early...5:30am. That means we were all up and out of bed by 2:30. As a treat, Roger upgraded us to first class. The kids loved it.
After naps all around, we headed out to check out the strip. Boys outside the New York, New York hotel.
We stayed at Excalliber. The kids loved the knights and castle theme.
New York New York again
Conservatory at the Bellagio. The gardens were done up for Chinese New Year. Unfortunately we missed the big celebration by a couple of weeks.
The boys with Grandma and Papa
Eiffel Tower outside the Paris hotel
Street performer on Freemont Street. He was all painted red and had some kind of contraption in his pants that gave the illusion that he was able to sit in mid air. You can see it better in the picture with Beckett.
SUNDAY
The boys were disappointed that they weren't tall enough to ride the roller coaster at New York, New York. So we headed to Circus Circus so they could experience their first roller coaster ride.
No one was there. First car for all of us. And we were the only ones on the coaster. :-)
Here we go!
Zoltar! LOVE the movie Big so when we saw this we were so excited. It was a little eery because as we were waiting for the place to open up, a fortune popped out of the machine. Beckett went and got it and it was Beckett to a tee! Crazy!
While at Circus Circus, we went to the free show. This is the clown that performed. The kids thought he was hilarious.
After leaving Circus Circus, we headed over to Grandma and Papa's hotel. Roger and Papa had tickets to a Superbowl party, so Grandma and I took the kids to the Childrens Museum. We had a great time.
Making Art
Flight Simulator
In this video, you will see the fear of falling exhibit, the hurricane simulator and the water exhibit.
The fear of falling has 2 parts - me videoing them "falling" and then a video of the video of their faces while they were falling.
The hurricane simulator was basically a phone booth with 90 mph winds. I love the difference in their reactions...Grant serious, Beckett performing.
Luckily we left the water exhibit to the end. The boys were thoroughly drenched and had a great time!
Trying to dry off before heading back to the hotel.
Not sure why they wanted to show their bellies...I just wanted a picture outside the museum.
That night Beckett and Grant went and "camped" with Grandma and Papa at their 5th wheel trailer. So Roger and I headed out for the night. First stop - the Venetian. This is definitely my favorite hotel. It was just beautiful.
The main area...set up to look like a street in Venice with restaurants. There was a small Italian quartet performing while we were there. Really nice.
MONDAY
Monday morning Roger and I met the rest of the clan for breakfast and then we headed to Hoover Dam. It was a beautiful day to be there - sunny and 75.
Beckett took this picture - that's quite the pose Grant
Beckett took this one too
Grandma and the boys
One of the HUGE holes drilled for drainage. It was pretty spooky/freaky to look down there. It went a LONG way.
Of course, not as impressive as it was in person. This is the actual dam and those little black dots on top are people.
Roger explaining the workings of the dam
Amazing bridge over the Colorado River. We drove over the bridge and unfortunately, with the barricades, you can't see anything.
Here Beckett was standing in Nevada and Grant was standing in Arizona...an hour earlier.
Completely worn out.
Monday night was a our big finale...we had tickets to the Knight show at the Excalliber. We had to kill some time so we headed over to the Luxor.
Some kind of mask that's worn by all the performers in one of the Vegas shows. Love that B is wearing his sunglasses inside
This is the arena for the Knight show - The Tournament of Kings. We were in the front row for the country of Hungary. The show wouldn't allow pictures, so this is all I have. I really thought it was going to be cheesy...something like Midieval Times. But this show was so much more. There were fireworks, pyrotechnics, sword fighting, jousting. It was really entertaining and the boys ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT. I so wish I could have just filmed them. We cheered. We booed. It was great.
Our hero - the king and knight from Hungary
