While we were with my family we went to Jake's baseball game and cheered him on. He is such a good little left-handed pitcher! I was mostly amazed at how tall he's gotten. Holy cow. It made me realize how much time has gone by since I've seen him!
We taught everyone how to play bocceball ( one of me and Ian's favorite outdoor games) and every morning Ian and Jake were outside shooting gophers with a pellet gun. Too funny to watch how intense they got about it.
Then the little kid inside of him really came out. Ian wanted to go play arcade games with everyone so we spent the day at Boomers and drove go-carts and played miniature golf. We had way too much fun playing Deal or No Deal.
We even got to go visit Laura and my cute little nephews and niece Oakley! She is only a month old, she is precious!
Ian and I went and had a picnic at the park where he proposed to me. It was neat to be back exactly where we were last year. We grabbed our Mr. Pickle's sandwiches that we had that day and a blanket and headed to the river. It was lovely and brought back so many good memories.
The day before we left, my whole family went to Six Flags: Discovery Kingdom in Vallejo. It was seriously so fun! I haven't been on roller coaster rides for years. We had a blast!! We watched an elephant and dolphin show which was amazing! And I got absolutely fried from walking around all day. But that's okay. Hey, I wanted some California sun and I got it!
I didn't want that day to end. Because I knew Friday would come and we'd have to leave. I cried that night because I didn't want to leave!! Time really does go by way too fast sometimes.
On Friday we left and of course as we were driving away I start crying my eyes out!! Poor Ian, having to deal with my emotions. But he was so sweet and he always knows how to comfort me.
We had another fun part of our trip to look forward and soon enough I was okay and excited for our next adventure! VEGAS!!
I took way too many pictures here. But I won't post all of them for your sake. I haven't been to Vegas since I was 11. Ian and I decided to stay at the Luxor. The pyramid hotel that projects a giant beam into the sky at night.
I remember seeing it as a girl and I thought it was so cool. Well now I finally got to stay there! We got there Friday evening. It was about a 9-hour drive to Vegas from California. Honestly, car rides like this one do not seem long at all. I was captivated by the Elizabeth Smart book and fell in and out of naps. Ian always makes me laugh until my ribs hurt, so I don't mind road trips :)
We got to the Luxor and I was so excited! I walked in and couldn't believe how huge it was...it was like its own world with a mall, exhibits, restaurants. It was spectacular! We didn't book the hotel room ahead of time so there were only 9 rooms left for the night! We were lucky to get in.
We met up with our buddy CJ who just got a job as nurse in Vegas. We haven't seen him since the wedding and I know Ian and CJ wanted some bro time. He met up with us at our hotel and we headed out on the town for the night!
Vegas was HOPPIN'! There were so many people everywhere probably because it was spring break. But at least it wasn't terribly hot like during other
times of the year. April is a perfect time to go. We walked everywhere. I mean everywhere. I love being in a city filled with lights, music and people!
We walked into pretty much every hotel to check them out. One of my favorite ones was the Bellagio. We stopped and watched the water show they have in their huge pond. There was a lot to see and I'm pretty confident we saw it all. My aching feet could testify to that
On Saturday we discovered that there was the Bodies Exhibit in our hotel and there was no way we were going to pass that up! We got a student discount (yay for being college students!) and it was worth every penny. We literally got to see real human bodies. Yeah it was a little gross at times. Ian and I felt a little queezy in the beginning but you get used to it. It was more fascinating than anything. The most amazing part of the exhibit was the fetal development section. We got to see embryos just 14 days old. Crazy how tiny and un-human like they look. It was incredible!
Later we headed out on the town again. We couldn't resist stopping at the M&M store. The store had four floors, not even kidding. Look at all these brilliant colors! They even had silver and black ones. We made a mix of our own. My favorite were the raspberry chocolate ones!
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At night we met with CJ again and went to Treasure Island to watch Mystere, which is a Circque de Soleil show. I've heard so much about these shows, and I felt lucky to be able to go to one. The tickets were not cheap. We got to sit right in the front, second row. Best seats ever. The show was mind blowing! People doing crazy acrobatics! It was very entertaining. I could watch that show again and again.
The next day we headed back to Rexburg and got to visit my daddy, grandma and brother for Easter in Utah on our way back.
It was a great vacation! Now we have a new semester to "look forward" to.
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