We were supposed to be going to Rexburg over Spring Break but things just didn't work out. So we figured we'd better find some fun things to do here.
Monday wasn't really a day to be noted so we'll pretend it didn't even happen. Tuesday however Todd was home from work because he always has the day after tax season is over, off. It also happened to be 85 degrees that day so we headed to some water to play in. I still haven't found the ideal splash park but this one did fine for this day.
The girls were
SO excited to finally get to wear their new swimsuits. Ellie is into posing for some reason, I just smile and say "cute" and take the picture. Cheese ball.
The kids all admit it's not as great as the splash park in Rexburg because there were no slides, but they seemed to enjoy themselves just the same. This one had palm trees that squirted water.
My sunbathing beauties.
That night Todd's mom had a layover here in Las Vegas on her way home from Utah so we headed to the airport to have a quick visit with her. We were all so excited to see her and were sad she had to get back on the plane and not stay and play with us.
Wednesday & Thursday were park days. Have I mentioned how many parks are here in Las Vegas? TONS!!!! We like to go find new ones to play at. I've found my favorite, it's still new, hardly anyone ever there, and has a place for the little kids and the bigger kids to play.
Friday arrives and I had done some research online of some things to do here. Todd and I decided on Three things and away we went. Our first stop was the Mirage Hotel. They had the Sigfried and Roy Secret Garden and Dolphin habitat.
It was a gorgeous hotel and the kids loved the waterfall and cool bridge.
First we sat and watched the Dolphins for what seemed like forever. They don't have a "show" that they put on but the trainers were out weighing them and feeding them so we did see them do a few tricks for a treat.
Holland was upset about something and refused to stand with the kids for a picture. Drama.
We then headed over to the big cats to see the Leopards,
The GIGANTIC white tiger which I swear would smile for the camera.
(I have two more shots that I took at different times and each time it smiled)
They also had a white lion but the only shot I could get of it was of it's backside since it was sleeping up on a platform.
On the way out we stopped at the bathroom and Ellie was in awe. SO I had to get a picture of her in the BEAUTIFUL bathroom.
I had found online what sounded like a fun place to eat lunch but it turned out not to be so fabulous. So we went on a hunt for a park and luckily Todd had heard of one out by the airport. Eventually we found it and had fun eating lunch and watching the planes coming in to land.
It was a huge park and we found this little dessert walk to go explore.
Gross fact for you. At the top they had a drinking fountain and at the base was a fountain that dogs could get a drink out of and of course that's where my kids got their drink from.
After lunch we headed to the Flamingo. They have a flamingo habitat with Koi fish, turtles, and a black swan.
The Koi were ENORMOUS!! and there were tons of them swimming around.
We then went across the street to Caesars to watch the "Fall of Atlantis" anamotronic show. Todd and I thought it was pretty cheesy but the kids loved it.
At the end they had real fire and the dragon on the back of this chair came alive which scared Ellie to death. The boys thought it was "so cool".
We ended the day with dinner at McD's and an ice cream cone at home.
It's amazing what you can find to do here. I want to take the kids to Hoover dam as well as Red Rock Canyon for some thing out side of Vegas, but we've still got even more on our list of things to explore.
Saturday we kicked back and hung out at home. Todd played a little frisby golf in the morning then I ran and got some Easter bunny things since I completely forgot to take care of that during the week. After lunch we headed out to find another park to explore. We found a great on too but I of course forgot my camera. We will certainly be going back so you'll have to wait until then to see the fun place we found. Ellie wants to go back and have a picnic under the big flowers and butterflies, wait till you see them.
I think we had a pretty fun spring break considering we were supposed to have been with cousins and family which would have been even more fun.
This post is mainly for the grandma's to see the girls in their Easter dresses. I didn't take any pictures this year of the festivities mostly because I didn't have any planned. We were suppose to be in Rexburg with my sisters where they had things planned. So I winged it. The Easter Bunny came while we were out playing on Saturday afternoon, he usually comes Saturday morning but wasn't prepared. We colored eggs Sunday afternoon before church and I was busy making sure Holland didn't walk off with the dye so no picture of that event that was over in like 10 min. They each had three eggs to color that's it. What the heck am I going to do with that many hard boiled eggs that no one will eat?
