The sisters and I planned a trip to Las Vegas for my parent's 40th anniversary that was in June. Not like Hangover Las Vegas but more like, warm temps, sightseeing, family visiting, staying up late drinking wine in our rented house - Las Vegas. It was a great time.
Luke was not able to miss the whole week of work so I flew with all 3 kiddos by myself. This is what Luke likes to call "self induced chaos". Thanks to lots of prayers, iPad time, suckers, and bribes - it was actually pretty chaos free.
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| My 3 crazies |
My parents were already there when we landed so they picked us up from the airport and the fun began! My aunt and uncle and four of my cousins live in Henderson, a suburb of Las Vegas. They have lots of littles amongst them so it was really fun for the kids to get to play together!
Several of my other relatives traveled to Las Vegas to celebrate Thanksgiving as well so we had a big 'ole get together. These used to be a common thing with the Mugan cousins before everyone grew up and moved away. I loved our little reunion and so did the kids....most of whom were too busy off playing to be part of this picture.
I was super excited when my cousin John's wife Maggie told me they were coming to Las Vegas from Phoenix. John and Maggie welcomed their 3rd son almost a year ago and found out he had Down syndrome when he was born. John and Maggie are two of the nicest people I know and Pete is lucky to have them as parents! I was so excited for Clay and Pete to meet each other. Seriously, cuteness overload!
Wyatt REALLY wanted to see desert animals on our "desert trip" but unfortunately, a petting zoo was as close as I could come up with :/
This picture is ESPECIALLY awesome because for some unknown reason, Clay has been a little leery of papa for the past several months. Apparently after 2 vacations with papa, Clay decided he was pretty great after all!
The trip to the Hoover Dam was surprisingly really fun. I hadn't been there in 10ish years and appreciated it's awe and beauty much more at 31 than I did at 21.....probably after a long night of no good.
The kids thought it was pretty cool, too. There favorite part was "touching a mountain"!
Luke was able to join us on Thanksgiving and we were all thrilled to see him!
Spending Thanksgiving all together in Las Vegas was so special because we haven't celebrated together with my sisters since before the men in our lives were even in the picture!
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| A morning sister and bro-in-law run |
More memories in the making....
Our little travelers!
I am so thankful for these opportunities in life. To leave our "norm" behind, explore, and discover.
Travel and sister time is good for my soul ;)
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