Catchup #7: Las Vegas trip

For her 90th birthday celebration in January, Colby's Grandma Vila declared that she wanted to go to Vegas, because she wanted to "see what stays in Vegas." Haha! What a great lady! Well no complaints here, we're always happy to head down there.

Our first night there we decided to go crazy & have dinner at Serendipity - mainly since we wanted to go there for dessert, and figured we should set a good example for the kids and eat dinner food first. :) Adam insisted on having chicken pot pie once he heard me read it off the menu - the dang thing was big as his head, and twice as delicious! Sooo good! But nothing could top my Triple Decker Grilled Cheese with Tomato Soup... mmmm..... I just sat here staring at the wall & drooling for like 4 minutes just thinking about it. *sigh*

We did plenty of fountain watching at the Bellagio, and Emma and I even got to "experience" the fountains! (see: standing front and center while the sky-high jets are combined with 45 MPH winds...) And, although Adam got a bit intimidated by them in person, when he saw them from the car he exclaimed, "Wow, that's Gi-NOR-mous dancing water!!" Yes it is, Adam, yes it is.

I didn't get a ton of pictures, but here's a few fun ones:

the M&M racecar at M&M World

Posing with the giant freaky polar bear that really has nothing to do with soda.

Adam was pretty leery of this suspicious beast - he kept his trusty M&M Saber at the ready.

We were lucky enough to spend an afternoon with BFF Julie & her adorable fam!

Emma, Bridger, Porter & Abi in the back

On our way out of town we did make a stop at the Las Vegas temple, and we got lucky that there was a guard there on a Sunday morning that unlocked the gates for us and let us walk around for a while. So I did get plenty of pictures there!

the infamous Temple Monster

(do I post too many pictures of Adam?)

"Mom, this temple rocks!" There, now it's been said & I don't have to
listen to Colby make that joke for years to come.

Can I keep 'em?? Yay!!