Christensen

Thursday, Day 2, pm

After swimming we put the kids down for a nap, and when they woke up, we loaded them in the car and drove to Mandalay Bay to see the Shark Reef Exhibit. It was fabulous! These pictures can't begin to describe it. I would recommend visiting this attraction.

Kanyon was a little nervous seeing all these huge animals. Here is a huge gator.

Kanyon sees her first shark.

Believe it or not, when Katie posed for this pic, she had NO idea that there was a shark coming directly at her!

Here's a story... Octopus vs. Starfish

In the same tank, they had an octopus & starfish. Now, Kanyon knows what an octopus is. At least I thought she did. She didn't recognize the octopus because it was all balled up in the top corner of the tank. I kept showing it to her and she kept telling me that it wasn't an octopus. She thought the starfish was the octopus. I guess they both have many arms, and when you come from land-locked Utah, how are you supposed to know the difference?? :)

Real Picture

Fake Picture

While driving home from the Mandalay Bay, we were waiting to make a left turn. Deborah and I were following Katie. The car in front of Katie honked at another driver to go when the arrow turned green....

The guy that was "honked at" jumped out of the car and started threatening the other driver (very foul language and threatening gestures)... it was crazy!! I really thought the guy was going to pull out a gun or smash the other driver's window! Luckily the cops (three of them) arrived on the scene and helped to sort things out. We had a great view of the whole scene. Of course, Deborah did the "touristy" thing and started to take pictures...That's the cop talking to Katie. We learned that night to not honk in Vegas.

Friday, Day 3, am

We took the kids to a place called "Pump It Up". It was 2 huge rooms full of just bounce houses that the kids could play on. It was a great way to spend the morning.

There was a huge bounce house that made you go through a little obstacle course before getting to the slide. I followed Kanyon on it several times.
First you climb up this wall and throw yourself over the other side...

Then you have to sqeeeze through this hole...

Then you run through this bounce towers and through a little bridge...

Then you get to this tall ladder to take you to the top of the slide. Kanyon couldn't reach to get on the first step of the ladder, so each time she went in this house, I had to follow her to help her out. I realized that I really am over 30...bounce houses just aren't made for me...lol

The down the slide! Weeeeeeee!

Even the parents had fun too!!

Friday, Day 3, lunch

IN-N-OUT BURGER!!!!

I have seen these places pop up all around us here in Utah now, but I've never had a chance to eat at one. It seems like everyone who eats there loves it! So, we pull up to order and your choices are narrowed down to three. You can either get a double burger, a cheeseburger or a hamburger. I had heard that the menu was limited, but only 3 choices of burgers shocked me. However, they were DELICIOUS! I've heard that you can ask for your burgers "Animal Style". That's not on the menu, and I have no idea what it means, but I can't wait to go back and try it!!!

Friday, Day 3, pm

We ventured out to The Strip and took the kids to M&M World!

This was made entirely from M&Ms

While we were there, we were just in time to catch the 3D showing of their movie!

We had sooo much fun! We couldn't wait to get home and eat some M&Ms!

That night for dinner we went to the Cheesecake Factory and had the BEST guacamole ever- accompanied with the WORST service ever. Word to the wise: Don't invite Neil to come to dinner. It was only a rumor that he brought the bad luck to restaurants until I witnessed it myself.

Saturday, Day 4, Last Day of Play

On Saturday morning we all drove out to this place called Bonnie Springs. Its just a little outside of Vegas, near the Red Rock Canyon. As we were driving, we saw this sign. We looked at each other and said "Did that really say 'Watch Out For The Burro'??"