Vegas CME week

It was a fun filled week in Vegas during Travis' CME Conference. We decided to do an 8 day visit and it was great to be back with friends and family without being rushed. We stayed with Nick and Mindy on a weekend that they happened to be installing carpet in most of their house. It was interesting to watch and see how doing flooring is just about as bad as moving! Anyway, they did set aside Saturday afternoon to take us boating. It was Dallen's first time on a boat and he loved it! Sadly it was the windiest day ever so we just chilled in a cove while Nick and Travis spear fished. We dipped our feet in and later watched Travis attempt to water ski out on the choppy lake. We still had a great time despite the weather.

On Sunday we went to church at our old ward and said hi to a few old friends. It's crazy how much a ward changes in 2.5 years though. There really weren't that many people to talk to. Then we spent the evening with Travis' family and had a Cinco de Mayo dinner with them. Throughout the week while Travis was at his conference, Dallen and I hung out with Mindy and her kids until they left for Disneyland on Wednesday night. We spent a lot of play time at a few different parks. The park is finished in our old neighborhood is done and even has a splash pad.  Dallen loves going down the slides and climbing all over. The weather wasn't too hot yet so it was perfect park play time.

We filled the evenings with other eventful things, dividing our time equally between family and friends. We went to a pizza get together at the Pursers where Savanna showed Dallen how to scoot down a hill. Mindy babysat Dallen for me and I got the most amazing massage I've had in a really long time. (Thanks Linda for the bday gift!) We took the cousins to Bass Pro to see the fish and mounts. Linda and I went to Toys R Us and got Dallen's gifts all picked out. We tried Cook on Wok again and were actually pleasantly surprised this time. I met up with Brighton and practiced softball with her. We had the most delicious Sushi with the Draneys and had a nice time visiting with them as well.

The last night Travis really wanted to take Dallen to the strip to see all of the lights and water. We went with his family and we all thought Travis had gone crazy or something actually wanting to spend time on the strip. We went to the Cheesecake Factory in Ceasars for dinner and kept Dallen occupied with the ipad while we had a delicious dinner. As we were walking through Ceasars to head outside over to the Bellagio, Travis encountered a statue that he had to introduce Dallen to. :P Dallen enjoyed the water show but didn't like getting sprayed with the mist coming off of it. This water show was one of my favorites- Michael Jackson, Just Beat It. The water seriously looked like it was dancing doing Michael Jackson moves. It was too bad his parents couldn't make it over because of their bad ankles. On our way out of town on Saturday we met up with Travis' parents one last time for lunch at Ricardos. Dallen fell asleep in his stroller so we had a really nice long conversation with them. It was our Mother's Day lunch for Linda.