Vegas!

Excess timeshare points + a free weekend = off to Vegas to see my sister!

If I forget how Andy and Ashlyn wouldn't stay in the pack n plays and therefore did not have a nap for 3 days or go to bed on time, a broken bowl and a spilled full cup of milk at CPK, and a broken picture frame at the Secret Garden gift shop, we had a great trip. Seriously I think we received more stares from people than anything else in Vegas and there is a lot to look at there. It was a crazy few days but we had fun.

Does anyone have the problem of children fighting over pushing the elevator button? My goodness it is as bad as when my siblings and I would fight for the front seat when we were younger. We finally had to formally set up a taking turn policy. It was only 48 degrees (I thought Vegas was supposed to be hot) but that didn't stop the kids from wanting to swim. So in the hot tub we went.This is one reason I want to go to this resort without kids.

So I can lay in this hammock and listen to the relaxing music playing in the nearby speakers without children crawling all over me.
We decided to go to the Springs Preserve. Turned out to be ridiculously expensive but for free you could play in the play yard and hike the "botanical gardens."

Hiking the "botanical garden" AKA cactus and dirt.

Secret Garden at the Mirage.

On the last night, my cousin watched the kids so the adults could go out to dinner. We went to Switch at the Encore Hotel. The walls, ceiling, and music change every 20 minutes. It is pretty amazing!