Of course I haven't finished blogging about Las Vegas! SO here comes more.
On Saturday evening we headed to a local park so the little kids could play and get some of their energy out. It was fun to see not just the little kids playing and having fun, but watching the men all play and have a blast also.
Jared thought he could squeeze himself into a baby swing. He was wrong!!!
Dawson had to help him get out!
Payton and Ada enjoyed swinging on the swings. They had different pushers at times and they loved it. The were both laughing and having a good time.
This park had some fun things to play on. Payton was climbing on everything!
Ashley, Mal, Stef and Dad just relaxing and chatting it up.
Ada loved playing on all the fun and different playground equipment.
They had this wobbly beam that the men each had to stand on and they would try and see who could stay on the longest. They each had to do this.
Josh vs. Josh
They made Ada and Payton challenge each other to help them get more comfortable with each other.
*brief note: Ashley is the woman Mal's brother Jared is going to marry in March. Ada is Ashley's 4 year old daughter. Ada and Payton meet for the first time on this Saturday at the race track, because she and Ashley couldn't come to Las Vegas until then. Ada and Payton were both EXTREMELY shy with each other for the first hour or so. Once they got past all that shyness they had a great time playing together. Ada is just barley older than Payton by 3 months.*
Payton and Ada hashing it out! They were only on this thing for about half a minute!
*brief note: After the park we went to the Rio and ate the buffet they have there. We stood in line FOREVER. It got so bad that Mom, Jacie, the kids and I were all complaining!! The kids were all tired and Scarlett and Sofia both fell asleep while we were standing in this line. Payton and Ada just wanted to be held, but our backs were all killing us from having to hold this kids so much. I eventually just sat on the ground because I was so done! After we got in and ate all that we could we headed back to the hotel.*
*brief note: We all went to our rooms which were next to each other and we could all get in EXCEPT for Danny, Jacie, Ashley and Ada's room keys would not work for them. They went down got a knew key and that still didn't work. My dad went down to talk to them they gave him another key and that still didn't work. Finally dad went down again and told them nothing is working. They thought he was just putting the card in wrong so someone came up to the room with him to help. SHOCKINGLY enough they COULDN"T OPEN THE DOOR EITHER! There was something wrong with the electronic part of the door. A door man and a janitor sat out side that room for a good 3 hours trying to break into the room. They tried all different types of crazy things. Neither one of them had any clue what they were doing. Their tool selection was very minimal! Dad got in there a few times and tried different things. Finally about 1am my dad did something and it opened the door. Granted the whole metal section of the door was DESTROYED by the time they were finished. Danny, Jacie, Ashley, and Ada got moved to another room way before they ever got into the room. It was mostly just annoying because they could not get any of their stuff.* During this 3 hours Josh, Josh, and Dawson went out and wasted some cash and made a little cash. Jacie, Danny, Mom, Dad, Scar, Payton, Stef, and Sofia all hung out in my room. We went Stef to bed after while and kept Sofia for her. Sofia was refusing to go to bed and Stef was beat!*
This is what Sofia was doing while Stef was sleeping... Grandpa was pushing her up and down the hallway on the baggage chart. She was holding on and saying 'WEEEEE'. This was like at midnight. She probably shouldn't have taken that nap while in line at the buffet.
Sunday morning we ate breakfast in our room. We got a few things to eat at the store!
Scarlett and Sofia were very cute while sharing yogurt!!
Then they decided to be silly and were climbing under the chair together. These two had such a good time playing together! It's funny having them only a few months apart!
Josh with Scarlett, and Uncle Josh with Payton
Stef, Dawson, and Sofia had to leave early so they could head home for Dawson to be able to work that night. The rest of us went down to the strip and walked for a while. These little kids loved getting shoulder rides.
Payton was practically covering Josh's eyes!
The family! We are missing Stef, Dawson and Sofia! We should have taken a group picture before they left we were not thinking!
(Danny, Jacie, Josh, Scarlett, Mal, Payton, Josh, Ashley, Jared, Ada, Mom and Dad)
We had to switch shoulder rides for these after a while. They get heavy!!!
Grandpa with Scarlett, Jared with Ada, and Josh with Payton
The kids were excited when we saw Mickey and Minnie Mouse near the Belagio. Unfortunately they were drunk and we saw them smokey! (very frustrating to see)
Checking out the fountains at the Belagio
Scarlett's boot fell over the wall so Uncle Josh had to climb over and save it in. Luckily it doesn't drop straight to water. They have a row of plants then it goes to water.
Enjoying the fountains!
Grandma even got in on the action of helping caring the kids! She gave Payton a back ride for a little bit!
We did a lot of walking, ate some lunch, then headed back to the cars. Scarlett was done! She fell asleep while we walked back to the cars!
