Our trip to Vegas

One of my younger brothers just got re-married, in the Las Vegas temple, on Friday. We went up Thursday, and got back Saturday evening. Longest road trip we've done w/the kids since April, when we went down to San Diego for Tom's friend's wedding. Enjoy the pics!

Thursday

Between these books w/buttons to push, our portable dvd player, and lots of snacks, the kids were set.

Collin, just relaxing.

We were in a hurry to leave on Thursday, and I had seen Ivy packing her own bag Wednesday night. Didn't double-check it till we got to Vegas. She had packed her swimsuit, 3 pairs of underwear, a pair of sandals, and the pj's she's wearing here. (Ivy was getting a dress from my brother's new in-laws when we got there, so we didn't have to worry about packing that). We picked her up a couple outfits to play in after dinner @ In N Out.

Somewhere out by Barstow.

We teased Ivy about joshua trees being "cactus trees". A little while later, she kept asking the infamous/inevitable "Are we there yet?" every 2-3 minutes, till I turned on a movie for them.

One of our many bathroom stops. This is Primm, Nevada. 1st city past the Nevada/CA border. We didn't stop here, I just took the pic on the way out. The place was called "Terrible's resort & casino". We had a good laugh about how it must be pretty terrible. In Las Vegas, we also saw "Terrible's Car Wash". Tom teased Ivy that they must use mud to wash the cars with. My new sister-in-law told me that Terrible's is a franchise & all over the place in Nevada.

Nevada was pretty hot, but not as hot as we expected. Still in the 100's, but it felt like high 90's since it's a very dry heat, reminiscent of when we get the Santa Ana winds.

Friday

My brother Aaron & new sister-in-law, Kristen.

Both sets of parents got lost in the temple, after everyone had come outside for wedding pics. It took awhile before they were found. Don't have a pic, but they got a big cheer when they came out(as if they were the new brides & grooms).

Wedding reception, Friday night. Family pics were taken before guests arrived. By the time we got there, all 3 kids were asleep. Ivy was cute sleeping on Tom's shoulder. I wanted to get a pic, but the flash of the camera woke her up. After she had been awake for awhile, Tom bribed her(with In N Out stickers) to get her pics taken w/the other little girls who had matching dresses.

Back at the hotel. The kids loved jumping on the 2 beds we had in the room. This tank top was used under Ivy's dress for the reception, she just didn't want to change. It's her first ever tank top.

Andrew looks like he's crying here, but he was having a good old time.

Saturday

This is on our way back thru Baker, CA(30-50 miles from Barstow, closer to Nevada). The world's tallest thermometer, or so Tom says. You can't see it well in the pic, but it said 101 degrees. We could tell a huge humidity difference between CA and Nevada. Once we got back home, we felt very sticky.