Our fun 4th of July weekend

The summer is half way over and we celebrated in style by getting away for a few days. As a family we took off on thursday afternoon to head to mesquite, nevada. We stopped in St. George to see the temple. The girls had a fun time and it was good to stretch everyone's legs before getting back in the car. It was a fun side trip!!

The kids were okay on the short leg of the trip and had a ton of fun swimming in the pool all night long! Steve had a great dinner since his steak, potatoes, veggies, and a roll were a whole $4.99!!! We got the kids really tired with a 3 hour fun time in the pool. Guess we were there a long tine since people that were at the pool left and came back and were like "you guys are still here?!?" We got all the kids to have some fun and even go underwater. We have some fish on our hands!!



The next day we headed down to Vegas for the morning. We took the kids to M&M World and then back to MGM. Lucky for us we got the kids out without having to buy way over priced M&Ms that we can get cheaper some where else. They thought that the lions were rather cool too!!! Steve loved the fact that there was a HUGE Transformers sign on the black pyramid.


I had to make a stop at the famous welcome to vegas sign for a new family picture. We have all been to Vegas a zillion times and never took a single picture with the sign. So here it is!!

Then we packed the kids in and headed into the desert! We finally got to Laughlin and met up with the family! Lunch was at no where else, but In and Out Burger!! It was fun to get to meet the rest of the cousins and catch up with all the aunts and uncles. Who knew that the family was so big?!?! It was the first night that we took all the kids down to the river to play for a few hours. Everyone had a great time and could not wait to go back the next day. In the evening it was still a whoppin' 118!!! So yes the water felt great!
The next day we had doughnuts for breakfast and then hit the pool for about an hour or so. We then headed back to the river for another 5 hours for fun in the sun and water. We all got rides on the boat thanks to an awesome cousin. Hannah didn't want to get out of the boat and Katy thought the tubeing ride was fun after she opened her eyes!
The fireworks that night we so much fun too! Yes it was still way hot and Katy fell asleep before they even started, but that is okay. It's about being with family right? It was a good show!! The kids were way tired and it ended up a fun weekend, but it is nice to get home too!! Now I can't complain when it is 90 outside, since it is way cooler than that 118 that we spent that weekend in!