Monday, April 19, 2010

Trip to Las Vegas

Shane had a Veterinary Conference in Las Vegas 2 months ago and we decided to tag along and make a trip out of it...since Las Vegas is 1 1/2 hours away from home. We had SOOOOOOOO much fun seeing everyone...it was DEFINITELY hard to leave our families again, but we look forward to the next trip and to those who plan on visiting us in Japan.

We spent the first week of our vacation in Las Vegas while Shane attended his conference. It worked out perfectly because Shane's sister lives in Vegas and has 2 boys Jayden's same age. We had a blast staying with them for 1 whole week. Here are a few of the fun things we did:

Played at the Park

Raced down the hill.

Then everyone took turns and rolled down the hill with Shane. Pretty smart huh?! The kids were lucky to survive.

"Natural Bone Skull Freaks"

We brought the twins some funny Japanese shirts. These were the most normal ones we could find. I love all the random words and sayings they put on their shirts. Check out the back side...

"Take on Fresh Challenges"

Random....but perfect for three 4 year olds!

Rode Cars

Hung out in our PJ's.

Shot Rockets off with Uncle Byron.

Laughed with Gpa Andrews.

Love this girl!

Played Games...."Red Rover...Red Rover".

Shane and his family (Dad, Mom, & 2 sisters).

Celebrated a wonderful Valentine's Day.

Cuddle time with Uncle Byron. Tia doesn't cuddle with people often (as our families all learned on this trip), so this was a fun moment to catch.

Played with 2 big gorillas that Gma Andrews brought for the kids.

The weather was amazing so we lived it up outdoors.

The boys climbed.

Tia chased birds.

And last but not least we visited with friends...

ReAnn, me, & Nickie...California Buddies!

Nickie came down from SLC with her husband (who was also at the Veterinary Conference) and ReAnn drove up from St. George for the day just to come and visit us. Ohhhhhhh it was so fun to chat with these women again....I love and miss you girls!!!

Jayden and Kaylee..bestest buddies!

Jayden & Kaylee are 3 months apart, and Tia & Gage are only 1 month apart. It was just like old times...thanks so much for coming down to Vegas to play with us!!!

4 comments:

Jeff and ReAnn said...

Amy, the new family picture is so beautiful and you just look amazing as always. Also Tia's hair is so long. I usually only see it in pig tails. I love it. It was so fun to see you. Thanks for taking such great pictures. Oh and Jayden looks like he is dominating at Tennis. We need to get Kaylee working on her game. :) Miss you like crazy. I am planning on calling you... so be ready. LOL

The Barton Family said...

I LOVE your new picture at the top of your blog. It was fun to see what you guys did on your trip, but I have to say. . . We're glsd you're back!!

Gibbons said...

How exciting that you got to see you families. It looks like you guys are doing well! It was fun to get cought up on your blogg

Jaime said...

Amy! Just wanted to tell you I met some friends of yours last night! They came to my house - they are moving here to NY! I can't remember her name, but his is Brett Tehran. They mentioned they lived in Claremont and I had remembered your address being such so I just said 'know any Andrews?' and her face just lit up 'AMY???!!!' Then we talked all about how we each knew you guys! It was awesome.