Christmas in Vegas

We left the 22nd of December, Jordan returned home on the 26th for work while I stayed in Vegas with the kids, he returned back to Vegas on New Year's eve and we ended our Christmas vacation on January 4th and it was wonderful!  It was the first time for Micah and Landry to spend Christmas with the fam and it was awesome and we missed Tyler and Alisha's family!  The holidays are what I look forward to every year, there is nothing better than to just have an open schedule with your family to go and do whatever.

The day before Christmas Eve we got a sitter and all went to the Michael Jackson Cirque Du Soleil show.  It was a great show overall, I definately liked some parts more than others, but you can't go wrong with a little MJ! 

One of the highlights of the night was all 8 of going through "employee only" entrances and seeing the back lots of Mandalay Bay trying to find where my Dad parked the car.  Quite hilarious.

Christmas Eve

We had a lot of fun on Christmas Eve.  Some went to a movie, my awesome Mom cooked all day, Aunt Brittney made fake snow and had a snow ball fight, the annual puzzle was out,  and dinner was sooo fantastic (again thanks to my Mom!).  We ended the night playing pipe bells that my handy Dad made (unfortunately no pics), sang some Christmas carols while Micah played the guitar, and as tradition we opened sibling gifts, Christmas pjs and our read our Christmas books altogether.  

Christmas

Christmas morning was so much fun with Drake.  Jordan and I were so excited to play Santa Christmas Eve and even more excited to see Drake's face when he saw all the presents.  It was awesome, so memorable.  We had a great Christmas morning opening gifts altogether and then got ready for church.  It seemed like Christmas day went by so much faster than normal but I loved every bit of it being with family and having Drake to see through a children's eyes again.  

The next week and half we had a lot of fun shopping, going to the children's museum, movies, playing games, eating, eating and more eating!

Britt had a couple of eyelash appointments and while she was setting up Drake hopped up on the bed and wanted to be worked on.  He closed his eyes, crossed his leg and breathed heavily as she rubbed and tickled him.  We were dying.

 New Year's Eve

We headed to the bowling alley New Year's Eve day.  It was Drake's first time bowling and he loved it!   That evening we all went to dinner and my Mom was kind enough to take Drake home while the rest of us went and saw New Year's Eve (how fitting right?).  

 After the movie we had a pretty mellow time bringing in the new year.  Brandy and Landry were brave and went down to the strip but the rest of us stayed home and watched the craziness on tv.  

Such a fun time in Vegas, we loved every bit! Happy 2012!