las vegas

michael's sweet parents have planned a really fun trip to california for the whole family

and we're on our way there tomorrow

we broke the drive in half and made it to las vegas today

 the kids were so great in the van

which is a rental, by the way (michael's parents are so generous)

we are enjoying leather seats and a built in dvd player

 eleanor and i played lots of peek a boo 

she is the cutest!

st george was fun to drive through with all the red rock

 we drove by the st george temple

it's sooo pretty

 neither of us realized we'd drive through arizona for a little while so that was a funny surprise

 we checked in to our hotel in north las vegas

and jumped on the bed while michael brought all our stuff in from the car

 i thought eleanor looked so cute with this bow on but of course she didn't leave it on

 then we drove in to las vegas and drove down the strip

it was horrible! we didn't even stop and couldn't get out of there fast enough

there were trucks advertising prostitutes driving next to us

and we kept telling the kids not to look out the windows

soooo filthy

i guess they don't call it sin city for nothing

we had heard it was pretty kid friendly during the day but...

las vegas is not for us

 we are really glad we're not staying on the strip

we're in a much nicer area with a chipotle next to an ice cream shop

so that's what we did for dinner and dessert

 then we went for a quick swim in the pool 

it was the perfect temperature and the water was warm

but it didn't last long before there was rain and lightening

so far so good on our big summer trip

we're excited to see michael's family tomorrow