Las Vages BABY!!

 Sierra

 Briana, Sarah, Carson, Amelie, Sierra, Steve, Paityn

 Carson, Amelie, Sierra

 Amelie, Sierra

 Carson, Amelie, Sierra

 Amelie

 Amelie & Sierra

 Amelie

 Amelie

Briana, Carson, Sierra, Amelie, Paityn

We really wanted to get Amelie's picture with the Welcome to Las Vegas Sign but we never found it and really wanted to go to the M&M world so that is where we spent our evening. It was fun to go in and see all the m&m's and we even got to watch a little 3D movie it was a lot of fun.

Las Vegas Temple

 Sierra

 Amelie

 Paityn

 Briana & Amelie

 Briana

 Amelie

Paityn

Not sure where Carson was during all this but I guess he wasn't cute enough for Sierra to take a picture of him. When we took Amelie back to Las Vegas to fly home in May we stopped to do some quick sealings at the Las Vegas Temple. We just let the kids walk around outside while we went in. They do look a little warm in some of these pictures. When we were done a lady let us bring the kids into the lobby of the temple and take them into the atrium just outside of the lobby it was really pretty and neat that they let the kids go in and take a look they also had lots of pretty pictures of Christ in the lobby.

Church History Museum/ Navy Ship

 Paityn, Sarah, & Carson panning for gold

 Briana & Carson

We  went to see the LDS Church History Museum (can't remember the exact name) in San Diego and it was one of the funnest things we did. They take you on an adventure with a pioneer family then when you are done you get to pan for gold and ride stick horses and get an old time picture taken. It was fun to see the navy ship too. It is so big and heavy looking it really made me wonder how it stays afloat!!

San Diego Temple

After we were at the beach we went by the San Diego Temple to show the kids. We had all been playing in the ocean the camera had been dropped in the water and wasn't working anymore and Steve's cell phone was missing!!! We were a little frazzled. It is such a beautiful building and we wouldn't have wanted to miss showing it to our kids.

Peggy Sue's

 Amelie, Briana, Sarah, trying to decide what to eat

On our way to California we stopped at this cute place called Peggy Sue's Diner. The kids were totally against trying it they thought it sounded dumb, but we wanted to give them some culture so we went in and had some lunch. It was the cutest diner where the waitresses were dressed in the waitress outfits and they had all this old stuff on the walls and statues and stuff. When we were done we went to the back where they have these little river thing that goes through a dinosaur park where the dinosaurs are cement. It was a fun place!!

The Beach

 Alice treated us to this restaurant where we ate breakfast and watched the ocean as we ate, the food was super delicious.

 We managed to lose a flip flop and a hat at the restaurant. Both were recovered before we left!!

 Carson and Briana enjoying the cold!!

 Sierra and Amelie getting their feet wet.

 Paityn wasn't thrilled!!

 Paityn, Amelie, Sierra, Carson, Briana

Look at those cute kids!!

Right after the last picture our camera got dropped in the ocean and never worked again. We were so glad the memory card still worked but we didn't get many pictures after this. Steve also got his phone wet and it never worked again either. I guess this was the day of losing and breaking things. Oh well we still had a great day and a wonderful time in California.

Whale Show

We also got to see the whale show but I thought it was a bit disappointing because the trainers no longer get in the water with the whales. Someone recently died I think at Sea World in Florida so I can see that they have to take the precautions but the show wasn't as good as it was 13 years ago when Steve and I went. These are such amazing animals and so fun to watch. We were in the soak zone but thankfully we didn't get wet cause it was overcast and a little cool that day.