Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Family Vacation

For the last few days, we've been in Mesquite with Grandma and Grandpa Erickson. We had a great time. The babies were spoiled by two wonderful aunts that are so great to play with. Thanks Miranda and Kayla for being so great. They also loved all the time they had with Grandma and Grandpa to themselves. What lucky kids.

Blair had a rough trip. She was crabby almost the whole time we were there because she's getting her top middle two teeth. It's been pretty rough for her. Despite the fact that on normal days she'd always pick Dad over Mom, she wanted Mom at every second. If I wasn't around, she would cry like crazy. I think I had a headache for three days straight. She's doing better now though even though her teeth haven't gotten all the way through yet.

The first day we got there in the evening and the girls went to Twilight while Spence and Grandpa watched the kids.

The second day, the girls and the kids went shopping in St. George while Spence and Grandpa golfed. The kids were spoiled by Grandma of course.

The next day, we all went to Vegas. We went to the aquarium at Mandalay Bay. It was pretty cool. When she wasn't crying, Blair would point and say "fish". Her vocabulary is expanding every day. Davis was as good as gold and happy to check everything out. We walked around and checked a lot of different things out. We went to the M&M factory, watched the water show, and much more. We didn't take many pictures of the first few days because we were just trying to survive with a cranky baby.

The last day, we met Jared, Mandy, and their girls at Red Cliffs and went on a little hike. Blair was doing better and we had a blast. After that, we drove home with two worn out kids.

We had such a great time just hanging out and visiting with our family that we love. Thanks for the great time Grandma and Grandpa.


Grandma got Davis to sleep after a long day in Vegas
Spence and Blair waiting for the water show



Davis loved the golf cart at the condo. He could have played there forever and he was super unhappy when Dad made him come inside. He was thrilled when Grandma took him for a drive.


Everyone at Red Cliffs







4 comments:

Allie and Fam said...

That sounds like you had a really fun time!!

A Erickson said...

Great pics and great fun! We loved seeing you guys! Thanks for the fun!

Arizona Nielsens said...

How fun to be out hiking. We should do that more often considering that we can do it year-round here. The kids are just too cute.

Wayne and Jackie said...

I was comparing these pics to the ones we took of hiking in the spring in Capital Reef. The babies have grown so much. Their little legs and arms hang lots longer in those packs now. Such a big change in such a short time. What a beautiful place to hike.