So we went, we drank, we gambled, we had a great time!! Vegas was a blast, Mathew had a great 21st birthday and Shawn and I had a nice time away from home with my family. Dexter and Milton had a nice vacation wtih my friend Jeff, I don't think they even missed us for a minute. Although Cyndi came down with food poisening on Friday we still managed to get a lot done, and she was able to come out with us on Sunday before we left that evening. She even did the roller coaster with me, that is pretty crazy considering she had been sick for 2 days. We went to the new hotel Aria, it was pretty amazing, my camera was acting up so I didn't get many pictures this trip but we did make it to the sign, see above! We stayed pretty close to our hotel, as we didn't want to spend a lot of money on cabs, but I think we did pretty well seeing everything we all wanted to. We made it to Freemont Street, Shawn and I saw it last time we were there, but it was a first for my parents since they installed the music experience. We were also joined by Lindsey, Andy and Chuck (Andy's dad) we all had fun and enjoyed the nice weather. On Saturday night Shawn, my parents, and I went to Paris hotel and had dinner in the Eiffel Tower, it was great food and an amazing view. Although it was spendy we enjoyed a fancy night out!!
All the above pictures were taken at the Bellagio Christmas display, it was amazing, and the slots were playing pretty good for us!! Shawn and I were excited to get home and see out boys, but really enjoyed a mini vacation in Decemeber, it was something we have never done, but I think we could make a tradition out of it, although there wasn't any snow in Spokane when we got home, it was a HUGE temperature change.
Shawn and I had a great Christmas Eve with my family, there were about 30 people there and I was extra excited because my brother and his girlfriend from Seattle were able to make it over this year. I always love it when he can make it because it isn't very often.
I think that they all had a really fun nights!!
Once all the kids had opened their present and had things to play with the adult sat around and talked, we were waiting for Mathew to get off work, boo for him. Even though the presents were unwrapped it still takes awhile to open them...
I took this time to snap a few pictures of my parents
and my brothers
this was also an exciting Christmas because it was Gunner's 1st!
and I got a fish eye lense for my camera
Overall we had a GREAT Christmas!!
We have recently started drawing names for Christmas and this year my Aunt Mary has Shawn and I and she made me my very favorite gift of Christmas, she made us a Santa Claus that she made them several years ago (when we used to make homemade gifts) but since I never recieved one she made one for us...I was SO SO excited I just think he is the coolest ever!! He is safely tucked away downstairs until next Christmas, because then I will have 2 house trained dogs and won't have to worry about him getting peed on!
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