Christmas 2009 - Las Vegas

To start off our Christmas vacation, we headed first to Amarillo and saw Mark and Katie's new house. The next day, we had a long drive to Las Vegas. We stayed in the Hilton the first night and then joined family as we stayed in a huge, super fun house. This house had seven bedrooms and six bathrooms. It was well suited with ping pong, pool table, darts, swimming pool and hot tub, and campfire. We enjoyed spending time with Grandpa and Grandma, Mark and Katie, and the Thompsons.

We loved making smores. Yum!
I forgot to pack swimming suits but that did not stop Emily from getting in.
While visiting, we spotted SpongeBob and Joshua took advantage for this fun photo.
The boys spent many hours in the hot tub, even while they were waiting for it to warm up.
We visited many of the Casinos. Emily's favorite was the Luxor Pyramid.
At Mandalay Bay, we went to the Aquarium. This is a picture of Joshua petting the stingray.
At the Aquarium, each kid had a remote operating listening system. Joshua took it seriously and listened to each number. Emily refused to take many pictures because she would not turn her back on the glass. She was scared to death on the way out when you walked on glass with fish swimming below you.
All of the kids loved playing with Thompson's dog, especially Rachel.
Las Vegas Temple - We visited it twice on Sunday and also with the Keith relatives.

We had so much fun on this vacation that we hope to go again next year.