Road Trip!

So we embarked on a little road trip last week! I had a meeting in Vegas, so we decided to hit the road. Oh, Vegas... how I loathe thee. But, it's a place that everyone needs to see at least once in their life and I sure will not be taking the boys when they get a bit older and realize what Vegas is really about. Glad to experience it with them now in their innocence and thrill of seeing volcanoes, dancing fountains and life-sized M&Ms. They will need to be adults making their own decision to visit for their next trip!

What an interesting state...

I had never made this drive before, so it was cool to see the Hoover Dam.

Braden climbed all the way up to the new bridge.

Hunter was safely strapped into the stroller with no chance of getting out.

Sporting his brother's hat and his getting ready for a nap face.

Checking out the fountains at the Bellagio!

The first time we watched them they were choreographed to "Proud to Be an American." It honestly brought a tear to my eye. Anthony had never seen the show before and said it was one of the most amazing things he'd seen. It really is cool.

The second show was some Faith Hill song. Let's just say it was still cool, but "amazing" and tear-inducing... no.

Oh the joy! M&M World!

We went to a casino off the Strip that had an "aquarium" with a mermaid. Hunter was intrigued, Braden was totally freaked out. I don't blame him!

A real volcano erupting in front of us! More joy for Braden who is into all kinds of natural disasters these days. We watched part of the Pirate Show at Treasure Island, but they've even turned that into a boudoir show now, so we didn't last too long. The boys saw a pirate ship sailing through the water and some cannon blasts with real fire, so they were impressed.  

Ahhhhhh... and then we stopped in Flagstaff on the way home to detox. 

We drove up Mt Humphreys and did a little hiking.

We went to the Aspen grove (or forest as Braden called it). 

Hunter played "seeking" (aka - hide and seek)

Aspens are my favorite trees. I love their simple beauty.

Hunter spent much of the time on the ground in the dirt that he loves so much.

I think we've detoxed!

At the end of the hike.

10 minutes after the hike! They were even so wiped out that they didn't want to stay and watch trains!

“Beauty is but the sensible image of the Infinite. Like truth and justice it lives within us; like virtue and the moral law it is a companion of the soul.”

George Bancroft