Thanksgiving

 

This is our first year being away from everyone for the holidays so we decided to remedy this by going to Vegas for Thanksgiving. Let me just say it seems like 6 hours is a really really long drive but Peri did amazing up until the last 1/2 hour. We rolled into Vegas Tuesday and checked in to Circus Circus. We just kind of hung out and unwound from the long drive until my family got there. We went to a delicious dinner at Macaroni Grill with my mom, dad, and Cody. It was so good to see them, it make me ache for more time with my family. Wednesday the Jorgensens rolled into town for the rest of the weekend. We had a blast shopping eating, playing, and just laughing at our little princess. We went to Ceasars Palace H&M and cheesecake factory on Wednesday - Thursday we hung out at Circus Circus and had Thanksgiving dinner at their buffet - It was so yummy - Then we went to Mandalay Bay's Aquarium it was rather neat and Peri loved it. We played on the strip at M&M and Coke factory before heading back to our rooms for bed.

I've never seen Jelly Fish like this

Peri had fun trying to touch the rays - we stopped her after she tried to drink the water

Friday we played at the Adventure Dome at Circus Circus, Peri got to ride the carousel and the grown ups rode the roller coasters. Then we braved "Black Friday" and went shopping - made it to H&M again but didn't find much, then to the Fashion Show Mall - again didn't find much their either. When our feet were sore from walking we went back to the Adventure Dome for more play time. Nana took Peri back to her room for bed and the rest of us rode more rides, played mini golf and midway games. Around midnight I wanted a doughnut so we headed for krispy kreme in the hotel lobby for a treat before bed. While waiting for doughnuts Branden and I got our gamble on with the penny slots and came out $15 bucks ahead. YAY go us. Saturday brought another long drive with it but we finally made it home - we had to bring presents from both families back so they wouldn't have to be shipped for Christmas and our car was packed to the brim but we are grateful for the mysterious things we've got under our tree. Sunday we missed Stake Conference (thought it was this week oops) so we