To Vegas at Last

(My computer is acting weird tonight so I'm sorry for the weird spacing and size of the words and stuff. I don't know what's going on)

We finally made it to Las Vegas to visit our friends Richard and Stacie. We decided late Thursday night and left Friday after work. It was crazy, but we had a great time.

We started Saturday morning with hair cuts. Yes, we now have to drive to Las Vegas to get our hair cut. Just kidding. The boys were looking so shaggy and Stacie has her salon in her new house, so we took advantage of that. Hayden, still in PJ's for his.

We enjoyed some lunch at Pei Wei

Then went to the Aquarium at Mandalay Bay. Hayden was more interested in the hand held narrator than the fish until we took it away from him. Here he is trying to touch a sting ray. He was afraid, but I talked him into it. Then he couldn't even reach it. Oh well.

This was a glass floor. He laid there for awhile watching the fish swim under it.

Then we went to the M&M Store. Since that is Hayden favorite candy, we knew he would love it!

Green is his favorite color. It's to bad the M&M is a girl. He got a back pack there and he wanted the green one. I just couldn't let my little boy have a back pack with long pretty eye lashes on the thing. We talked him into the blue one!

We watched the M&M 3D movie. Hayden had a hard time keeping the glasses on.

After we left the strip I wanted to go shopping. Of course Stacie was on board, but the boys were not. We debated taking them home and going but in the end decided to just go. We went to the outlets on the north end of the strip. We went to a couple of stores and the boys were complaining and so we were hurrying to finish when they all of a sudden perked up. You see, Richard, Stacie and Court are pretty big fans of UFC. (Ultimate Fighting)Me; not so much. I don't really get the fun in beating the crap out of each other for sport. Anyway, they spotted one of the fighters. So, Stacie tracked him down and asked if we could take pictures. He was so nice and let us. Then we caused a big scene and people were looking and realizing who he was and then they wanted pictures and there was a big huge crowd...................in the Disney Store!!

This is Forrest Griffin. He is apparently a "big deal" in the UFC. I wouldn't know, but they were all pretty excited. It's to bad that Hayden decided to throw the biggest fit right at that time and we couldn't get a good picture. After the picture was taken and there was a big crowd around, Hayden decided that would be a good time to run off. That was pretty scary. Richard and Stacie each stood at one of the doors while Court and I ran around the store looking for him. Hayden finally got scared too and started screaming which led me to him. I never want to go through that again. It was awful. Anyway, the boys stopped complaining after they got to meet Forrest. They even thanked us for wanting to shop!!

For dinner that night we went to the Silverton buffet. While we were waiting we took Hayden to look at the fish. He met this little boy and they were the best of friends. When it was time to go, Hayden yelled to him "be sure to come to my house next week" and the little boy yelled back "where you live?" It was so cute.

Hayden loves dogs. Dogs do not love Hayden. On Sunday when it was time to go, Hayden was chasing poor Walker and Toby around the house to give them "loves". Here you can see Walker looking to Richard for help as Hayden got a hold of Toby.

Then we went to a fabulous Mexican place for Lunch. Court is still talking about it.

Then loaded up and headed for home.

It was such a short trip and we had so much fun. I forgot how much I missed Stacie. We had become such good friends over the last few months they were here. And Hayden loves her so much. The whole weekend he wanted nothing to do with anyone but her. Thanks so much for such a great time you guys and we will do it again soon!!