JACK MEETS LAS VEGAS

So we decided we wanted to take a short family vacation this past weekend. So we thought about it and we wanted to go to the beach but, it's a long drive, the water is cold and Jack would probably just want to eat the sand. Then we thought about going to visit Shawn's sister in Oregon, but the flights weren't as cheap as they normally are. So we took our last option and headed to the smoke filled, casino loving, buffet galore, capital of the world, Las Vegas, Nevada. I think Jack was the only child in the entire hotel. We forgot that it was SPRING BREAK around the country so, there were a lot of really interesting people there. But we did have a lot of fun.

We got to eat at the Rain Forest Cafe. Jack loved the animals and the water fountain but most of all he loved the volcano dessert we got.

We also went to see the SHARK REEF, it was so cool. There were so many different kinds of fish and we even got to touch some of them. Jack liked the sharks. He got to lean against the glass and have the sharks come right up next to him.

We went to the flower gardens. They were so pretty and amazing, Shawn promised me and Jack that someday we would have a backyard like that. (Not asking to much, right)

Jack got to go on a date with this Grandma Lambert Saturday night. (Shawn's mom works in Las Vegas) They got to go to McDonald's, eat by the pool and play in the bath tub. What an awesome Grandma.(Thanks)

In the mean time Shawn and I got to have a night on the town by ourselves. We ate at the New York New York casino at a tex mex place. It was super good. Then of course Shawn wanted to gamble for a second but I didn't bring my purse, and who would guess that I got ID'd, so that didn't last long. So we decide to do what every 23 and 26 year olds love to do, we went to the arcade. Then we ended the date by stopping by Cold Stone Ice Cream and getting cotton candy ice cream with gummy bears. (What adults leave their children to go to an arcade and get gummy bear Ice cream.) I love that Shawn is still a kid at heart, I'm sure Jack will love it to when he gets older.

We had one last day of adventure, we went to the I-max theater and watched Sea Monsters. I though Jack would hate it but he just sat on my lap the whole time and hardly made a peep. He kept looking over at Shawn in this big glasses and smiling.

We spent time at the pool while we were there also, but no pictures. Jack loves the water even if it cold. Jack was quite the little trooper. He was so... tired he slept the whole way home.

Jack is still trying to catch up on his sleep, today on our walk he fell asleep in the stroller. When I laid him in his bed he looked at me for a second then grabbed his thumb put it in his mouth, then he thought wait I still have some cheerios in my other hand those sound better so he quickly shoved them in this mouth and then fell back to sleep.
One last thing, Shawn got a picture with ummm... I forgot his name, I had never heard of him. But if I remember right he said he was a super great baseball player, had the most hit or runs or something cool.
Oh yeah and one more last thing, Shawn also won $200 bucks, and almost paid for the whole trip. (well, not counting the Hotel.)