Vacation/Family Reunion #3

Viva Las Vegas!! For our third and final family reunion this summer we headed down to sin city! The few times that we've been before I always tell myself to go a little bit crazy (what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas right?), but for me it's not that simple. So while I wish I could tell you that we partied all night at the clubs and gambled our share of hundreds--- you all know better! We really did have a ton of fun though. We went to a memorial service for Eric's grandfather. He was a veteran so they did the military salute and shot the guns. It scared Sawyer pretty bad, but it was a really cool experience for us. I never got the chance to meet him, but since I am a major baby, I cried. We also had a birthday bash for Eric's grandmother!
We took family pictures, ate at In-n-Out, swam in Mandalay Bay's wave pool, Lindsay went and say Mama Mia (the play, not the movie), Eric rode the roller coaster at New York New York, and we tried our hand at Blackjack- but we weren't quite as good as the people in the movie 21.

At the birthday party.

Taking a break from family pictures.

Eating at the "greatest" place in the world!

Now that we're a little older and we have a child, it seems like it's a lot more work to have a vacation! Before every one we always seem to get so stressed out and cranky that we think "Why are we even going, it would be so much easier to just stay home." But we always go, and we are always glad that we did! Because once it's over, we don't remember how hard it was- all that we remember are the fun things that we did and the great time that we had. I'm so glad that we are programmed to do that- that we always remember the good things, and usually we forget the bad! I've noticed this in almost every aspect of my life- have any of you?
Well anyways, now that I've rambled on about that, I just want to say that we are so glad that we have the families that we do, and that we found each other and are able to be together every day, creating good memories for us and for our children. Life is good- sometimes we have to work to make it that way, but it really is good!