A lil family time

Last weekend David and I took the kids to visit my dad's side of the family.  I think the last time I saw my aunt and uncle was like 13 years ago.  And everyone else, 20 or so years ago.  Seriously, Thank God for facebook, because if not, I never would have gotten back in contact with so many family members.  There was no real reason we hadn't seen each other, just never did.  Kinda sad huh?

Anyway, it was so good to see everyone.   Samantha  and Caleb had a blast, not only with their cousins they just met, but also with my dad, sisters, and  their kids.  

The Girls

The Boys

The Kids

cousins

Brothers (my dad and uncle)

Us with our aunt and uncle

Sammie, Mikayla and Emma

Looking for eggs

My uncle and aunt live in Pahrump, which is  about an hour outside of Vegas.  After spending the day with them, we headed over to Vegas, where we spent the  rest of the weekend.  Vegas is s uch a different experience when you go with kids!  We traded going out  to casinos for playing at the Adventuredome and going out drinking all night for staying in the hotel and throwing the  kids on the beds.   And of course, we traded staying out until 4am and sleeping in until 10am for being in bed by midnight  (although, I would have  preferred 10pm) and getting up at 7am.  Funny how  kids change everything. :)  I wouldn't have changed it for anything though. :)

The Adventuredome was fun.  Samantha got on her first ride without me or David.  A lil bittersweet.  I thought she would be scared, but when I told her I couldn't get on with her, She just yelled "OKAY MOM" as she and  her cousin Mikayla ran onto the rides.

How cute are they??

We stayed until Monday, but the rest of my family left on Sunday.  Since our nephew, Bennie, is on summer break, he stayed with us.  It's nice to be able to spend time with him, since we don't see him much anymore.  And he's a great help too! 

Before everyone  left, we had lunch.

And then after everyone left,  we headed to the pool.

After the pool, we went  to a  buffet for dinner.  And you know, you can't go to a buffet without getting dessert..

After dinner, we walked around a bit and went to watch the show at Treasure Island.  Sammie liked it at first, but when I saw this...

...I knew it was time to go. :)

Overall, it was a great trip.  Hopefully, it will not be  another 20 years before we see everyone again!  Maybe we can make it a yearly tradition??