Since Sarah’s school gets out about 3 weeks before the rest of the schools in our area we packed up the kids and headed to Las Vegas!
Day 1
Our first stop is always the Alien Jerky place. The store itself is one large saucer while different shapes and sizes of aliens line the property. My kids love checking out the bugged eye creatures. Who knew?!
Tip: We always leave the kids in their jammies and change in the last rest stop. That way kids in comfy clothes can nap easily. 
Coincidentally my sister and her fiance were in town the day before. We met up, checked in to our hotel and headed to the pool. This time we stayed at the MGM Grand. We are big fans of a lazy river and this hotel is known for their pools.
We washed up and got ready to hit the strip. Right before we left my sister asked the kiddos if they would be a part of their wedding. How cute?!!
There is something so amazing about the strip. Being able to walk everywhere, seeing all the sights, the plethora of food choices. I love it! 
My sister and her fiance!
My lovely family!
For dinner we went to Tournament of Kings. 
Each person gets a hearty 3 course meal using the original utensil – their hands. Tip: you can ask for silverware, but the kids thought it was so cool to use their hands. Dinner was a cornish hen, potatoes, roll, broccoli, and soup. Included is unlimited soda refills. A choice of dessert come the last 15 minutes of the show. 
We were so excited!
Each section of the theater was placed in a team. Our team was Russia. So we cheered for the purple horse. 
The kids were entertained the whole time!!!
The show had so much going on. One minute there’s dancing, horse jousting and even fire.
What a fun show!
We walked around a bit and then called it a night.
Day 2
We woke up and headed to Paris hotel for breakfast.
Kids playing with the jam packets while we wait for our food.
Fun fact: The first time I went to Vegas was also on a family vacation and we stayed in the Paris hotel. Somehow my sister found this picture if us, so we thought it was only natural to recreate it. 
We walked around the strip for a bit. We love walking in and out of hotels. 
For lunch we stopped by Taco Bell and got icees. 
Love me some sister time! 
Our next stop was another favorite, the M&M World. After each kid picked a treat we headed upstairs to see the 3D movie.
It was getting really hot so went back to our hotel to swim.
Since my sister was in town, hubby and I took advantage of this time and went on a date night. 
We went to Craftsteak for two reasons. One it was downstairs in our hotel so it was super easy and convenient. Two I love watching Tom Colicchio on Top Chef and have been wanting to check out his restaurant in LA. We are SO glad we did! We had the most amazing meal ever!! Can’t wait to go back! Here is what our desert looked like.
While we were at dinner, Osh and Matt took the kids to dinner and walk around.
So thankful to have family that loves on my kids.
Osh and Matt had a flight later that night, so we parted ways. Can’t believe she’s going to be a bride soon!
We got ready for bed and called it a night. 
Day 3
Like most mornings we walked downstairs in our PJ’s to get coffee and a snack. Tip: I packed the kids cereal and milk boxes for their breakfast as they like to eat when they wake up.
We cleaned up, watched cartoons and mapped out our day.
Back at the pool and in that lazy river. Bliss! 
Funny story, while driving to Vegas, hubby realized he forgot his sunglasses. A quick order on Amazon and it arrived to our hotel just in time. My sweet hubby even got me a pair. 
Me and my little man.
J needed a nap so hubby took him upstairs while Sarah and I had mommy daughter time.
We spent most of the day in the pool and then showered and got ready for the evening.
We checked out the Hershey’s Chocolate World store in NYNY hotel, The Tipsy Robot bar in Miracle Mile Shops and walked around MGM Grand for a bit.
Day 4
After going on our usual Starbucks run the kids wanted pancakes. Since we are not morning people and it would take us longer to get ready then to head over to a restaurant we Uber Eats a pancake breakfast for each person (sorry this picture is after we ate). 
One last swim before we have to check out. 
We packed up and headed to our final destination, The Pinball Museum.
Back on the road and back to reality. Looks like one of us couldn’t hang. 
Love these family trips!
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Going up the mountain was super foggy.
However once we got up the mountain it was absolutely beautiful out.
After some air (I got super car sick on the way there AND back) we sat down for brunch at 
We walked around a bit, checked out the shops and fed the birds.
He quickly learned how fun snow is!
Luckily, big sis remembered and was ready to play.
Snow ball fight!!
Hubby grew up going to Lake Arrowhead. He did things like feeding the ducks and/or birds McDonald’s french fries. The kids loved the idea! They loved it so much they even snuck a few into their mouths. 
It was really windy and chilly (high 30’s). We headed back to the car, warmed up and looked for a good spot to go sledding. We loved looking at all the snow covered trees. 
We drove by the same the spot we had 
Jacob wasn’t a huge fan of sledding or any of the hills.
But Sarah was! At one point she just slid on her tummy. 
I put the camera down for the rest of the trip and just enjoyed playing in the snow. 
Goodbye Arrowhead! Until next time. 
We hung out some more, did some activities and then made our way to dinner. 
Not even half way through dinner I felt ill and had to go to our room.
After the rush in the morning to get off the boat we made our way to Mexico.
We decided not to book an excursion should we feel ill and have to come back to the boat. Instead we bought some Mexican snacks at a local store and sat at a Starbucks so that we can check in with our families. 
We got back onto the boat and dropped Sarah off at camp. Hubby and I walked around for a bit and then played a round of miniature golf. 
We picked up Sarah and walked over to the children’s holiday show.
Sarah was smitten with the dancers. 
Next up was the Let It Snow event. 
It was lame!
We got all dressed up for the formal night and headed to dinner.
I didn’t last long and went to bed shortly after.
Miss Sarah really wasn’t feeling well. The boat was super rocky and most of the passengers were getting sick. She fell asleep on one of the couches. If you know Sarah you know she does not just fall asleep anywhere. My poor baby!
We hung out in the room and watched some movies.
After a nap we walked around Lido deck and got some drinks and watched the Dr. Suess parade.
Sarah was feeling better and had been begging us to go swimming. Unfortunately we ran out of time and this was the only time left before we had to leave. 
She had a blast! 
The staff on the boast was so sweet! Anytime they could they were making Sarah smile. This time they made her a swan with her dinner napkin.
Sarah was once again really excited about the dancers. 
Even though we had the stomach bug and/or sea sick we manged to have a good time.
