Viva Las Vegas!

Kyle and I had a blast in Las Vegas! Our time there went by fast, but we had so much fun. It felt very strange for us to be on our own schedule; sleep in as long as we want, eat where we want, when we wanted to, stay out late... but as fun as it was, we were definitely ready to come home to our munchkin! It was so HOT there, walking the strip at 11:00pm the temperature was still about 90 degrees. Even though it's a dry heat, I still wasn't used to it. Our last full day there we decided to lay out and relax by the pool for a majority of the day, but we eventually had to go back inside because the sun was making me feel a little sick after about 6 hours! Their pool was really cool, they had a large wave pool and a couple smaller pools. They even had a casino on the beach, Kyle and I played a little blackjack there one day.

The view of the wave pool from the casino

The cirque de soleil show we saw was really cool, Kyle and I decided that next time we go we want to see the Beatles one. Some of the stuff they did made us really nervous, we were squirming in our seats! Pretty amazing that they do it every night. We saw that show on our first night, and that day we also went to a really cool Titanic artifacts exhibit that was next door at the Luxor. Our second day there Kyle surprised me with a couples spa day, which was amazing! So relaxing... Then that night we decided to check out most of the hotels on the strip, which was a LOT of walking! We pretty much wiped out the positive effects of the massage we had just had. I was sore!

On the strip!

On our last day, a friend and co-worker of Kyle's and his wife flew in to Vegas and were staying at the same hotel as us, so we had lunch together and that night decided to go to Fremont Street at Old Vegas with another pair of friends. It was fun to hang with a group! Old Vegas was actually really cool, we were pleasantly surprised. Plus the gambling was cheaper! We had pretty much broken even gambling up until that point, but unfortunately lost that night at Old Vegas. But the next morning when we were killing time waiting to go to the airport, we decided to play a little roulette, and ended up winning! Made up for what we lost and then some, which was awesome. It was a great way to end our trip! I didn't take very many pictures actually, sorry... my camera is always out when Payton is around, but when it was just the two of us wandering around I didn't even think about it!

Even though we had a blast (and definitely look forward to going back!), we were excited to come back home. I wish I could say Payton was thrilled to see us, but she acted like it was any other day! She was like "hey guys!" Of course, she was walking the dogs, which she's been pretty obsessed with ever since we visited Gig Harbor for Memorial Day. I've been hinting to Kyle that Payton would really love a dog of her own, but so far I've been shut down pretty quickly :) Payton had such a great time with her grandparents that she didn't really miss us! Which, I suppose, is a good thing.

When I saw mom painting her toenails for her trip, I wanted mine painted too!

While mom and dad were away, I was having fun in the sun with Uncle Tanner!

Riding on Papa Scott's shoulders

Enough about our trip though, you're probably much more interested in Miss P! She's great, talking so much. It's very unusual that we can't figure out what she's saying, she's a great little communicator. We were at a wedding on Sunday, and she stood up and said "we go walk around?" and held out her hand. She walked around looking at all the people, happy as a clam! Kyle and I have been working on her manners lately. She's very polite, but she's also very bossy! She really likes to order us around. She will just say "Mom! Sit down!" or "Come here Daddy!" We keep reminding her that she needs to say please when she wants something, and she only seems to remember when we give her the "look".

My hair is long enough for pigtails!

Side view

Sweetie pie! 

Payton is also pretty possessive these days. The three of us went to visit some friends about a week after they had a new baby, and Payton asked if she could hold her. She was really great with her, very gentle, and was cooing "hi baby, hi" it was so cute! But then the baby spit up so I picked her up so she wasn't lying flat, and Payton freaked out! She was like "my baby, MY BABY!" Kyle and I couldn't believe how upset she got. We hope it's just a phase though, once she has a sibling she will really figure out sharing!

Payton and her baby :)

This week is Payton's last week at her daycare. She gets to spend the month of July off with Kyle, and in August we're starting her at a new preschool at a presbyterian church. I'm excited; it's closer to home and work, and came really highly recommended. I have a few days off next week though, we're going to my parent's lake cabin. Hopefully the weather holds out decent for us! Then the weekend after that Payton starts soccer (that will be a fun post!), and the summer madness will really commence.

Blog again soon!