Knudsen Corner: Spring Break Vegas Style!

For spring break we planned a trip to Las Vegas to visit and stay with Chris' brother and sister-in-law Jared and Stacey! We drove through the night Thursday night fighting horrible winds the entire way and got into Vegas around 11:30 (Vegas time.)

We woke up early the next morning and headed to "Baby Stacks" for breakfast. Umm can I just say it was SSSSOOOO yummy, I am glad we don't have one in SLC because I am pretty sure that I would eat red velvet pancakes for every meal til the day I die. Not to mention my omlett was AMAZING. Unfortunately we went back for naps for the kids and Audrey threw up. No fever and acting normal we went about our day and just wrote it off to motion sickness. We then got all ready and headed to Lake Mead for a very cool bike ride along the old rail road. It is so cool because you can see the amazing view of the lake on one side and you go through all these cool old rail-road tunnels. You end up at the dam and we got to see the new bridge (it is the one from "Transformer's") Seriously it should be one of the wonder's of the world, it is amazing and seriously AWE inspiring honestly. It was a great bike ride and fun to see a different part of Vegas. Afterwards we headed back for a BBQ in Jared and Stacey's newly landscaped back-yard. I am telling ya I could live in Vegas (except for June and July) it was so warm and sunny it was so nice to just sit in their back yard and just soak up the sun and catch up. That night we played some "Hand and Foot" and headed to bed.

Saturday morning we woke up and Stacey had made some delicious muffins (which Lydia probably ate 15 no joke every time I looked up Lydia had taken another muffin and was eating away.) I then got a really good run in, not sure if it was the weather or what but it was such a great run and I felt really good too, which always makes it better! After we headed to the park for an Easter Egg hunt with some families in Jared and Stacey's ward. The kids loved it and Lydia was pretty stoked about all the candy she got. Carter and Audrey seemed more interested in either kicking or throwing the eggs but hey we have the pictures to prove how stinking cute they were doing it. Then we headed to the out-let's. I have to say the Vegas outlet's are the BEST! Unfortunately we didn't find as much as we had hoped but it was still fun to be in the warmth while shopping. Then we hit up Costco which who are we kidding we are totally OBSESSED obviously if we go even on vacation. Then that evening we got a sitter put the kids down and headed out for a night kid free. We went to a really yummy restaurant called "Presidio" My salad was so yummy and the artichoke dip was amazing! After we got the chocolate cake from claim jumper and went crazy!

Sunday we woke up early and unfortunately whatever Audrey had she had now passed onto me. But we were so lucky we got to go to church with Jared and Stacey. Stacey is the choir director for her ward and seriously we were so impressed. The choir sounded AMAZING, you can tell that she knows her stuff because it was mo-tab style and I am not even exaggerating. After we headed back to their house for some lunch and got ready to hit the road.

Unfortunately Audrey got sick again, I was sick and the drive home was a NIGHTMARE. We stopped in Mesquite, Cedar, Beaver and finally we got to Fillmore and I couldn't take it any longer. The smell was horrible and I was so sick to my stomach. I talked Chris into pulling over and getting a Hotel. Yes it was that bad we were 2 hrs. from home and it was only 4:00 p.m. but I couldn't take it any longer. So we swam, Chris took Lydia to dinner while Audrey and I layed on the bed and ate ice chips for a few hours. It also gave me a chance to wash all the throw up clothes of Audrey's and her car seat cover which STUNK so stinking bad. Chris took the carseat base to a carwash and cleaned the heck out of that thing. We layed around for a few hours and by about 11:00p.m. it was clear we weren't going to get a good night sleep at the hotel so we packed back up and headed home! I was SO sick the whole ride but I am so glad we didn't wait until the morning. Lydia woke up sick as well which meant we would've been dealing with me, Audrey and Lydia all sick in our car...not fun!

Anyways we made it home safe and sound and other then a horrible drive home we had such a great weekend. It is always so much fun getting to spend time with Jared and Stacey especially in Vegas on their home turf! They are always so hospitable and make us feel so welcome. Thanks you guys for putting us up and dealing with some sickies while we were there!

Auds on the hunt

Lyds loving all her eggs!

Jared, Stacey and Carter (I took 3 pictures and this was the only pic where I could see Carter but I feel bad he is sort of hiding Stae)

Our Fam...we are pretty pale (ha ha ha!)

Checking out her loot with daddy!

Auds liked the playground more then anything...too cute!

Carter and Audrey hanging out Easter Sunday...don't they look so stinking cute? Audrey and Carter are only 11 days apart so they are destined to be little buddies!