After going to the Grand canyon we drove up to St. George.
We all decided after being in the car all day that swimming in a cool pool would be very refreshing.
It was. This was William's first time in a real big pool.
It was hilarious. If you can imagine a group of piranhas attacking a
leg of lamb then you know what William looked like in the pool.
Isabelle almost drowned in the 3 feet section. I was holding her and I was telling her "Stand up it's only 3 feet, stand up!" She was yelling back "I can't, I can't, I - oh wait it's not deep here!" William swallowed so much water in the pool that he threw up in the hot tub. That was slightly embarrassing - luckily we were the only ones there - except for 2 teenage boys. They were very nice about it!
On Saturday we drove down to Las Vegas. This was my first time taking children there.
Vegas was not intended for children.
Shocker - I know.
Please notice the flip flops on Isabelle's feet.
Shortly after this elephant picture Soungsik started carrying her on his shoulders.
One flip flop fell off somewhere. This was very bad.
Soungsik ended up carrying her all over for along time until we could get back to the car and get some more shoes. Isabelle was crying and saying "I hate Las Vegas - it took my new flip flop away!!!"
People were already looking at us like we were insane for even having children AND for wearing clothes.
Now they were looking at us like
"You hillbillies, buy that creature some shoes!"
Here we are waiting for the buffet at the Bellagio.
Just for those of you who think the buffets are cheap,
it's $25.00 per person at lunchtime.
They wanted to charge for Isabelle - luckily I talked them out of it.
Isabelle went to dish up with Soungsik and came back with
a plate that had 1 slice of pizza and a whole bunch of desserts.
When I looked at her plate she looked at her plate and then at me and said
"Hey mom, what can I say? I'm on vacation!"
You can't argue with that logic.
What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas I guess!
I went back for at least 3 extra plates of food,
not because I was hungry or that it was really good food,
I just wanted to get my moneys worth!
By the lions at the MGM.
The kids made us stay here for a long time!
Here are the kids at a store called "It's Sugar".
I think they should call it
"It's Sugar Stupid!"
This was a favorite of the kids.
The monorail was by far the kids favorite thing!
I think it was my favorite thing too.
There was air conditioning, almost no people,
and zero pornography!
We rode the monorail a lot!
I had on at least twice as many clothes as any other woman in the town.
It was bizarre. It didn't matter how fat, old, or ugly they were, they were all half naked.
I think I almost lost my buffet lunch at least 15 times!
Isabelle saw a naughty picture on the sidewalk and she said
"Mom that lady forgot to put her clothes on!"
Soungsik and I decided a trip to Las Vegas required a lot more money and a lot fewer children than we had.
As we were leaving Vegas Isabelle said,
"Mom, you are SUCH a mommy!"
I was having the exact same thought,
and I took it as a compliment!
The next day we went to Zion's.
This was also different with kids.
We decided to go for a hike.
We went about 15 feet and the kids
(well Soungsik and Isabelle) started whining.
It's hot. It's soooo hot. My legs are tired.
I can't walk anymore!
Oh brother - back on the shuttle bus we go!
So we didn't get to the narrows or anything, but it was still so beautiful.
I think I prefer Zion's and Bryce's to the Grand Canyon.
I prefer pretty much everywhere to Vegas!
I think I prefer home to all of the above!
