Last weekend, we took off and went to Las Vegas for a couple of days. We left on Wednesday after the kids got out of school. We drove to Cedar City that night. The next morning, we got up and went to the Iron Mission Museum. It had a lot of wagons and buggies, stage coaches, even a hurst from a long time ago. It also had a lot of other fun stuff to look at. It had some restored buildings from pioneer times. There was a tiny cabin, a schoolhouse, a jail cell, and several others. Unfortunately, it had snowed during the night so we couldn't go inside any of the buildings. But we had a great time. It was fun too because we had ancestors that lived in Cedar City before leaving on the Hole in the Rock expedition.
After we left Cedar City, we took another little detour through Zions National Park. It had warmed up considerably and it was a beautiful day to be out hiking and enjoying the park. We only did 2 short hikes since we still had to go to Vegas that day. We did the Canyon Overlook hike and Weeping Rock hike and went to the visitor's center. We were early enough in the season that we could drive through the mile long tunnel. The kids thought it was pretty neat.
After Zions, we continued on to Vegas. We stayed with Ryan's cousins that live there. On Friday, we went to the park for a while and then we went downtown and saw the lions at MGM and to M&M World that afternoon. It is a little unnerving with kids down on the strip. But we make it home with them all and hopefully not too much trauma.
Saturday, we spent the day with my brother's family and my sister's family. It was a chilly day, but we had a bbq anyways. Then we went to a park near their house and froze our bottoms off and then went to my neice's soccer tournement game. It was so cold and windy that we were all glad when the game ended. Then we all went out to dinner at the Sweet Tomato. The food was great, but it is a buffet style restaurant and with tired, grumpy, hungry kids, it was not pleasant waiting in the line for the main course. It was a fun day hanging out with them all though.
Sunday, we just took it easy, went to church with Ryan's cousin, and just relaxed. We left early Monday morning and drove the 10 hours home so the kids could go to school the next day. It was a fun trip and nice to get away from home for a few days.
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