Viva Las Vegas

Over Spring Break, Andy had a conference in Las Vegas, so we packed up and went along with him! The weather was just fabulous (70's and 80's), and the girls and I got in some good R&R and swimming time while Andy was away during the day.

Cambrie and Calina at the M&M Factory

Cambrie posing in front of the Excalibur castle.
Us at New York New York. Calina wasn't wanting to look at the camera.
Watching the fish at Ceasars Palace. We were waiting for our table at the Cheesecake Factory. Calina was obviously a lot more interested in those fish than she was in the camera.
Still waiting for our table, we took a look at F.A.O. Schwarz

At night it was kind of hecktic and made me realize that Vegas is not much fun when you have two little kids to carry everywhere. Trying to navigate busy streets and all the endless walking is very tiresome for little ones! Cambrie enjoyed seeing some of the sights on the strip, but it took us hours to eat dinner each night by the time we parked and walked a couple miles, decided on a place, got in our reservation, ordered, ate, paid for the food, etc. One of the last nights we were there, we decided to heck with the strip, and ate dinner at an Olive Garden off the strip. It was the best, most relaxing dinner we had while we were there!! So, I don't think we'll be bringing the kids along the next time we go to Vegas...

Our room, however, was a dream!! We stayed at Summer Bay Resort which is a gated/manned time share resort just behind Harrahs (where Andy had his conference). The room was a one bedroom suite with a fully functioning kitchen and laundry room. The bedroom had a big walk in closet with a bench where Calina slept in her pack n' play. It was perfect! The quietest, darkest room in the place for the lightest sleeper!! Cambrie slept on our bed in the bedroom while we still wanted to be awake, and then we moved her to the couch bed when we were ready to go to sleep. During the day, I was able to read, or watch a movie or take a nap while the girls napped. As I mentioned before, we had a good time during the day just hanging out (at the pool or in our room) and relaxing!!

Here is Cambrie hanging out in our room:

This is a picture of one of the pools at the resort. We went swimming three times in the four days we were there. It was fabulous!

This is an old picture I found of the resort on the internet. It has since been rennovated, but it gives you an idea of how close it is to the strip. I walked with Cambrie and Calina to meet Andy one day for lunch and with Cambrie walking on her own and me pushing Calina in the stroller, it only took us about 7 minutes to get to Harrahs. Probably another 5 to get to the front of the casino....proabably only about a 10 minute walk from the strip if you don't have two kids!