Dec 27th-Vegas Day 3

Saturday was our last full day in Vegas before heading back to Utah. The girls and most of the kids stayed home and took it easy. I was so tired and didn't feel good and spent most of my day on the couch working on our blog, balancing the checkbook and other boring stuff like that but it was really just what I needed. The boys headed to shoot guns for a couple hours and had a good time. Hallie decided to stay home since it was so cold but it didn't stop Rigs from layering up and heading out.

 That evening we had an early dinner and headed to the Christmas Village. It is kinda like a fair type of thing only Christmas themed. The girls had a ball meeting characters and riding rides. Gracie was a little nervous and unsure about the characters but it didn't take long for her to warm up to them.

 Our attempt at getting a picture with all the kids

 When Gracie is in a mood to have her picture taken she wants a picture with everything and that night was one of the nights. She wanted her picture with Santa alone after the kid pic.

 We rode the train probably a total of 5 times and the kids loved each time equally. Each time the girls wanted to ride together which meant Matt and I got to ride together so we were completely ok with that.

 Our family took up the entire train...here is my attempt to capture that

 Me and my sweetheart

 Next came the tube ride. Since they don't have snow in Vegas this is how they attempt to go "sledding" it was fun but definitely not the same as sledding

 The dads racing with the kids

 Hallie was excited when she got to go down by herself...she is way grown up you know

 Then they had these pedal go karts. The seats adjusted so the kids could reach the pedals. Gracie and smaller needed more help so they let us basically push them around the course

 The carousel was another fun highlight. I don't think I have ever ridden a carousel at night. It was beautiful with all of the lights but once was enough to make my stomach turn so Matt took the girls another couple times.

 They had an indoor area to get food and where they actually showed movies. The night we were there they were showing Frozen the girls were so excited until we told them they didn't get to stay and watch the entire movie. So they settled for having a picture with the cardboard Anna

 Maddi and Gracie waiting for their hot cocoa to cool off enough to drink it

 As the night went on the place got busier and busier and we decided to make a quick pass through the light village and call it a night. No one wants to stand in lines for rides when its freezing you know!! The girls loved the castle in the light village

 And a couple more characters on the way out

 My mom insisted that I take a picture of the front enterance and just like Vegas there we cops there as well making sure we were safe. It was a fun night spent together making memories and doing fun things. After we headed home for baths and a quick bite of pizza before turning in for the night it had been a long day