Playing.... Viva Las Vegas Style

As a family, we have found some fun and interesting things to do and see here in Vegas. Some of them were found by "accident" and others we have heard about and decided to go check them out. With Cody's work and KyLee dance schedule, we don't have a lot of time to go explore, but one of these days our lives will slow down enough to enjoy the simple things of life! One thing Cody and I do each year is go to the Nascar race. We did this when we lived in Tooele. It is kind of our weekend anniversary get-a-way, and now that we live in Vegas we can enjoy the Nascar weekend experience right in our backyard! KyLee wants to go with us, I keep telling her next year, next year... :) (one day she'll catch on).

Me and Cody's favorite driver, Bobby Labonte, where's Cody? Not taking the picture.......
Cody, KyLee, and Sawyer on the strip

No Vegas blog would be complete without a picture of the strip. Call us crazy, but we don't frequent the strip much. The only time we hit that night life is when people come and visit. This is definitly one of KyLee's favorite places to go. She keeps that up she'll never leave the house when she gets older. The things she likes about the strip is Circus Circus, the rollercoaster at New York-New York, the lights at night and M&M World. Her Grandma Carol seems to be the only one who can win her a prize at Circus Circus and her Grandpa Glen rides the rollercoaster with her at New York-New York, so I guess the only time we need to go is when they visit!!

KyLee & Sawyer at the Park

One little piece of triva that I have learned while living in Mountains Edge, is the rich history of the mormon pioneers who once walked the land we live on today. There is a park called "Exploration Peak" park in the master planned community that we live in. This is one of the fav's with the girls. They love to play at the park and in the water. There is a trail you can hike and at the top of the mountain there is a viewing area of Vegas and postings explaining the pioneer history that surrounds this mater planned community.

KyLee has become a dancing fool since moving to Vegas. As I have said before she absolutely loves her dance teacher and the girls she dances with. This year with her dance team we went to Laughlin, NV and Palm Springs, CA. We had a great time in Laughlin. I would love to go back again and camp at the river on the AZ side. We have not found many 4-wheeler trailers since living in Vegas (nothing like Tooele) so the river and jet skies might be our new found recreational past time.

KyLee at her dance studio

One of Sawyer's favorite places to visit and play is daddy's work. When we pull up in the parking lot, Sawyer can't get her car seat strap off fast enough. Her favorite thing to do is to go around and take all the price tags off of the furniture and rearrange them. Once she gets bored with that, she likes to go up to the girls and show them how cute she is. That usually scores big and they will pick her up and let her bang on their keyboards for a minute, but then it is back to work!!

Sawyer hanging at CORT

One place that we found by accident is a little town on the outside of Vegas called Bonnie Springs. There is a ranch there that has an old mining town tourist attraction. It has a petting zoo, a resturant, and even a motel. KyLee really likes to go out there to see the melodrama and the hanging show that they put on. It gets a bit old after a while but we like to take people who come and visit us out there and to get away from the city.

"The Hanging" Bonnie Springs