Chad, Heather, Kyra, Skye, & Dane drove to Las Vegas. They left Christmas morning and arrived in LV two days later. They figured out over the Thanksgiving holiday while going to Melanie and Ryan's that driving at night worked best with the kids. So, they planned their road trip to Vegas driving mostly at night. They stayed at a hotel in Albuquerque that had a water park. Imagine packing swimming suits while outside in Missouri there was a snow blizzard!
The first full day that Heather and her family were in town along with Melanie, we went to Town Square so the kids could play on the playground, and we could go shopping. Heather bought new Skechers for Kyra and Skye. Heather also bought all three kids new pillow pets. We enjoyed wandering through the square looking at some of the Norman Rockwell statues.
Right outside the playground there was a huge Christmas tree. Before Christmas, Santa showed up daily to visit with all the children that wanted to stop by and visit him. Santa's house is not visible in the picture above, but it was off to the left out of my camera's view.
The Christmas tree at Town Square was beautifully decorated.
Kyra, Skye, and Cali had a lot of fun playing on the pretend stage at Town Square. They are quite good at performing.
Skye, Dane, and Cali enjoyed looking at the water fountain near the playground at Town Square.
Shopping with the family is quite entertaining when "certain people" decide to dance to the music inside the Skecher store. Kyra, Cali, and Natalie definitely have all the right "moves."
Here was are posing in front of one of Norman Rockwell paintings made into a statue.
After leaving Town Square we headed over to the Bellagio which is always a treat especially during the holidays. We had fun posing in front of the Eiffel Town.
The Bellagio atrium never disappoints. This year the huge Christmas tree had a train and track going around the base of the tree.
The penguin display was cute. The grandkids all enjoyed looking at the little penguin coming and going through the igloo door.
The huge ornaments were spirting water periodically in large arches here and there. It was entertaining watching and feeling the spray the closer we got to the ornaments.
Cali, Skye, and Dane enjoyed pausing and sitting down near the polar bear display.
After looking at the display inside the atrium at the Bellagio we headed out to the front of the hotel and enjoyed the water show. It wasn't too cold, so we didn't mind waiting for the show to begin.
Cali enjoyed sitting on the ledge although I wasn't quite so sure it was a good idea.
After we got home from our outing, we had a holiday party. It began with Chinese Stackups, then our present exchange, and games. It was a totally fun party. It seemed like we had multiple family Christmas parties this year. I'm definitely lucky to be able to enjoy so much family togetherness!
Here are my adorable grandchildren. I missed Jace who is in Honolulu this year. I am hoping sometime to have all of six of my grandchildren together before too much longer.
Aunt Linda gave all three of my adorable granddaughters Barbies. It was the hit present. They played and played with them for hours that night. In fact, they went in the bedroom, shut the door, and when we inquired later they said, "We are having cousin time." In other words, "stay out."
Natalie made Heather an apron for Christmas and gave her a temple calendar. Heather gave Melanie new tan sheets. The girls seemed so happy to be together. We missed Julie! : ( 
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