Labor Day Weekend 2016

We had a fun long weekend away.  On Friday after Shawn got home from work we drove to Cedar City.  In the morning we drove over (about 10 minutes) to the Kolob Canyons in Zion National Park. Our options for hikes were a 1 mile hike, a 5 mile hike, or an 8 mile hike.  We decided to go for the 5 mile hike, the Taylor Creek Hike.  We weren't super prepared and the kids had so much fun exploring all the nocks and crany's all over the beginning of the hike that I really didn't think we were going to finish it....but we did.  At the end of the hike, 2.5 miles in there was a double arch area that was super cool!!  Lexi went on Shawn's shoulders some on the way back, but all in all they all did super!!

 At the end of the hike we drove to the top of the road to the scenic overlook....so amazing!!

We drove to St. George, about 45 minutes away to get a late lunch.  Then we continued to drive on to Las Vegas.  We got a room through Ryan at the Wynn.  It was his last weekend to play at the Wynn so we decided to check him out and cash in on the free room :).  Once we got checked in we went to the pool for a bit.  After the pool we decided to walk over to the mall that was next door and get some food there.  We could tell the kiddos were pretty tired.  There was a Lego store next to the pizza place we decided to eat at.  Shawn surprised us all and bought the kids all a Lego set to be able to build while we would be at the pool party the following day.  Cruz got this super cool and super $$ Porsch Technic set.  He was in heaven!!!

 On Sunday we decided to walk down the strip to some of the hotels.  We thought we were going to make it all the way down to the New York, New York but that was pretty far.  The boys rode the New York New York roller coaster and we checked out the Hershey place.  Shawn took the kids for another swim when we got back and I grabbed the kiddos lunch.  We went to the show later in the afternoon and the kids did great in the room alone....thank goodness for Legos and TV :).  It was a really fun show!!! Ryan had to leave after the show for another 2 more shows in Texas!!!!

 Ryan told us when he left that he had so much money that he could spend each weekend he performed.  Since he left right after the show we ended up using his credit and eating at the sushi place Sunday evening and ordering room service to his huge room on Monday morning!!!

 Sunday after dinner we took a taxi down to the Bellagio Hotel to see the water show. It is pretty impressive.  There were tons of people though and it took a bit to get through the taxi line to get home.

 Our room was super nice but we had a king bed and then a coach in the other part of the room.  The girls slept on the "L" shaped couch and we got a roll away for Cruz.

 Breakfast Monday morning.  We went crazy ordering!!!

 We went for a quick swim after breakfast and then packed up and hit the road.  It is a bit of a trek to Vegas.  It took us just over 6 hours to get home.  It was such a fun weekend though, totally worth the drive:)!!!