August 2009

In August my sister, Missy and her family came to visit. The kids swam and swam and played and played. They were in heaven. We got to see a live mermaid in this fish tank at a hotel! One of the fun things about Vegas is all the cool hotels with free things to see inside them! We have learned that if you park at a hotel parking structure and then go inside the hotels from there, a lot of the hotels are connected and you can avoid all the bad stuff on the streets. This one with the mermaid isn't even on the strip so that's nice! Missy and Shawn got to have a little fun out on a couple dates and watched our kids for us while we went out too! It was so nice!
We discovered a fairly inexpensive museum to take the kids to.

There were some pretty scary dinosaurs there but Annika managed to find one really nice tame one! : )

It was also Nathaniel's birthday on the 7th of August. The Hollenbecks were there to celebrate with us along with a couple of Nathaniel's friends. We went up to Mt. Charlston about 1 hour from our house and had a picnic. It is a beautiful forested mountain with streams and good hiking and amazing views. But I, of course, forgot to take any pictures. Perhaps I was too busy trying to stay warm. It was pretty cold! We knew it would be cooler but it was August so we were thinking cool..not COLD! The kids had fun anyway and it's always nice to get out in nature! We will have to go again sometime and remember to take pictures! I didn't even get a picture of Nathaniel with his cake and his friends! : (