Las Vegas Part 1

The kids and I have been busy traveling the last couple months. We went to visit family in Las Vegas the end of January and into February and in March we went to visit Rachel and her family in Washington D.C. (I will post about this trip later).

Since we moved away from Vegas about 3 years ago we haven't had very many opportunities to see the Peterson side of our family. This was the first time for some of the family to meet the boys. It was so great for them to get to know their grandparents and great grandparents. Our trip started off with a traditional Sunday family dinner, just like old times. It sure felt good to be back. Dinner was followed by cuddles with G.G., jewelry making with Grandpa, feeding the horses peppermints, driving the tractor and the mule, collecting the eggs (which Ava loved), feeding the chickens and getting into lots of stuff we shouldn't get into!

Chase wanted to give everyone something really good to remember him by so after the first great day we had he managed to give every family member we have in the Vegas area (with the exception of aunt nani) the flu. Thank you Chase! But lucky for us they still loved us enough to let us hang out with them even with our germs.

The kids had such a good time with Grandma and Grandpa Peterson and Great Grandma and Grandpa Anderson. The boys had no problem warming up, Chase cuddled up to G.G. like he's known her his whole life. Both the boys had a blast playing the plastic cup game with Grandpa. Grandpa Peterson is known for giving grand kids all kinds of food and drinks they shouldn't. If you know my Chase you know he was in heaven at Grandpa's. I have to give it to him, he's knows how to win em over! The boys loved having Grandma show them all the animals on the ranch and getting kisses from the horses. Ava got to ride horses with grandma, which she is still talking about 3 months later!

We had a great time with aunt Nani and Uncle Chris. Ava enjoyed all the b-day presents, the special date they went on (her first time bowling) , sleeping over, watching Nani play soccer, playing with Lexi and Layla, going shopping and to the park and pretty much being spoiled rotten by Nat and Chris the whole time. The boys love their aunt Nani and Uncle Chris too! A huge thank you to Nat for flying home with me to help with the kids, your the best!