Oh boy was last week an adventure... family trip to Las Vegas for my chorus competition at the MGM Grand Arena!
This was Dargan's second flight, but first cross-country flight, and overall he did SO well. We flew out on Monday (the 5th) afternoon, connected through Houston after a couple of hours' delay, and finally made it to Vegas around 8:30pm local time.
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| Watching the planes during our delay. So well-behaved in the United Club! |
Tuesday morning, Scott and I got to do a mountain bike ride while my parents watched Dargan. It was so beautiful and such a different environment than our usual Greenville/NC mountains!
That evening we went to dinner at Hofbrauhaus - great German food and beer!
Wednesday morning we did a short family hike up a steep mountain side.
The next day and a half were a whirlwind while I prepared and competed in my competition. I won't go through all the details, but we placed 22nd out of the 34 best choruses in the world. Not bad for our first trip to the International stage!
Thursday night we walked around on the Strip and saw the fountains at the Bellagio...
...and Friday we went hiking in Fletcher Canyon and then hit up Big Dog Brewing.
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| Hiking naps! |
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| Big ponderosa pines! |
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| Straws are fun! |
On Saturday, we ran a 5k (cross Nevada off of the "Run a Race in all 50 States" list!) where Scott placed first overall and Dargan & I took 2nd place in the Female 30-39 division. :)
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| I like racing! |
Afterwards we went to "Old Vegas", saw Fremont Street, and got denied at a few breweries - apparently most things are legal in Vegas except going to a bar with an infant. Boooo. :(
That night we went to dinner at Firefly, which was delicious, but D was super fussy and I had to wear him for the entire meal so we could eat in peace.
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| "Please stay asleep!" |
The next morning was an earrrrly one - woke up at 4am to get to the airport for our flight home. Dargan and I napped in the United club before our flight.
And a day late... but we got a good photo on the flight:
I have to say, Dargan is a GREAT traveler on airplanes! We get on, hang out til he's hungry, he nurses, and then falls asleep for most of the flight. Such a great flyer! Plus, we like hanging out in the Clubs at the airports...
And now we're home, at last.... hoping to get back to better sleeping schedules now that we're back in a familiar place. D did not sleep well at ALL in Vegas. I think we all missed our normal routines!
Some other photos from the weekend before we went to Vegas...
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| Being a crazy little bouncer! |
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| So sleepy Friday night we fell asleep in the middle of eating. |
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| Saturday morning, snuggling (nomming) with Mr. Bun Bun! |
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| Cooler temps and rainy on Saturday = Daddy says I look like a shipyard worker! |
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| Floor tummy time with Dad! |
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| Little grins on Sunday morning. |
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| Face nomming shark attack! |
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| Ready for church on Sunday! |
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| Done with bath time in our shark robe |
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| Monday morning, refusing to nap. |
