{"id":666,"date":"2013-02-21T02:00:29","date_gmt":"2013-02-21T06:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.apadventures.net\/?p=666"},"modified":"2013-02-21T02:04:01","modified_gmt":"2013-02-21T06:04:01","slug":"vegas-babies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.apadventures.net\/?p=666","title":{"rendered":"Vegas, babies"},"content":{"rendered":"

We just returned from a short trip to Vegas over the weekend to hang out with Paul’s parents, brother Mark, sister-in-law Francine and nephew Luke. Being on the strip with two small children was interesting…mainly because of all the people. I realized I was a bit paranoid about losing them! We escaped to Red Rocks for a half-day and also got to show Silas the Hoover Dam (He’s super into dams these days. We’ve checked books out of the library about dams, built a dam out of rocks, dirt and sticks out back by the woody, and had heavy discussions about the 3 dams at Hueco and why one of them is destroyed and the potential correlation between that particular broken dam and the nearby boulder problem “Dam Buster.” Needless to say, Hoover pretty much knocked his socks off.) The best part though was getting the boys together with family. When asked “What did you like the best about Las Vegas, Silas?” he replied, “I really like hanging out with Grandma and Pap pap!!!” Word for word, that was his response. My sweet boy.<\/p>\n


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\nThe view from our room in The Flamingo. No need to go out on the strip, we’ve got all the entertainment we need right here. A massive crane was lifting the big white tubular structures into place during our stay. <\/center><\/p>\n


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\nGood morning Ivan. Ready to hit the town?<\/center><\/p>\n


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\nFirst item on the ticklist: Flamingos, birds, ducks and fish at ‘The Habitat’ at The Flamingo hotel<\/center><\/p>\n


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\nNext item: The auto museum. Paul and I have decided to save up for one of these for retirement.<\/center><\/p>\n


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\nNext, Red Rock Canyon. Silas making a friend at the visitor center.<\/center><\/p>\n


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\nAhhh, nature.<\/center><\/p>\n


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\nSilas getting his climb on<\/center><\/p>\n


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\nPap pap and Luke<\/center><\/p>\n


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\nThe boys looking all outdoors-y<\/center><\/p>\n


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\nSilas with his Grandma and Pap pap<\/center><\/p>\n


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\nPaul not being able to resist climbing rocks<\/center><\/p>\n


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\nDigging holes in dirt – the usual<\/center><\/p>\n


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\nLooking cute as a button – the usual<\/center><\/p>\n


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\nTime to hike back<\/center><\/p>\n


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\nOur final item on the ticklist: THE HOOVER DAM!!!!<\/center><\/p>\n


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\nHe’s definitely impressed<\/center><\/p>\n


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\nOn the drive home we passed through an amazing Joshua Tree forest at sunset. A very nice ending to a very nice trip. A big thanks to Mark, Francine and Luke for prompting it. Let’s do it again!<\/center><\/p>\n

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We just returned from a short trip to Vegas over the weekend to hang out with Paul’s parents, brother Mark, sister-in-law Francine and nephew Luke. Being on the strip with two small children was interesting…mainly because of all the people. I realized I was a bit paranoid about losing them! We escaped to Red Rocks […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[34],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.apadventures.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/666"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.apadventures.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.apadventures.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.apadventures.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.apadventures.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=666"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.apadventures.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/666\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":680,"href":"https:\/\/www.apadventures.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/666\/revisions\/680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.apadventures.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.apadventures.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.apadventures.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}