** I forgot to mention one of Tyson's favorite presents (or at least the one I was the second most excited to give him): Carcassonne! We are always looking for new games, and we had played this with some friends. It is so much fun. **
12/26 - Church! The kids wore their Christmas stuff from Grandma Walker: a tie for Reed, and a little dress with a belt that matched Reed's tie. When we got home we had a 'nice' family dinner. We put out china and all stayed dressed up. It was nice :)
12/27 - We went shooting and Reed got to shoot his first .22 rifle with the help of Uncle Adam. Reed and Vance mostly played in the truck while the rest of shot clay pigeons, old pieces of wood, dead trees, and the sides of dirt mountains. Then, we went to see the movie "True Grit" with Tyson's family. Then, we went to Shauntelle's house to eat dinner and play our new game - Carcassonne! It's always great to see John, Shauntelle, and the girls (Mary, Evyn, and Isla).
12/28 - Water fountains and the garden at the Bellagio - I have really been looking forward to seeing the water show with Reed. He is just such a huge fan of water! He was a little scared at first, but really loved it after a few seconds. He wanted it to keep going. (See some fun pictures below) I also love the garden area there. It is always decorated so nicely. I am always impressed at what they do with flowers! It was a Christmas/winter theme with penguins, reindeer, and polar bears. Beautiful!
12/29 - Drew Crew reunion! We met up with some of Tyson's old high school friends and hung out for a bit. Though it is called the Drew Crew, Drew (and Katie) were not able to make it. We missed them!
12/30 - I believe this is the day that they did lawns. Reed and Tyson went with the crew (Kimber, Jared, Vance) and I stayed back with Reed and Eve. I could be mistaken about that, but they did do lawns one day. Hmmm....I might check on that one. We went to John and Shauntelle's for dinner and games. My oldest brother, Michael, his wife, Sarah, and their kids: Julia, Gabe, Jason, and Rachael, were also able to come! They were in town visiting Sarah's sister and so we planned a Rowberry night of fun :) I am so glad that I got to see them - it had been way too long - over 2 years! They had never met Eve. So, it was a good time had by all :)
12/31 - I stayed with napping children while Tyson and his family went to set up for the single's dance. They blew up and tied an extrememly large amount of balloons that were dropped at midnight. Apparently, it turned out great. We had a "New Year's Eve" game night. We played and played, did some Singstar, made homemade root beer, and ate way to much of Christy's delicious dip and bacon-wrapped turkey. We saw the fireworks, which is always so great! I just love how they time it so perfectly and how it is set to music on 94.1 FM. Then, we came back and the street was lit - Walker family tradition. Dave lights the street on fire with whatever year it is written in gasoline. Also, there are always 2 lightings. This year they added the bonus of leftover fireworks from July 4th. With the little bit of dry ice left, the boys tried to make a dry ice bomb, but it ended up not working. It got way too late too fast, and we went to bed.
1/1/2011! - I don't remember! Aaahhh...I am sure games were played and fun was had!
1/2 - Church! It was more of a low-key day.
1/3 - Jared left to back to school. It snowed!!! Reed and Mackenzi played with Grandma and made a snowman. Eve was a little unsure about the whole thing, but liked watching. The snow melted before noon! we spent the majority of morning/early afternoon packing our stuff, weighing our bags, and doing laundry. We got everything to fit and were fine with all the weight limits! Phew! That night we played games with Tyson's parents.
1/4 - We got on a plane back to DC. Our flight left at 7:30, so we had to wake the kids up to get ready to go. Luckily, the flight back was awesome! The kids slept for at least half the flight, it was shorter, and we did not even have to touch down until we were all the way back at the airport in Baltimore. Sadly, we got in during rush hour, so it took us forever to get home! But, we eventually made it back! We were all glad to be out of the car and out of the plane!
** I don't remember which day I got sick, but I ended up getting sick sometime in the second-half of our trip, probably from lack of sleep. I hate being sick on vacation - it is the worst! I just felt no good. Ugh, but I did get better, eventually! **
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| Water Fountains at the Bellagio! |
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| It was some sort of a hilday song, but I can't remember which one! |
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| Reed loved it when the water went high. |
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