Las Vegas

So we decided last year that we wanted to take the kids to Disneyland. Originally I wanted it to just be our little family of 6 to go. That is until I thought about taking 4 kids to Disneyland including a nursing baby.  We quickly decided we needed extra hands and invited Sherrie to come with us. Then it turned into a full Torgerson trip! It turned out great and we were so glad to have some fun time with everyone.  So on Saturday we drove to Mesquite, Nevada and got a great hotel at a great rate! Then on Sunday we drove to Las Vegas and met the Torgersons there.  David took it upon himself to book the hotel for Vegas for us and his family. He was very proud of himself and kept saying what great reviews it got. So we are driving on the strip and the gps is saying that we are close to it. We are both looking up at all the hotels that are so pretty and big and we were wondering if we were in the wrong area. Then we look down and see a sign that says Motel 8 behind this dinky souvenir store.  It was an interesting stay to say the least.  Let’s just say that David is no longer allowed to book where we stay.  It was the kind of place that you don’t want to lay on the bed because who knows what has happened on them.  The first picture on the top left is the “extra room” that we had with the twin sized bed in it. It was pretty funny! The pool there was nice, but FREEZING! Which is hard to do in Vegas considering it was 114 degrees outside even at 8:00 at night.  We also had to pay $5 to get the key to swim in it. Good times!

So we went and walked down the strip that afternoon and were glad to be in any kind of air conditioning.  We went and ate at The Rainforest Café.  It was a fun experience and the kids loved it! They were very slow though and we didn’t have the greatest waitress, but oh well! Then we went and watched the water show that night and just walked around looking at all the fun things around there.  David got his picture taken with Transformers and Maggie got hers with Hello Kitty. They were both so excited! It was cute.  Then the next morning we headed to Anaheim to start the next part of our vacation!