Stubbs Love: Vegas Baby

After work last Thursday, Evs and I loaded up our car, along with Sage, and we made the short drive to Las Vegas! Evs Mom, Auntie and Grandma were flying in so we decided to make it a mini vacation. We stayed with Grandpa Stubbs in Boulder City, NV and it was so much fun just visiting with him and keeping him company. He is always an on the go guy, always has to be doing something..I felt real lazy compared to him. Anyways we had a blast. I love roadtrips and this was Evan and my first one being married (living on an island doesn't give you much opportunity to take a "road trip"). We really enjoyed ourselves. We had all our goodies in case, for when we got hungry/munchie. Evs drove and I stayed awake for the first hour and a half and knocked out after that..I tired hard to stay awake, but yeno my eyelids were stronger than me. We got there and went to sleep. Sage did well on the road trip , only a few whines, but heck if I had to pee like he did, I would have been whining too. We headed to the Techatticup Mine in Ghost town, Nelson, Nevada. Evs and I dont really enjoy too many "historical outings", we just arent that type of people what else can I say. When it comes to the Holocaust or WWII though we both really enjoy it. Anyways, so we headed to this Mine and it was so cool. The people that own it were friends of Grandpas and well, they have done such a great job with the place. They have all these old miners homes and have made them into their own unique places to stay. There were just so many things to see there and then the history of the Mine. I had never been to a mine, and it was quite cool I would have to say, Evs would have to agree as well. After the Mine, we headed to Colee (Evs sister) and Tyler Leavitt to visit with them. We hadnt seen our nephews in a whole year and it was so great! They have grown so much! We had such a great time! We miss them already. Sage tagged along with us to meet them, and the boys loved him, esp Jake. Sage did really well with them as well. Friday we hung around the house with grandpa and then Evs took me on a date to the strip. I had seen it a few times before but never walked it. Let me just say its one of those things you really only need to do once. There was far too many pictures of naked ladies on the ground, I walked with my head held high, thats for sure. Then you've got all the million card slapper people that try to hand you pictures of naked ladies..its just insane. But we enjoyed the beauty of the Paris, Bellagio, Venetian, MGM Grand, Ceasars Palace, Rio..etc. We enjoyed pizza, pretzel and dessert Crepe. I lost $1 because well I hated that game. Evs maxed out the credits on the first try and I lost. I didnt want to waste anymore money..so we just walked around and watched other people lose it haha. So much better that way! It was a fun day, lots of walking..forgot my walking shoes..my feet and lower back felt for my stupidity..We ended the night with some yummy Del Taco. We met up with our Hawaii family (our whole reason for going to Vegas) not until Sunday evening for dinner; they got in late then had an interesting time getting things situated, needless to say we were sad we didn't get a chance to see them more, but we did get a chance to spend more time with Colee, Tyler and the boys. We love them. We were also able to meet up with one of my favorite mission companions, Jecia Hutchinson. She lives in Henderson so we stopped by, she met Evs, we talked story with her and her family for a little bit, then it was ended up being 10:30 before we headed back to California. I think I lasted a whole 15 minutes in the car, while Evs drove. Hes a saint I tell ya. We had to stop so he could rest, but we were back on the road and I had no idea..I woke up periodically to see if we were there yet, then conked into REM mode. We had a such a great time! Its nice to be so close to Vegas now, to enjoy a good time with family.