Christmas Break 2011

In the McClellan House we had a very relaxing two weeks off. We started the vacation off with going to see the Bellagio water show and conservatory. It is a very common Vegas pastime, that I love, but don't do very often. No offense to tourists, but I don't like them. Anyway, we braved the cold and people and went and saw the pretty flower displays.



We heard two songs, a Christmas song and a classical, it was perfect.


We ran to the Sephora store between water shows. We had to cross the street to get there. As we were at the stop light waiting to cross, a billboard on wheels stopped right in front of us. Madi looks up at the "direct, women to you" billboard and says really loudly "WOW!" I immediately tried to direct her eyes to the Paris' Eiffel tower instead of the three nearly naked women on the billboard. She wouldn't have it. Well, needless to say we are going to be very careful next time we are on the strip.

On our anniversary, December 22, we drove to Phoenix to see Greg's sister and family. It was so much fun. Stephanie watched our girls for us as Greg and I went out on the town for a night and day. It was good to be away from kids for a short 24 hours. We then spent lots of quality time with the Eaton's. We made candy trains, went shopping at Last Chance, played dominoes, words with friends and ate lots of food!! I love Stephanie's cooking.

Can you guess what this red and green thing is?

It's french bread. I went to the grocery store to buy some french bread for a breakfast casserole for Christmas morning. I only found this red and green bread. I went to the baker and inquired what it was suppose to be. She said it was french bread. I asked her where the regular french bread was and she said that this was it. So I bought it and sure enough it did taste just like regular french bread. Who would have thought?!
The girls get pj's every Christmas eve. Here are their cute pj's.
The girls each got a bike for Christmas.
Madi got her bubble bath that she wanted last year!!
We had to run back home the Sunday after Christmas. Greg had to work, so the girls and I spent some time with friends the last week. One of the days we went to M&M world. It was so much fun. They actually updated it quite a bit.


Waiting in line for the 3D movie!
Then we headed over to Coca Cola World. We sat and drank Cokes and Sprites. (Daddy wasn't very happy that Madi got a Coke, but hey this is only her 2nd one in her life. She survived.)

The girls were so cute, they said cheers to every person who walked by. Everybody loved it. I was a little worried when a couple teenage boys took a picture though. I guess somewhere in Asia there will be a picture of the 5 girls on a guys camera. I just don't want to think about it to much.
Well of course with M&M's being $13 a pound at M&M world, we didn't want to buy them there. We headed to Sam's Club and found the Christmas M&M's on sale for $4.95 for 56 ounces.
The New Year's was great. The girls went to a friends house for a few hours while Megan and Tyler McHenry came over. We played games until midnight. We drank sparkling cider and then finished our game before going to bed. The next morning we went to Krispy Kreme, which is a tradition in our family. I was sad to go back to work, but hey, I know Greg and my pocketbook are happy! I hope everyone had a great Christmas like we did!