4th of July adventure

We had quite the eventful weekend.  Cody took Friday the 3rd off (a rare occasion) and we planned on heading south.  First to St. George, then to Vegas for a night. Well it was all fine and dandy till we got to Beaver for a "pee break".  The truck decided it would stay in 5th gear (we figured out later) and so it wouldn't go.  After about an hour of sitting in their parking lot Cody finally came up with a plan and we had my FIL pick up the kids and I up and take us to George, and then Cody had a friend bring him down the "spare" truck and then planned on towing the Dodge home.  When Daron showed up and we loaded in his truck Cody decided he'd try driving towards his buddy in 5th gear.  His truck ended up being driven all the way home and was fine by the time it got home.  We feel very blessed that it broke down on the way to the desert instead of while we were in the heat of the desert.  It was so much better that we had it resolved instead of having to worry about something like that so far from home.  This is how we entertained ourselves in the truck. 

Asa gave me a series of funny faces that were hilarious. 

I had to get to get a group shot.  You can see Cody concentrating on what we are going to do. 
The kids zonked out in Daron's truck pretty much right away.  His A/C was efficient so the poor kids were sweating like crazy. 
The next day we went to St. George's 4th of July festivities.  They had this fun bounce house and the kids just loved it. 
Then there was the train.  Coen was NOT having any of that.  I paid the money to get him in and he wouldn't even think about getting in.  The "train" was water barrels cut open and added wheels and was pulled with a lawnmower.  Asa thought it was great though.  He had a smile on his face the whole time.  The picture of him I zoomed in on him, and he wasn't even looking at us.  So cute.

Asa loved the swings too.  Jayden was so sweet to help him into the swing and get him all buckled.
They had a fabulous slip in slide that at first Asa wasn't interested in, and then loved it.  
At the end of our morning Cody and Angie stood in line in the heat of the St. George day for sno cones. Asa loved it.  Angie told Kasen that he looked like Joker with his red lips from the snowie and Asa thought that was the funniest thing. 
We headed to vegas later on and since we had the Ford we had a hard time getting around.  The truck won't fit in any of the underground parking, so we had to search for a lot that was ground level and outdoor. Which meant we couldn't do much site seeing with the kids.  With it being 106 outside, it was just too hot to walk the strip with them. So we went to M&M world and saw Cody's buddy's nascar.  Asa thought it was great and we picked up a mini nascar for him.
After we explored the shop we went to the basement where they boys played games.  Coen mainly just liked to sit and pretend, but Asa liked the games.

We spent the night in a Hotel in Henderson and planned on watching fireworks at their city festival.  Instead we ate nasty ghetto KFC, and watched a few fireworks from the parking lot then headed into the hotel for some swimming.  The hotel was nice and clean, but it was on the outskirts of town, so there wasn't a lot happening.  We had the pool all to ourselves for most of the time.  At first Asa and Coen hated the pool.  THen after a while I got Coen to loosen up and he was jumping off the side to me.  And then towards the end Asa finally liked it and jumped in a couple of times to Cody.  The kids thought it was fun staying in a motel room.  We had a king bed and a queen bed and Asa planned on sleeping on the queen bed.  In the middle of the night he decided to sleep next to Cody and I slept with Coen on the queen bed. IT was a fun adventure, but I wished we would have done more with the kids since we made the journey to Vegas.  All in all it was fun to get away and not have to worry about real life for a weekend.