vegas, baby!

ok, henderson is more like it although we did visit the strip and downtown as well.

matt has lots of family in the vegas area, some that i had never met before, so we decided to stay with matt's aunt el and uncle rich. she has pretty much a whole "wing" of her house set aside for her guests so we were pretty comfortable there. aunt el's granddaughter marissa had been excited for months for the baby to come and stay. had alice been in a good mood when we got there i'm sure she would have pounced on her earlier than she did.

tyler, aunt el's grandson, was one of alice's favorite people. he's incredibly hilarious.


after dinner the kids pounced on alice. literally.


marissa and alice. marissa spent the night four times while we were there. i think she was very sad to see us go.


yay for in ground pools! alice really liked the water (she got in all the way eventually) despite the fact that she despises baths. she spent nearly an hour in with us. i have to mention how crazy matt's relatives are (ok just about anyone in vegas). most of them won't go swimming unless the pool is 90 degrees!


oh, and matt always told me that whoever says "it's a dry heat" is nuts because 100 degrees is still 100 degrees so i was expecting not to feel a difference. boy is he wrong! it was in the hundreds while we were in vegas and every time i found out what temp it was i couldn't believe it until i saw the thermometer. it really does make a difference when there isn't much humidity in the air. just for the record.