J's first Meet & Hoover Dam!! 1/17/2009

Since we were already in Vegas we decided to take the kids to see the Hoover Dam~ Jaden is learning about it in school right now and thought it was "sweet" that he could walk across what he is learning about! He also informed us that the amount of concrete used to build the Hoover Dam is enough to make a sidewalk around the entire EARTH!


Our Hotel story is a bit of a joke-I booked the Suite (since I found a special rate for $25 more than a regular room) and we show up to check in and they do not have our room ready. That is ok we wanted to go car shopping anyway. But were also informed that the Suite only has one bed~excuse me~ but the intelligent gentleman that I spoke with on the phone before booking the room through the HOTEL website said that there were two queen beds OR one king bed!?! We were told that we were misinformed and we would have to stay in a regular room. Umm first of all a room that is 700 square feet BIGGER than a regular room has only ONE bed and we were only allowed one itty bitty roll away? Ok fine we will take the smaller room-but I don't want to pay for a suite when I am getting a regular room. WRONG-O To make a long story short~ we were put in the cheapest room and because the room rates were now double the price that I paid, we were not refunded any of the money! Then to top it off the "rollaway" they brought for Koda was a little small, don't you think? Ahhh, the memories!!



Jaden had his first official Gymnastics Meet this weekend down in Vegas. We had a lot of fun watching him compete!  I had NO IDEA what the meet would be like, or who we would be competing against. It turns out there were teams there from other COUNTRIES! I can't believe how serious some of the coaches were-one kid stumbled on his landing and his coach blew up! I am SO thankful for Barney, and the other coaches that are so patient and kind to my kids!  The kids we competed against were AMAZING, and although J didn't place he was satisfied just getting a medal!