Hodge Podge trip to the desert

Since Erik had to go see a client in Vegas this week, we decided to drive down as a family and hang at my dad's in St. George for a couple of days before heading to L.V. I had my first experience attending a Parade of Homes and am not sure why I haven't done it sooner. It was so much fun to see some of the homes that were being showed, the ones we went to all had the very authentic southwest adobe style look. Much similar to the home Dad and Connie are building now, we got to go see it and we are SO EXCITED for it to finally be done in another couple months! So now I guess I'm hooked on the parade of homes and will definitely be attending the next one that comes to Salt Lake!
Vegas wasn't quite warm enough to lay out or soak up the sun so while Erik had his appt. on Tues Kimball and I went to check out the secret garden and dolphin habitat at the Mirage. It is a pretty fantastic set up they have, a very impressive mini zoo. Lions, tigers, cheetahs, panthers, llamas and the awesome dolphin habitat. Kimball must have stood against that little wall for an hour calling out to the dolphins chatting with them. They kept coming up right next to him and resting their head on the platform like they were just smiling at him, it was so CUTE!
One thing we did learn on this trip though was that Kimball is starting to get a little more difficult to travel with. He's still pretty much the easiest kid ever but he doesn't like going to sleep when he's not in his own room so it was sort of a battle every night, not to mention his recent boycott of restaurant highchairs or booster seats, he wants to be just like the adults. And he will be really good until all of a sudden he gets bored and dumps a whole drink upside down to remind us that he's just a playful little 2 year old.