Grand Canyon Part 3

After we got back to the hotel, Joseph, Tyler and I headed into the Hot Tub while Paige napped in the car with her Daddy. I drilled the boys about their favorite desserts to get ideas since it was Josephs 15th birthday. After Paige woke up, I took the car out and picked up an apple pie, plates, forks and candles. We played in the hotel for a couple of more hours.
Here the boys put my shoes on Paige and walked her around. She loved it.

Daddy & Paige played some video games in the arcade.

Paige found a little girl to play with. We had brought a beach ball to blow up and the kicked it around the arcade.

After that, we all played another round of bowling before heading to dinner. Grandma took us out for a nice family dinner at a Texas style BBQ. Unfortunately Justin had gotten sick before we went, and while he was feeling much better , I was not. I had to have him take me back to the hotel and lie down for a little while. They enjoyed dinner. When everyone came back to the hotel, we lit the candles on the pie and sang happy birthday to Joseph. I then took the baby to bed and everyone else hung out for a little while.

Paige did not sleep so well the 2nd night and we had to get up at 5:30AM. We had everyone packed up and were on the road at 6AM. I was still feeling kind of sick. Tyler had gotten sick the night before, and Keith was not feeling well either. But we just drove. We made really good time, stopped only a couple of quick times. Paige did not sleep on any of the car ride back. We were able to drive through the strip so the boys could see Las Vegas before we returned out car and headed back through security at the Las Vegas Airport. It took us a long time again, but we made it there with plenty of time. We got lunch and got on the airplane. Unfortunately Paige had a very long day, and broke down on the plane. She fell asleep for about 45 minutes on the plane, but woke up and continued crying. We think her ears may have been bothering her.

Here is a picture from the car ride back, before she broke down. We are very glad we brought the portable DVD player for her. It helped. The boys helped a lot too.

Overall it was a short, quick, but fun trip. We did realize what a big number, 7, is. Especially with a baby, kid on crutches, and older woman who needed a wheel chair for long walks. But we made it. It was such an important trip. We look forward to more trips with the kids.

I was able to post some of the pictures here. If you want to see all of them, let me know and I will email a link to Shutterfly for you.