New Years - -St. George, UT & Las Vegas, NV - -December 30, 2022 to Jan 4, 2023

Because we stayed home for Christmas, we decided to travel for New Years Weekend. We went to St. George UT to see GG and Papa. We flew in and out of Las Vegas because it is a 2 hour drive from St. George and a direct flight in and out of Colorado Springs.

On New Years Eve, the kids (and James) went swimming and we found a Swig,  a must-have drink when we are in Utah.

then we had dinner

  and a little New Years Eve Party

  Including horns and poppers.

As usual, we welcomed in the New Year east coast time which means we were all in bed before the clock actually struck twelve.

New Years Day we went to church and relaxed.

On January 3rd we drove back to Las Vegas to spend the night. Elin had a special donut shop she wanted to try so we stopped there first

Then we went straight to the Aria for late lunch at our favorite restaurant, Din Thai Fung. This was our go-to in Washington for special occasions and we haven’t been there since we left since there are only 7 in the US (all on the west coast). 

Yes, it was as amazingly delicious as we remembered.

We checked into our room at the Venetian.

And went out on the strip for a walk to the Bellagio fountain.

On our way back we had a slice of pizza and rainbow cake.

The pizza was good (NY style) the cake ..... eh. Wed Jan 4 we had an early afternoon flight home so we walked to the Mirage across the street then stopped by Lola’s for a treat before the airport.

  Even the dolls had a seat on our return flight

We had a nice relaxing visit in St. George.  Las Vegas....not my favorite place but I wanted to show the girls what it was like. They thought it was interesting but SO. MUCH. WALKING.  

Maija