More Nelson Family Reunion

We continued to have a ton of fun...

I came across Kaitlyn reading to Maxwell.  I thought this was sooooo incredibly sweet.  What a great big cousin! (And I'm proud of her for reading when it wasn't mandatory!)

Heather made another yummy pudding treat (This pic is from yesterday though)

We were feeling a need to get out of the house and get the kids out of the pool so most of us headed to the strip to wander inside the Bellagio and then watch the Fountains.

Panoramic shot (I'm not good at these yet but you get the idea)

Funny face.  :)  

I was walking around with her in the baby carrier and she was STARVING but yet we were all ready to go and no one wanted to hang out for a half hour while I sat down and fed her, so I figured out how to feed her while she was still in the carrier.  Not comfortable but hey, you gotta do what you gotta do.  Add it to the list of crazy places I've nursed - - walking through the Bellagio.

No photo's please

He's been working on his "thumbs up" - happy with his ice cream.

...Later... happily finishing off the bowl of potato chips.  Life on vacation is good!!!

Enjoying the pool.  Max swam a little with the life vest on but also swam without it and did great jumping in and swimming to either Peter or I.  He was getting pretty brave which was good for him but sometimes he was too brave so you had to watch him closely.

Our chef

Family pic with the whole group.  Wish that the rest of the family could be here!

Goof balls

It's firework time!!

Emmalyn talking to Nana and Grandpa

Maxwell wasn't happy that we made him come outside and watch

The fireworks were not, shall we say, an earth shattering display this year.  It was pretty funny.  I still enjoyed them!

Geoff, Brent, Jocelyn, Katherine, Marriann

The kids gathered round for sparklers.  I think we had only 3 wounds.  I'm grateful Max is still scared of them...

An intense game of father/son vs. father/son

The fans cheered on whoever was playing

After the matches, we playing Minute to Win It which is always good for laughs.

We were having a great night enjoying each other's company so we kept the fun going after it got too late for us to be making a ton of noise playing ping pong and games.

Who builds a fire and roasts marshmallows in the middle of summer in Vegas?  We do!

Heather, Kevin (Kimberly's boyfriend), Kimberly, Geoff, Peter, Katherine, AJ

Kimberly, Brittany, Jocelyn, Sharee

We stayed up SUPER LATE (I think 2 am!?) It was one of those nights that was so incredibly enjoyable on an adult level just to connect.  Great conversations, great people, lovely night.  (Peter and I set up one phone in the bedroom and one outside to "facetime" as a makeshift baby monitor so that we'd know when Emmalyn woke up.  Technology is great!)

As far as I know, none of the neighbors complained... :)