Saturday we went to the temple and the Neon Graveyard. We didn't realize that it was under construction and so we could only look at it through the fence, but next time we visit Vegas we are going straight to the graveyard! After our disappointment at the graveyard we decided to eat at Popeyes. "White people eat at KFC when they want fried chicken. But when black people want fried chicken they go to Popeyes." That is a direct quote from Aaron. He was so excited to eat there, he talked about it allllll day. Later that night we went with Mike and Becky's family (Becky=Aaron's sister) to watch a Nativity production organized by their stake.
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Sunday was spent traveling to Hoover Dam and then visiting the Ethel M. Chocolate Factory. This is the more expensive/delicious/nutritious/fancy grade of Mars chocolate. We got some samples :) I love chocolate. Aaron likes it, but he is not as devoted to it as I am. The chocolate factory has a cactus garden that was decorated with all kinds of awesome lights. They had high-tech LED icicle lights that are just so amazing I can't explain it in words, but if you are ever in Las Vegas, go to the cactus gardens, it is well worth your time.
Monday we went to the Bodies Exhibition which was phenomenal. Period. It is an exhibit of REAL human bodies that have been preserved through a process developed thirty years ago. It took a couple hours to get through the whole exhibit. There were different rooms each with an individual theme (muscles, bones, circulatory system, digestive system, reproductive system, diseases, etc). They even had a fetus room that had preserved embryos and fetus (NOT aborted, died of natural causes). For dinner we went to Roy's, it was absolutely delicious, but like most expensive restaurants you get a very small amount and Aaron was still hungry after appetizer, dinner, and dessert. However the service was exceptional and our menus and dessert were personalized. Aaron convinced me to gamble, I took a dollar, put it into a slot machine and pushed "bet all." I won $7.50. Aaron took $5 and spread it out between 5 different machines and didn't win anything. He was jealous of my special abilities, and to help make him feel better I repaid the dollar he gave me. I walked out of the casino $6.50 richer.
NOTE: most exhibits did not allow photography, so there are very few pictures after this point.
On Tuesday we babysat Becky's boys for the morning, it was really fun! Aaron knows how much I love little kids so he volunteered to watch Nick and David to help curb my baby/child hunger. What a sweetie pie :) Aaron get pretty sick that night so on Wednesday we went to a couple exhibits but left after a couple hours because he was getting the chills and looked like he was going to pass out. The Titanic exhibit was our favorite of the Wednesday activities. They gave us each a boarding pass with the bio of an actual Titanic passenger. At the end of the exhibit there was a wall with all the names of the passengers and their fate. My favorite part was the recreation of the rooms and the stories of individuals and families, Aaron really liked the "Big Piece" (a very large piece of steel taken from the side hull of the ocean liner). Did you know that the price of a third class ticket was $40, which is the equivalent of $900 today? And a first class was $4,500 which is the price of $100,000!!! The other exhibit was the Shark Aquarium. It was okay, but we wish we had picked another activity.
Now we are in Nampa spending Christmas with my family. Life is just great :) Aaron and I had a lot of time to talk, laugh, and catch upper respiratory infections. We are looking forward to our next adventure. If anyone of you have gone to Vegas and have suggestions for activities please let us know!
Merry Christmas!
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