Ice World and Christmas Eve

Eric worked the morning of Christmas Eve so the boys and I hurried to the store to pick up some last minute items. Here they are playing at the park while we waited for the shuttle. In the afternoon we met Eric at the Venetian so we could go to the DreamWorks Ice World.

 

Our view of "home" on our way over to the Venetian.

 



Part of the Venetian, City of Dreams and Hard Rock Hotel

 



All of the boys were really excited to be finally going to the Ice World. As we entered they gave us these really big blue jackets. Eric and I didn't think we really needed them. Once we were inside we realized we did them. It was freezing!!! But all of the ice sculptures were amazing. The pictures show how awesome everything was. What some incredibly talented people to be able to this to ice!

 



Everything in these next few pictures is ice.

 



There was a slide made out of ice also. Cam was the first one to go down. It was hilarious!! I don't think his jacket was long enough so since he was sliding down on his jeans he went really slow. He was even stuck at one point. All of us kept telling to push himself down. He would just sit there though. The workers wouldn't let any of the other boys help him, so he eventually had to figure out how to slide down. He had a blast once he did figure it out. 

Kade

Kyle 

Connor

 



 

After we were too cold to stay, we headed over to Sands Cotai Central to see the parade. The penguins were supposedly pulling Santa in his sleigh. However, after sitting for awhile we realized the parade was upstairs and missed almost all of it. Bummer! We did get to see the end of it though.

 

After that we decided to come home and let the boys open a couple of their presents. The first one was a beautiful blanket. Our family in Las Vegas has a tradition of going up to Red Rock and reading the Nativity story. Usually we would get kicked out of the park before we were done reading because it was closing time. Eric said we should go up on the hill behind us with the blanket and read the story. :) We opted for staying inside and watching a movie.

 



All of the boys in their new pj's, not quite ready for Santa to come though. They were still not tired, plus it was a little too early.

 



My boys and I.

 



Cam loved the blanket.

 



Reading our new book on the blanket and Connor playing with the candle.

 



 

Our Polar Express picture was exciting. The boys loved pushing the button to see the lights light up. We all ended up snuggling while watching the Polar Express and probably one of the Mickey Mouse Christmas shows, even though Cam had watched them practically every single day. After a little while the boys were ready for bed. Eric left before they fell asleep so he could bring all of the presents over. Eric and I had a "date night" earlier in the week to wrap all of the presents. They were all in his office. He loaded them up in a taxi and brought them over so they would be ready for Christmas morning after Santa came.