The Vanek Visit Part I

My sister Kathy and her family came for a visit over Easter weekend. I’m going to give it to you straight. They were THE best guests we’ve ever had. Kathy started making dinner for us almost as soon as she arrived. Who does that?

My sister, that’s who.

We started the trip with a visit to the strip the night they arrived. It was on this magical evening that a miracle happened. My cutie-pie-kins nephew Ethan found the friend of his dreams, Gizmo. Now, I was born in the 80s and I’ve never seem Gremlins but this kids LOVES Grmlins! He had been pining for a Gizmo friend for a couple months. My poor sister has been beside herself trying to figure out how she would find said toy without breaking the bank.

As I said, it was a miracle. We found him in the store with the Elvis fortune teller (I recommend a reading for everyone, uh huh) in Caesar’s Palace. The joy on this face was much like this.

I couldn’t believe the reception Gizmo received during our adventures around Las Vegas. “Look, mom! He has a Gizmo! Look!” The child nearly yanked the sleeve off his mother’s shirt.

We started with the Hoover Dam and made out way to Ethel M’s Chocolate Factory and Cactus Gardens. My other nephew Adam (master of Raving Rabbids) and I were working on passing off his photography merit badge. I loaned him my old Canon 10D and he ran amok photographing everything in sight. Essentially it became a documentary of Gizmo’s Trip to Vegas.

Awesome. Oh, and don’t forget you click on the images to see them larger.

Kathy kept trying to doge my photos. It didn’t really work out…thanks to my wide angle friend.