Mesquite and Fireworks

When we first moved down here we would go to Mesquite over the 24th of July, because we had a coupon to stay at the Oasis Hotel and Casino that could only be used during the week and not on holidays. Since Nevada does not celebrate the holiday and we get it off work it is the perfect time to go. It has become a bit of a family tradition. This year was no exception, we went down last night and apparently so did everyone else. Our room was in the boonies and we had to drive to the pool, how crazy is that! We must admit the rooms are ghetto, but tolerable for a night since it is free. Addie loved ransacking the place, her favorite being the phone and climbing inside the drawers. She could also open the door and so we had to barricade it.

Today we went swimming most of the day. Addie had fun in the pool, she loves to jump into the water from the steps. She says jump a lot and then gets brave enough to actually do it. After we are done swimming she loves to have a towel wrapped around her just like we do. She then carries it with her to the car and has to have it on her lap the rest of the time.

We ended the day with some fireworks, well some sparklers and flower bloomers. Addie held the sparkler for maybe a second before passing it back to Andrew and refusing to touch another one. Her reaction to the rest of the fireworks is priceless, she covered her eyes the whole time and would peek through occasionally. After it was over and Andrew had cleaned everything up she was brave enough to go into the street and look at the spots on the road. She even pretended to throw the fireworks into the road like Andrew did.