Spring Break in Arizona and Las Vegas! ♥

Hey everyone! :)

I had an awesome spring break! :)
We - Mom and dad, my friend Grace, and I - flew from Minneapolis to Phoenix, AZ and then drove through Arizona to Las Vegas from where we flew back to Minneapolis! :) We had a lot of fun!!! :D

Friday, 3/6
We left our house at about 8:30 am and went to the airport. Our flight left at 11 am, but then we had to switch airplanes in St. Louis, MO. So we arrived in Phoenix at around 4pm. It was really nice weather so of course we changed into shorts and flip flops! :P We met with mom's cousin Julie at a Mexican restaurant - OMG!! that was sooo yummy!! :) After we had ate she showed us downtown Phoenix, which was really nice! Then we went to her house and stayed there over night.

Ready to take off!

I and Grace

Downtown Phoenix

Saturday, 3/7
In the morning, mom's cousin showed us an Indian reservation in Phoenix. It was interesting to see. We also stopped at a Mexican store!

Mom & I in "Mexico" :D

After that, we went to a Hawaiian festival which was also fun! :D

Mom, I, Grace, Julie, and dad! :)

In the afternoon, we went to a western town. They had little stores, a shotgun show, horses,... It was really nice!

In jail in Arizona, haha :D 

After that, we drove to Tortilla Flats and stopped on the way to take pictures with huge cactuses. Arizona is full of cactuses...everywhere and so many different kinds and sizes...there are almost more cactuses in Arizona than people in Germany, haha :D

It's BIG!!

They are prickly!!!

Cactuses everywhere!!! :D

At dinner time, we met with mom's other cousin (Julie's sister), her husband and daugther, and Julie's husband Fred for dinner at a pizza restaurant! Really good pizza! :)

Sunday, 3/8
After breakfast (We got donuts *-*), mom, dad, Grace, and I left and went to an "Out of Africa" park! It was about an hour northern of Phoenix. We did a safari tour and we could feed a giraffe with celery! :D We saw a tiger show and a snake show. I got picked for the snake show to come into the arena and pet the snake to overcome my fear lol!! :D It was pretty cool!!! :) Afterwards it was feeding time for the other animals. It was pretty disgusting because they fed them horses!! :( It was a really nice day at the park! :)

She kissed the giraffe! :D

They have big teeth!

They are soo close!! It's not zoomed in! :D 

 

 For dinner we met with mom's and dad's friends who live another hour up north! They are really nice!! :)

Monday, 3/9
We left our hotel after breakfast and went to Sedona! There are red rocks and some of them have special names based on what they look like. For example a coffepot or Snoopy,... We went on a hike and climed up a little mountain! After we had got back we went shopping and then went to our hotel! Mom and I watched the Bachelor finale and then went to bed:D

In Sedona! :)

On the mountain!

 It was actually pretty deep, but it is hard to see on the pictures!

Getting some energy! :D

JUMP! :D

Selfie-time :D

With Grace!

Red Rocks

 Tuesday 3/10
We went to the Grand Canyon! :D It was amazing!!! *-* It's such a beautiful view from every angle!!! :D We went on a hike, but the path was super icy, so mom and Grace turned around at dome point and dad and I went on a little bit further! :) When we came back, we went to the west side of the canyon. It was soo cooool!!! :D Right when we left we saw a bunch of deer and elk right next to the parking lot - cute!! We had a two-hour drive to our hotel. When we got there we got a milkshake at a drive-in and then played a game to get used to staying up late for Vegas. :D

It's amazing! :)

So steep!!!

With mom and dad! ♥

With mom! ♥

Beautiful day! :)

Amazing view!!!!! *-*

The river! :)

Wednesday, 3/11
We left again after breakfast and went to Hoover Dam, which is on the way to Vegas. It was cool to walk over the bridge and look down so far!!

Another new State!! *-*

The view down!

The new bridge we walked on! :D

 Then we went to LAS VEGAS!!! *-* That was really amazing! All the hotels have different themes, from New York, Caesar Palace, Paris, to Treasure Island. And many, many more!! We stayed at Treasure Island, which has a pirate theme. At 7pm we watched the Cirque du soleil show!! That was really, really good!!! :) Unfortunately, we were not allowed to take picture of the show. :( Then we walked around along the strip with all the hotels at night! It was sooo cool!!! :D All the lights are just awesome! :D Every hotel is unique and interesting in a differnet way! Some hotels had watershows that were pretty cool to watch! :)

The strip with all the lights at night! *-*

Statue of liberty made out of Jelly Beans! :D

INside of Caesar's Palace- Sky changes at night!

Our hotel! :) Sooo many rooms!!

Eiffel tour

Thursday, 3/12
We went out in the morning and walked through other hotels! We ate lunch earlier and then went to the hotel to go to the pool! :) Later in the afternoon, we went to a big buffet in our hotel!! The food was really good and they had soo much amazing dessert! :D ♥ Then we packed and went outside for a little bit again and then left for the airport! :(  BYE Las Vegas!

Met Minnie&Mickey

A hotel in form of a pyramid!!

Las Vegas at night from the plane! *-*

Friday, 3/13
We came home at 6am and went to bed to get some sleep haha:D In the afternoon, mom took me to the barn and I rode Elvis! :D

Saturday, 3/14
Happy anniversary to mom and dad!! ♥
Happy birthday to Omi! ♥

We left in the morning and went down to visit my grandparents and great-grandma! :)

Sunday, 3/15
We came back home and had some lunch. Mom and I went to get my Track apparel! :)


School starts again tomorrow...that means 3rd trimester....that means last trimester... :( I can't believe it!!! :( I don't want to leave my life here!! :(((((
Track practice and Color Guard start tomorrow as well!! :D I'm excited for that!! :D

I had an awsome week and a ton of fun!! It was one of the best trips of my life!!! :D Thank you soo much for doing the trip with me!! ♥♥♥♥

See you,
An-Ka! :)