Our family spent Thanksgiving this year in Las Vegas, Nevada. Ryan's team participated in the NYFC (National Youth Football Championships). I always thought people who did sports over Thanksgiving were nuts, but we did it this year. We actually had a great time and it was a lot of fun. Ben had to work into Thursday morning, so we sent Ryan with another family on Wednesday. We left for Vegas on Thanksgiving morning at about 4:00 a.m. We drove straight there and went to Ryan's first game against Arizona at 11:00 a.m. Both teams he played against had 10 and 11 year olds on their teams (the star of the Arizona team is almost 12)! That would be one and two levels above what they play here in Utah! Ryan's team is made up of 8 and 9 year olds. There was no way that these little ones could compete against such experienced players, but they still had fun! Friday they played a team against California and were better matched but still lost. It was a blast hanging out with the other "football families" and going with them to M "n" M World and walking the fun places on the strip. The kids really wanted to ride the roller coaster at New York New York. It was seriously the most intense roller coaster I've ever been on! I can't believe Ryan dared go because I was kind of nervous. The ride to the top seemed to take forever!!! Anyway, it was a fun weekend, but not very "Christmassy" at all.
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