Just before 3am we got up in order to be awake at the same time of Little Nan's funeral, it felt only right to do this with everyone back home and also helped us.

We played songs that to us held relevance as to why we had chosen to stay on the trip and how we felt so far away. We overlooked the Nevada Dessert and the bright lights of Vegas, David's Nan loved any sort of sparkly coloured lights and was also claustrophobic. So bright sparkly lights and the widest open space we could find seemed a fitting place to be just then, we lit a candle that held a scent loved by 'Little Nan'.

There were tears but laughter too remembering some of the things Little Nan did, like crashing a supermarket trolley straight in to a display of after eight mints in the supermarket, which she followed up with an…..Oooohhhh!!!!

Early in our day time it was nearing the afternoon at home so we wanted to do something special while it was still day time at home, we had chosen more than one thing to do today but the first was some distance away from our hotel. The sun was shining brilliantly that day which mad everything much better and would also mean a good sunset for Little Nan, so it was a nice way to walk to our first part of the day.

We arrived at a place called 'The Venetian', this place is like Venice in Vegas, it truly is beautiful and full of all the sparkle and radiance Nan would have loved to see. The little cobble floor and bridges over the canal that runs through the hotel make this a mini city. We chose carefully to take a Gondola ride on the inside canal instead of the out as the ceiling and surrounds where so much nicer and in keeping with Nan's taste. The ride was very nice with Italian songs from the Gondolier, we passed under four arch bridges and several areas of streets all with beautiful buildings. The Gondola itself was colourful and shiny with gold trims all of which suited us just so.

Through the day we reminisced and spent some time around the hotel until it was time for our next tribute of the day. This was by far Nan's favourite part of nature, it was the setting of the days sun with all its radiance and colour splashing out across the sky in all directions. And today it had done just that, keeping Nan in our thoughts we watched the sun lower toward the mountains of the dessert casting shadows from the palm trees it absorbed. As it came lower we moved up to our room for our second viewing spot, complete with drinks to wish of the daylight of Little Nan's day in style. We had been collecting sunset pictures for Nan to see from all corners of our trip so were glad to have this to add and hope she could see it with us.

After the last of the sun had gone we were not quite ready to let Little Nan go just yet as she deserved a bit more, but before we did get to our final thing we had a show to see. The show was part magic and part not and was ok, its impact was a bit clouded by our wondering thoughts but that was to be expected and thoughts of family past and present are always welcome.

For our Grand Finale we had a mad dash up the Las Vegas strip, we arrived at our destination with two minutes to spare! Planned to perfection of course!
Ready with camera we watched the giant fountains of the 'Bellagio' hotel leap into action with a crack and a roar like a thunder bolt.

The dancing lights and water jets of the fountain are breathtakingly spectacular for anyone who sees them, and by god 'Little Nan' would be beaming all over like a school girl if she could have seen this one. The songs the fountains dance to change daily and every fifteen minutes as do the displays, but how strange and comforting at the same time that the last display of the night finishing dead on midnight when Nan's day was over was, 'Time to Say Goodbye'.

In loving memory of Little Nan, who every day was always there. You let us know that you would always care. Your love will follow us into every moment. You are at peace now but will be loved dearly and missed forever, living on in our hearts for an eternity.
My little Nan, it is so sad you had to leave us now. As I had so much for you to see I will do my best to show you the world through my eyes with all the sunsets I can. My love and wishes always x x x