Wednesday's Words of Wisdom

Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans.

~John Lennon

Happy Thanksgiving

We headed back to Oklahoma for Thanksgiving this year. This was the first time we made the trip back since Ben proposed two years ago. It was great to spend the long weekend with family.

I wish I would have taken a picture of the food spread we had this year. My grandma made 2 turkeys and a ham. There were mounds of mashed potatoes, a table full of casseroles and salads. Another table with deviled eggs and veggies. And a whole separate table full of desserts! It was all so delicious and we ate WAY too much!

On Friday we ran a Turkey Trot in downtown Tulsa. My dad ran with us! It was my dad's first road race in at least 10 years. He did awesome!

Ben, my dad, and I at the start line

After the Turkey Trot, we went to the Tulsa vs. Houston football game. At the time, Houston was the #7 ranked team in the country. The first half of the game was great! Unfortunately TU fell apart in the second half and got beat pretty bad. But, we had a fun time and we had good seats!

Ben and I enjoying the game

We hit up Coney I-Lander- a must when visiting Tulsa. It's a hole-in-the-wall hot-dog joint that is SO good!

With our delicious dogs

Our last night, we went to look at the Christmas light display over at Rhema Bible College. The display has over 2 million lights and 90,000 of those lights are synchronized to music. It's pretty awesome! A great way to get into the Christmas spirit!

Viva Las Vegas

Ben has been doing such a great job at work that he won a trip to Las Vegas! We got to stay at the Wynn, which was gorgeous! I wish I would have taken more pictures, but I really didn't think about it!

The Wynn- we were on the 51st floor

One of my favorite parts about the hotel were all of the fresh flowers. They were everywhere!!

This is the lobby. The balls hanging off the trees are fresh flowers. It was so pretty at night since all of the trees are wrapped in lights.

These amazing orchid displays were everywhere!!

Our first morning we grabbed some breakfast at Hash House A Go Go. It's so delicious!

Ben, Brynn, and I so excited to be Vegas!

We walked the strip and went down to the MGM to see their lions. They were pretty boring since they were sleeping, but i thought it was cute how their legs were all snuggled up together

All State had dinner functions for us the first 2 nights. The first night they had dinner set up by 2 of the pools and had dueling pianos as entertainment. The second night, we were in a ball room and they had a band there. The food was really good and the entertainment was great!

Ben and I getting ready to head out for dinner

A mini desert platter!

Later that night we went to the Cirque de Soleil show Beatles Love at the Mirage.

Love the Eiffel Tower! Especially when it's all lit up at night. Reminds me of the real thing

The last night there we hit up the Bellagio to catch the water show. I really think i could spend all night just watching those fountains!

Brynn, Ben, and I. I think more people made comments or talked to Ben because of that ridiculous Husker hat!

oh, I love it!!

Wednesday's Words of Wisdom

Dream big, but allow yourself the opportunity to start small, and have your share of struggles in the beginning. The world's great composers weren't writing symphonies the day they first sat at a piano.

Kevin O'Rourke

Wednesday's Words of Wisdom

Believe that you're young enough, old enough, strong enough, and so to accomplish everything you want to do. Don't let worn out beliefs stop you from moving beyond yourself.

~John Bingham

Pumpkin Carvin'

Ben and I had a fun night carving the pumpkins we picked out from pumpkin patch

This picture reminds of something my dad would do

The finished products!