Thanksgiving & Vegas!

This year for Thanksgiving, it was my parents' turn to have us over, so we went over around 1:00 for a yummy feast!! My assignment was the Cheese ball, and I make a mean Cheese ball! It was gone by the end of the night, but I also decided that I would try and make a Pumpkin Pie. I found one on Pillsbury.com that had cream cheese in it, and needless to say, it too was gone by the end of the night! It was so good! Best pumpkin pie I have ever had, and Casey love love loved it too!! Every year as a tradition, we all go around the table as we're eating and say what we're thanksful for, and everyone's response is usually that they are thankful for the family and friends, jobs, a home. And I truely am grateful for all those things, and for a caring and considerate husband, who works so hard to get me the things I need and want, and for my cute little dog, he's like my baby, so I'm glad to have him! hehe! I feel like I didnt' eat that much, but I was uncomfortably full the rest of the day, so after dinner, we all kind of just laid around, hung out, made some bracelets, and I painted some letter blocks to sell at the Child and Family Support Center, that was this last saturday, I wasn't able to make it becuase I was in Vegas, but they made lot's of money for the nursery center, that has had over 3,000 children admitted, here in logan. That is a lot of kids in one year, to be taken away from their abusive, or druggy, or rapist parents. So think of them this Holiday season if you are feeling Charitable!

I didn't get any pictures of thanksgiving, I remembered the camera, but Casey forgot to take the SD card out of the computer, so no pictures! But I did get some pictures of Vegas!

This year Casey's company decided to take all their employees, and their spouses to Las Vegas, they paid for the flight, hotel room, a show and two dinners! We went on thursday morning at 7, which was very hard for me to wake up, but I did it, only to find that when we got to the airport, our flight was delayed 2 hours. So we sat around, ate some yougurt and fruit, did some people watching, and came to find that there are alot of older ladies who don't realize their bellies are hanging out, or they just think that they are hot, I'm not sure, but we saw quite a few of those! When we finally got to Las Vegas, we couldn't check into our rooms till four, and we got there at about 1 or 1:30, so even though we were all extremely tired, and could use a nap, we checked our bags and headed to New York New York for some lunch, where we found some mexican food, that wasn't that great. After that we had a few hours to kill, so we walked around the strip, doing the usual m&m and cocacola factories, checked out some shops that kind of thing. When it was time to go back to the hotel, they gave us a half an hour to get ready for the Blue Man Group. At this point I'm exhausted, but go get ready anyways, no time to wind down, and I decide to wear the worst and most cute shoes imaginable. I took it as the show being right across the street, but no, it was way down on the other end of the strip. I had blisters by the time we got to the buffet, and then more walking to the show. My feet hurt so incredibly bad, I didn't know if I was going to make it back! Poor Casey kept giving me piggy backs, but finally I just said the hell with it, and took the shoes off. Blue Man Group was seriously an awesome show, and so not what I was expecting. Everything about it was so random, and crazy, but I loved it, and if any of you have a chance to see it, see it! After the show we were so exhausted, we just went to the hotel, and totally zonked out cold! I know, we're old and boring, but so so very tired! The next day, we had a breakfast buffet, that also wasn't that great, I'm not a breakfast person, but it still wasn't that great. We spent the day shopping, and at the arcade, and then saw Nathan Burton's comedy magic show, he's the guy that one America's Got Talent, and we got to meet him after the show. He wasn't that funny, but his tricks were awesome, and we just couldn't figure them out! After the show, we got to go to my most favorite place to eat, P.F. Changs! I got my favorites, Mongolian Beef, and of course the Lettuce Wraps! We got take out, and headed back to our Hotel room at the Monte Carlo, and ate our yummy food! After that we sat a while and let our food settle, then headed to the arcades once more, becuase that is Casey's favorite thing to do in Vegas! We didn't really do too much, because we were a little low on funds, but it was fun to be somewhere different, and do whatever we wanted for a few days. All in all it was fun, and we appreciated the free trip! But I'm always glad to be home. Even if it is colder here! It was funny to see all the people bundled up in the 60 degree weather, and it felt good to us, since we came from negative number weather! Hope you all have a fun and safe holiday!

Not a great picture, but that's us in front the the Monte Carlo

Casey playing his favorite game!

Nanett's son Baxter, Creepy Elvis (who by the way wouln't let go of my arm until someone paid him a tip for letting us get a picture) me casey and creepy Elmo!

Me and Nathan Burton