Quick Update

So, I am super lame and haven't had a shred of time to update my blog! Hopefully I will be able to get all the pictures on here that I want to! For Thanksgiving, Ben and I flew down to Vegas to spend it with Ben's extended family (on his dad's side). We flew down Wednesday night, and flew back EARLY Friday morning so that I could go straight into work for a 10 hour day! We had to get up at 3:30 AM and then I literally got off the plane, drove home, changed my clothes, and drove to work for Black Friday and it was CRAZY! By the way, I am super exhausted right now so ignore any spelling errors! It was great to see all of the family, and Ben's sister Kayla took some awesome pictures of the family, I will get some and post them later. (No, I really will this time!) We had a lot of fun, but it didn't feel like much of a vacation since it was way too short! Then, to come back and work the two busiest days of the year was so hard, but I survived (barely) but tomorrow is the day of rest, thank goodness! :) Ben is super swamped right now with school since the semester is winding down to finals week, and I know that he is really looking forward to the Christmas break! He needs one! I think he is very excited to not have to do anything for a little while! Anyway, that is the quick update, I will post pictures of both our Grand America stay and Thanksgiving soon. Promise!

Grand America

So, my wonderful husband surprised me with a really inexpensive stay (he always finds the good deals) at the Grand America hotel on Saturday night! We were able to stay in an executive king suite, and when we checked in we were even upgraded to the 22nd floor at no additional charge! I have pictures of the room, but they are still on Ben's camera phone so I will post them a little later. We had a STUNNING view from that high up and the room was gorgeous! It was a nice little getaway for the two of us, it helped us reconnect with each other since our schedules are so opposite! Especially with school and work being so stressful right now, we really enjoyed a weekend with no stress or worries. He is very romantic and planned the whole thing out and then surprised me with it. I love you, Ben! Pictures of the awesome room and the killer view to follow!

Ryan is 16!!

My little brother turned 16 on Sunday! He has a date set up already to go to a girls choice school dance and he is very excited! Here are a few pics from the event!

No, he didn't get a jacuzzi for his birthday, he just has a weird habit of only opening it halfway to sit in it so I had to snap a picture! We aren't sure yet if it is laziness or ingenuity...

This is Ryan with his buddy Mike, who is practically part of the family. My mom is always the designated cake cutter, we are getting ready to dive into some cheesecake! Which was an interesting choice for Ryan to make for his cake, since he doesn't like cheese! Oh well, he is a teenager! :)

I don't know if Dad actually took a picture of us doing this, but I did! :)

Happy Birthday, Ryan! We are proud of you and think you are a great guy! Watch it out on the road, and watch it out on those dates! We love you!