Company Holiday Trip to Vegas

Instead of doing a normal Christmas party, my work decided to take everyone and their spouses down to Las Vegas for three days in December. Really it was an excuse for my bosses to go to the National Finals Rodeo! We had about 16 couples go down in all. We drove down on a Tuesday. Sadly, David was up all night long Monday night throwing up my left over Pad Thai. He felt horrible. He ended up just sleeping in the back seat while I drove the whole way down. We got in to Vegas around 4:00 that day and got ready for the National Finals Rodeo (NFR). Here we are ready to go in with Natalie and Jordan.

The rodeo was actually really fun. They had the top people from all the states come to compete. The bull riding was the most exciting and the favorite event of the evening.

After the rodeo, we had dinner at the Bellagio Buffet. David felt really tired and still sick so we dropped him off at the hotel first. He missed out on the most amazing buffet I have ever had. I have never been to such a big buffet. They had ever possible dish you could imagine. This was my first plate of desserts. I basically took one of everything!

This was the second day in Vegas. We all were free to do whatever we wanted during the day. We walked around the forum shops with Natalie and Jordan. It was nice and sunny that day.

That night we had dinner at the Grand Lux Cafe in the Palazzo Venetian hotel. After dinner, we saw the Cirque Du Soleil Mystere show at Treasure Island. It was so good! They were amazing! I couldn't believe some of the tricks they did.

Then on Thursday we drove back to Utah just in time for our ward Christmas party that night. It was a really fun trip. I feel so lucky to work with such great people!

November Recap

Just a quick recap of our November:

We started off the month with a quick weekend get-a-way to Park City/Deer Valley. My boss had signed up for this corporate retreat thing, but he couldn't go for the last day/night. Since the hotel was already paid for, he let me and David go up and use it. We were so grateful! The hotel was amazing! It was up in Deer Valley above Park City. It was called the Deer Valley Montage Resort.

Each room had its own fireplace! You just had to push a button and it turned on! We enjoyed dinner at one of the restaurants in the hotel that night. The restaurant even had a live band there playing John Mayer songs. It was a fun, quick trip.

Then that Saturday afternoon was Jessie Cook's bridal shower in Provo. Jessie lived in the dorms with me and then we were roommates after that before I got married. I was so excited to see her and to be with all the roommates again! It was a fun party with lots of yummy food!

Thanksgiving was pretty low-key this year compared to past years. We kept up the usual Dynes tradition and went to the movies that day. We saw Tower Heist with David's brother, sister, and mom. Then we went to David's grandparents house for dinner with his grandparents, David's family, and David's aunt Tiff and her three children. The cousins were nice enough to make awesome hats for us to all wear during dinner. It was a great Thanksgiving spent with family. We also got to talk with my little brother that day. He had just gotten off his two year mission for the LDS church. It was fun to talk with him and to get excited to see him in December.

Gotta love David's poses - America's Next Top Model quality!