Turkey Day

Dusty and I met his parents and sister Wednesday night in Branson, MO to stay in a cabin for Thanksgiving.On our way there, we ran into some snow flurries and really cold weather...28! Thursday, Turkey Day, was filled with cooking, eating tons (Dusty and I still have leftovers), playing BINGO and Spoons, and sight seeing. Friday we got up and went to Big Cedar Lodge where his parents and sister had stayed a month before. It was so pretty!!! From there we went shopping at Branson landing and had dinner at Garfields...really yummy. That night, we went to a magic show, Kirby and Bambi, and had a lot of fun. Kirby made motorcycles, people, and cats disappear; Bambi could be blindfolded, turned towards the back of the stage, and tell aloud what people in the audience were holding up. She even told how much money this one guy had in his wallet that was sitting the audience...$194, and no it wasnt Dusty or Big Dan, haha! They even cut two girls in half, and then when they were put back together, they had each other's pants on...crazy! Saturday we checked out and had lunch before we said goodbye. Dusty and I headed for Branson and went to the Bass Pro Shop. It was huge!!! The store had live turtles, snakes, fish, spiders, tons and tons of stuffed animals, waterfalls, a litte kids shooting range that I wanted to do, and so much more! From there, we went to the mall, then to the Petland pet store, and had dinner at the Japanese Steakhouse that was so good! We had a great Thanksgiving with the family!

Wish me luck on Thursday...I am flying down to meet my Mom to close on our townhouse!!! I cant believe we are buying our first house! We can't wait to move in after Christmas!

6 Things People Don't Know About Me

Melissa tagged me for the 6 Things People Don't Know About Me, so here it goes....

1. I don't like walking around barefoot. I would rather wear socks or shoes all the time instead of going around barefoot.

2. I hate putting laundry away. I know, thats bad, but I can't stand it. Dusty and I go to the laundrymat every Sunday, and I have to be honest and say, it doesn't always get put up for a while....

3. I have a pacemaker. I was born with a heart problem and have had a pacemaker now for 22 years. My last surgery was August 27, 2007.

4. I'm going to school to be a Child Life Specialists and will one day work in a children's hospital with the children who undergo surgeries and help them and their families through their whole hospital adventure. I am really looking forward to it!

5. I like to sleep late, til like 10, and I tell Dusty all the time that since I don't work up here in MO, then I don't run errands or anything until after lunch. I know that's terrible, but I'm enjoying my time up here before I start school back and babysitting in January.

6. I really hate exercising, but I am trying a new plan to get into shape, and so I have started to exercise...plus, I have to get ready for my aerobics class at school next semester (I have to take one more credit in PE, so I'm taking aerobics...yuck!)

Ok, so that was harder than I thought it would be! Haha, hope you enjoy!

St. Louis

Dusty and I went to St. Louis yesterday and had a lot of fun! First thing we did was visit the Gateway Arch. It was huge and so pretty! The Arch is taller than the Washington Monument and The Statue of Liberty! We went up in it and they way you get up to the top is this 5 passenger really small, closed in thing that everyone is sitting very close together ( a little stuffy and claustrophobic)! When we got to the top, there were little rectangular windows you could look out to see the city of St. Louis. So pretty, and it took your breath away a little, just being so high and everything! We stayed there for a little while taking everything in and also taking pictures. From there we went to a casino! First time for everything! I played the slot machines and Dusty played Roulette! Neither one of us made any money....:( But we had a lot of fun and it was a cool experience. After that we went downtown to have dinner. We had been craving Japanese, so we found a Japanese Restaurant downtown and it was not what we were used to, or really wanted. Our meal actually turned out pretty good, better than we thought it was going to be. From there, we stayed downtown and walked around for a little while and then drove to this shopping mall that was absolutely huge and sooo fancy! We were about to go inside and this lady stopped us at the door and said the mall was closing for a special event. So we left and I asked Dusty why she assumed we weren't with the special event and Dusty said everyone inside was in tuxes and evening gowns...whoops! Then we drove back downtown to another mall, and it was closed down or something, so we drove by the arch again and headed home! We had a great day visiting St. Louis and are so happy we had the opportunity to!

First look at the Arch!

Look of St. Louis from the top of the Arch

Here we are inside the Arch