Longhorn Weekend in Dallas

We went to the UT vs OU game in Dallas with Lydia this year.  Luckily Mary and Brendan still live very close to the Cotton Bowl.  The Texas State Fair was very entertaining for Lydia and she was very good and didn't run off like usual.  Too bad the Longhorns didn't do well...we were back taking naps by the end of the 4th quarter.  For her first UT game, she did great!  I will have to mention that we didn't actually go into the stadium, but the atmosphere around the stadium and at the Fair was a good introduction to game days for Lydia.  She tried a lot of fried fair food too - corn dogs, cheese steaks, funnel cakes, candy corn and more!

The next day we went to the Dallas Arboretum and they had an amazing pumpkin patch.  We visited there last year when Lydia just started walking.  Now she was running everywhere and getting into everything.

Vegas Baby!!!

We finally made it to our Vegas weekend that we've been waiting for since we planned it back in April.  It has been a tough couple of months and we really needed a vacation.

Mary and Brendan had never been to Vegas (believe it or not as they seem to have been everywhere else).  We had a great time with these "Vegas Virgins" and got to stay at the Bellagio this trip. 

We laid by the pool (aka took naps in the shade), took in the sites (aka walked miles to the hotels) and gambled at night (aka lost at the tables).

We got hooked up at this restaurant/vodka bar and got to go into the vodka cooler, it was about 10 degrees and very cold, so good thing they provided the fur coats.  We also went to the top of Mandalay Bay hotel and had the best view of the strip.

It was a relaxing weekend and I was hoping to catch up on my sleep, but I should've known that wasn't going to happen in Vegas.

Here are some "typical" pictures you'll see in Vegas along with some "not so typical".