Last weekend our good friends Al & Brenda treated Kyle and I to a trip to Las Vegas. Kyle has done a lot to help their son Pete get started Bulldogging and Brenda also wanted to do something nice for me since 2013 has been a little rough. Well it turned out to be an amazing trip for so many reasons!
Al & Brenda made sure we were well taken care of. We stayed at the Vdara Hotel and Spa. It was beautiful! So clean & new! Brenda introduced me what taking a vacation was all about. (Getting pampered in the spa) something I had never really done before. It was awesome!!!
We took in Fremont Street, The South Point Bucking Sale, NFR, Cowboy Christmas, Dinner with friends a couple of times and lots of walking/checking out the casios on the strip. Of all the fun things we did what topped the whole trip off and made it AMAZING was the Cowboy Church Service, Elevation Sunday at the MGM Grand. Music was by Jonny Diaz and the guest speaker was Mike Huckabee. I felt like God had lead me to Las Vegas to attend that service. It was as if Mike Huckabee was talking directly to me. He started out by saying how something can feel like the worst thing in the world that was happening, but in the end, it is those things that get you where you need to be. Sometimes it feels like a major detour but for those who follow the Lord all things work together for good. He was clear to say that even though all things that happen to Christens are always good, but when everything is put together all things work together for good. Of course I have heard this time and time again and it is stuff I know deep down I know, but the way he worded it made so much sense. I wish I had the service recorded so I could watch it over and over again! One of the stories he shared was how a broken finger when he was 11 years old set the stage for his career in radio and paid for all his schooling. He was the first male in his family to graduate from high school let along go on to collage and end up with his Masters Degree. If it wasn't for the broken finger at age 11 his life could have taken a drastically different path. Lesson in all of this is that we just have to have Faith in God's plan and it will all be ok :-)
Me and Brenda on our way from the airport to our hotel in the back seat of our rental car.
Our Rental Car! Now you understand why the picture above, Brenda and I are a little crammed!
Me and Kyle on Fremont Street.
Me and Kyle waitning for the watershow to start.
Al & Brenda at the NFR
Kyle and Me with Margaret and Lewis at the Monte Carlo
Brenda in front of a HUGE Christmas tree at the Crystal's shopping center.
Mike Huckabee speaking at Elevation Sunday. The most amazing church service I have ever been to!
View from our hotel room in the day light.
The view from our room at night....it was beautiful!!! We were on the 50th floor.
Inside our room
Halie, These are such beautiful pictures!! Sounds like you all had a great time!!! Hope everything is going well with you and your family. Even as the year comes to an end, I am still praying for you and your family. Keep positive. You're an amazing family!
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