This little stinker turned 1! We had Kevin's brother and his puppy over for a little party- we watched baseball and the dogs played and had doggy ice cream. Sadie ate hers up this time! (last time she wasn't so sure about it, and left it unattended so Smokey got it) Her puppy cousin Macy was the unsure one about ice cream this time - I think the metal bowl we put it into scared her - so Sadie got part of her serving too! Another puppy is the best way to wear out a puppy, and they were both beat after a day of play. Smokey pretty well leaves them alone, he's having a harder time getting around but he still loves the ice cream!
October was also when I turned the big 4-0! I debated trying to do a party like we did for Kevin's 40th, but decided I'd prefer to take a trip. I made it a 4 day weekend for myself since my birthday was on a Thursday and spent my actual birthday with my mom -- we had lunch and went to get our nails done, it was fun and a good way to spend the day with the person who really did the work 40 years ago. We also had a short visit with my dad.
Our trip was a road trip to the casinos in Lake Charles, we had never been! We went to the ones in Vegas before going to the ones only 3 hours away. It was a great get-away. We stayed at L'Auberge and also took a shuttle over to check out the newer Golden Nugget. We came out ahead on the craps table, and being right before Halloween both casinos had big costume parties, so we saw some great costumes - we rode the shuttle back with a very creepy Pennywise, and an impressive Jack Sparrow. I am glad we stayed at L'Auberge - the staff and casino floor folks seemed friendlier, but Nugget definitely has more of the Vegas feel and added more dining options (we even took advantage of my Landry's membership to use my birthday $25 credit for dinner Saturday night). It was a good short trip, and on the way back we had time to have lunch with my in-laws.
