labor day weekend

Michael and I made a short trip to Oklahoma City this weekend because... well, just because we could. Delta was not happy when she found out we were leaving her.

But, we left her at the grandparents with 4 human puppies to play with, so she was quite happy. We of course played the alphabet game on the way (you know, finding letters on signs and license plates and such). Michael cheats.

First stop was the Cheesecake Factory. Godiva chocolate cheesecake is life-changing. I- the dessertaholic- could not finish it in two separate settings. The menu was like 20-something pages long, with at least two pages dedicated to cheesecake. I would drive three hours just for that restaurant.

Next stop was the science museum. Michael got to ride a segway! Also, we went to the planetarium show and I fell asleep. I have a short attention span and it was dark and had reclining seats. What did I expect?

Bricktown was next on the list, starting with the Bricktown Candy Co. They had a ton of different flavors of Jones Soda. Michael's green apple one was awesome. I made the mistake of getting a sugar-free one, and it was not as awesome. Sugar-free stuff never is. I'm smiling in the picture, but that's because I hadn't opened it yet.

Bricktown was really pretty. I don't really think of Oklahoma City as being pretty (actually, the first thing that comes to my mind is bombs), but I was actually pleasantly surprised.

We've been married almost 4 months! :)

A friend recommended In the Raw, a sushi place in Bricktown, and it was AWESOME. We had the Baby Gecko (no, not actually made of gecko), and a shrimp thing (forgot the name). Both were wonderful.

The next we hopped on over to the OKC Zoo, which really puts the LR Zoo to shame. It was huge, and it had TWO BUTTERFLY GARDENS. Actually, one was a garden and one was a house. I was a happy girl. At one point, I heard a little kid go, "Oh my gosh Mommy, it's a butterfly!!!" I thought about just taking the kid, but I figured her mommy might notice. I hope my future kid is just like that some day. Of course I took a zillion pictures, but I'll just post a few.

And lastly from the zoo, here is proof that God has a sense of humor: the giraffe and the umm... weird looking hairy elf-pig thing.

The rest of the weekend was fun family stuff. Katie and Daniel came over Sunday night and the boys played some war game on the PS3 and shot stuff. Michael was very excited to have someone to play video games with, because I'm a video game dumbbell. Katie and spent time... talking and being sarcastic (in our true family form). I put purple starbursts in a martini glass on their nightstand so I would look like a good hostess. What they don't know is that I just don't like the purple ones.

Mom, Dad, and Memaw came up Monday morning and we all went to Sweet Bay for breakfast. It was nice to have all of my family here. Michael said he thought the house might explode from having so many B's in it. Mom and I went to Creekmore Park with our puppies and then had a family game of Wii bowling. This is why I hate video games: I lost to Mom, Dad, and 80 year old Memaw.