So you own Finance...

Well it's official. Kenny has mastered Finance.

Fancy Business Masters of Business Hood

Saturday Kenny received his Masters of Finance from the University of Tulsa.

Everyone is so proud of him and how he worked so hard during these last couple of years.

He had great grades while obtaining his Masters and did a great job juggling the responsibilities of school and home.

Congratulations to TU's best new alum!

What I learned during my first half

This past weekend I ran jogged my first half marathon.

I went with my sister in law Shelley who is a pro at these things by now.

It was a huge event!

22,000 runners got up at 5 am and braved the cold...to run 13.1 miles....and they paid.

Still wrapping my head around that one.

Really though it was fun and I learned a few things.

First...you should really train. I started running in the summer and was all about it...until getting up early on Saturday stopped being fun. So training didn't really happen. I had two long runs in the last 3 months and not nearly enough short runs. Luckily I'm in decent shape so I didn't hurt myself but next time I think a little more preparation is in order.

Secondly do not wait for the bathroom at the 7th mile. It will add 15 minutes to your time and you will be disgusted by what you see and smell.

Lastly do not put your Iphone in your sports bra while you listen to your tunes. Your home button may stop working as a result of sweating all over it.

Despite all this it was really nice and I remembered I do like to run.

Thank you Shelley for registering me and making me go!

I wish I had some cute pictures of us in running mode to show you but truth is it was cold and early so I looked like hell.

I will leave you with pure adorableness though.

Cousins movie night at the Hicks house.

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving Recap.

It was super busy and super wonderful!

There was a feast full of pilgrims and Indians.

The boys and I headed to Philbrook for the Garden Glow. It was so pretty to see the museum gardens full of lights.

Playing in fountains

A budding sculptor

We all spent lots of time with these girls

They really are the best. Super cute and super fun. Kaleb loves playing with his cousins and it was great getting to spend so much time with them!

We went out!

Lauren was in town so we took a night on out on the town.

I always have the best time with this girl and I am so glad she was able to make it to Tulsa for a night.

Megan, Terri, Lauren

The Stone Brothers

It was a great Friday night but Saturday was even better.

Bedlam was quite possibly the craziest game ever!

In the end the Sooner's won and the Stone family was in a great mood.

Cheering on the Sooners!

Another great holiday over!

Halloween

Well for the first time in a couple of years we did not have Buzz Lightyear in our house on Halloween. This year we had a little Spiderman!

It was a busy Halloween weekend starting with the always fun "Books Alive" at his school on Friday. This is a day where the teachers dress up as a book character and rotate classrooms reading the story to the children. The kids always get a kick out of seeing the teachers dressed up.

(An awesome home room mom may have brought them Krispie Kreme....)

Next up was pumpkin carving time.

Kenny took the reigns this year and drew a free hand Jack O' Lantern.

All done

Lastly of course was Trick or Treating.

Little Spiderman cleaned up and who knows how long it will take to eat all of this candy.

He had a great time in my parents neighborhood and saw a few scary monsters along the way!

He ended the night by stopping by Nana's house.

It was a great Halloween and now we're ready to start the next round of Holidays!

Fall Break Friday

I love Fridays. I don't have to work and today Kaleb was out of school!

Terri and I started the day with a nice short run. The weather has been perfect for running albeit really dark at 6:30!

After the run Kenny got to spend the day team buidling at Gilcrease. I'm pretty jealous of the day at Gilcrease...not so much of the team building exercise.

Since Kenny was gone for the day Kaleb and I got to spend the day doing whatever he wanted.

It was so good having a relaxed morning with just the two of us.

Why can't he be 3 again and stay home with me every day?

I enjoy seeing this in the morning way more than an office.

(Kaleb at 3)

For the afternoon he decided we would have a date.

Since he is a boy his desires were pretty simple.

Pizza for lunch

Seeing Toy Story 3 for the 6th time

(He captured an evil bunny by the way)

Obnoxious mid day dessert!

Thanks Aunt Terri for the yummy sundae!

It was a great day and now we're just gearing up for the big OU game!

Have a great weekend!

Carb Up

Random post for today. Lunch was awesome. I need more mid day carbs in my life.

Usually I have a bowl of veggies and protein...which is delicious but this double serving of noodles was much better.

So what if I had to tell my coworkers I was running a marathon after work?

Speaking of marathons the family is registered for the Tulsa Run!

In a little over a week I will have my first race.

I'm a little unprepared....a little bit of foot issues and a lot of laziness issues but I'm feeling optimistic.

Even with my dumb faith that adrenaline will pick up the slack of training I will gladly accept any words of wisdom :)

More exciting and adorable Kaleb will also be running his first big race!

2K with daddy so at least there will be good photo ops!

"Thundercats Ho!"

What a beautiful Saturday we had in Oklahoma today.

Perfect weather for some Flag Football.

Kaleb had his best game yet and loves having his dad as a sideline coach.

After Kaleb's football game he wanted to stay with my Mom and Dad so Kenny and I decided to make a day of it.

We saw Wallstreet 2 which surprisingly was pretty good.

Then we headed downtown to Yokozuna for some sushi and pad Thai.

Kenny's fortune cookie had an interesting message.

After dinner we hit up a new bar downtown. Max's Retro pub is an 80's themed bar full of awesome 80's arcade games. We enjoyed some Mortal Kombat and Ski ball while the Goonies played in the background.

This was definitely hipster heaven but I loved the randomness of having Thundercats playing on old school TVs above the bar.

It was a great weekend now we're just ready to knock out another work week.

I hope everyone has a good one!