So I just bought advance tickets to see Twilight on Friday at 12:01 AM. My niece, Kelsey, and I are going. We must be insane! It is going to be a madhouse! But we are just so excited!!!
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Twilight!
So I just bought advance tickets to see Twilight on Friday at 12:01 AM. My niece, Kelsey, and I are going. We must be insane! It is going to be a madhouse! But we are just so excited!!!
Thursday, November 13, 2008
TV
A couple of days ago, the news crew came to Ady and Alysa's school to film an assembly that they were having with Rico the police dog (their school mascot). They aired it this morning at 4:00 am. So, we wouldn't forget Ady reminded us about 9 million times. We got up at 4 am to see if Ady and Alysa were on TV. At 5:30 they finally showed the segment about the assembly. They really didn't show very many shots of the kids, and we didn't see Ady or Alysa in the crowd. Right before it ended, they showed a clip of some kids standing in line to pet Rico, and there was a perfect butt shot of a kid. Ady swears up and down that it was her butt. Apparently, she recognized the pants. So, who knows... maybe Ady's butt made it's big television debut!
Sunday, November 9, 2008
Air Show
On Saturday, we loaded up the cool mini-van and went the the Air Show at Nellis Air Force Base. Luckly, the weather cooperated, and it was a perfect 75 degrees, and not a cloud in the sky! For Security reasons, everyone had to park at the speedway. From there we had to wait in a LONG line to go through security - it wasn't quite as bad as going to the airport - but almost! Then they bussed us to the base. Alysa, and Brylee were more e
xcited about riding the bus than anything else! First, we walked around and looked at all the airplanes they had on display. Honestly, I don't know anything about airplanes, so I couldn't tell you what we looked at! But they
were neat! Then we sat down on the pavement and watched the planes in the air. Again, I don't know anything about planes, but they did alot of really cool stunts. The kids were amazed. They like it alot - although it was REALLY loud, and really bright outside - so we all had a massive headache at the end of the day. But it was worth it!
High School Tag
1)Did you date someone from your school? Yes
2)What kind of car did you drive? I drove a baby blue 1985 Buick Century, named 'ole blue. We had alot of fun in that car.
3)What was your most embarrassing moment? I would probably say when I tried to chop of Brother Hall's head with the ceiling fan in Seminary. He was so tall, and he was standing on a desk right under the fan. My friends dared me to go flip the switch and turn the fan on so it would hit him in the head. I tried to be sneaky, working my way slowly across the room to the switch. It took every once of nerve I had to flip the switch. I did it - and the lights went out. It was the wrong switch. Everyone laughed - and Bro. Hall wasn't too happy with me.
4)Were you a party animal? Yes, a little. But not as much as my mom thinks! :)
5)Were you considered a flirt? Oh no. I have never even known how to flirt.
6)Were you in Band, Orchestra, or Choir? Yes. I was in Cantus (show choir) for a year, then quit. I didn't really like it all that much and I just had to much on my plate.
7)Were you a NERD? meh. I wasn't really "nerdy" but I wasn't really "popular". My friends and I just sort of did our own thing.
8)Were you on any Varsity Teams? Ha ha ha. Me and sports don't mix. I even got a doctor's note so that I wouldn't have to take P.E.
9)Did you get suspended or expelled? No.
10)Can you still sing the fight song? I didn't even know it when I was in high school.
11)Who were your favorite teachers? Stella Hill - my speech coach. We all loved her!
12)Where did you sit during lunch? I didn't eat lunch at school. Before I got my driver's license I just didn't eat. After we always went to Shellie's (fast food) across the street.
13)What was your school mascot? Bulldog.
14)Did you go to Homecoming? I never went to the homecoming game. I think I went to the homecoming dance once.
15)If you could go back would you? No. I was to busy - I don't have the energy to do it all now.
16)What do you remember most about graduation? I remember crying through the whole thing.
17)Where did you go for your Senior trip? My senior class went to California - Disneyland, Magic Mountain, the Beach. We had alot of fun!
18)Were you in any clubs? Speech, Drama, Model UN, FFA (for one year - me and Mr. Burrell didn't get along), and Cantus.
19)Have you gained weight since High School? Not until I had my third child (Brylee). It took me a long time to lose the baby weight. Now I am only about a size bigger than I was in High School.
20)Who was your prom date? My sophmore year I went with Landon Sorenson, and my Junior year I went with Eric Ludvicson. I didn't go my senior year.
21)Did you go to your 10-year class reunion? No. We were at Disneyland with my girls that day. I went to our 5 year though.
22)Looking back, what advice would you give yourself? Don't worry about what other people think. Just be yourself and have fun.
23) What year did you graduate? 1998
2)What kind of car did you drive? I drove a baby blue 1985 Buick Century, named 'ole blue. We had alot of fun in that car.
3)What was your most embarrassing moment? I would probably say when I tried to chop of Brother Hall's head with the ceiling fan in Seminary. He was so tall, and he was standing on a desk right under the fan. My friends dared me to go flip the switch and turn the fan on so it would hit him in the head. I tried to be sneaky, working my way slowly across the room to the switch. It took every once of nerve I had to flip the switch. I did it - and the lights went out. It was the wrong switch. Everyone laughed - and Bro. Hall wasn't too happy with me.
4)Were you a party animal? Yes, a little. But not as much as my mom thinks! :)
5)Were you considered a flirt? Oh no. I have never even known how to flirt.
6)Were you in Band, Orchestra, or Choir? Yes. I was in Cantus (show choir) for a year, then quit. I didn't really like it all that much and I just had to much on my plate.
7)Were you a NERD? meh. I wasn't really "nerdy" but I wasn't really "popular". My friends and I just sort of did our own thing.
8)Were you on any Varsity Teams? Ha ha ha. Me and sports don't mix. I even got a doctor's note so that I wouldn't have to take P.E.
9)Did you get suspended or expelled? No.
10)Can you still sing the fight song? I didn't even know it when I was in high school.
11)Who were your favorite teachers? Stella Hill - my speech coach. We all loved her!
12)Where did you sit during lunch? I didn't eat lunch at school. Before I got my driver's license I just didn't eat. After we always went to Shellie's (fast food) across the street.
13)What was your school mascot? Bulldog.
14)Did you go to Homecoming? I never went to the homecoming game. I think I went to the homecoming dance once.
15)If you could go back would you? No. I was to busy - I don't have the energy to do it all now.
16)What do you remember most about graduation? I remember crying through the whole thing.
17)Where did you go for your Senior trip? My senior class went to California - Disneyland, Magic Mountain, the Beach. We had alot of fun!
18)Were you in any clubs? Speech, Drama, Model UN, FFA (for one year - me and Mr. Burrell didn't get along), and Cantus.
19)Have you gained weight since High School? Not until I had my third child (Brylee). It took me a long time to lose the baby weight. Now I am only about a size bigger than I was in High School.
20)Who was your prom date? My sophmore year I went with Landon Sorenson, and my Junior year I went with Eric Ludvicson. I didn't go my senior year.
21)Did you go to your 10-year class reunion? No. We were at Disneyland with my girls that day. I went to our 5 year though.
22)Looking back, what advice would you give yourself? Don't worry about what other people think. Just be yourself and have fun.
23) What year did you graduate? 1998
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Earrings!
I forgot to mention in my last couple of blogs that Brylee got her ears pierced. She has been begging me to get them done for quite a while now, so I finally gave in. My niece Kelsey and I took her to Claire's. She picked her earrings out (cute little flower ones) and she jumped up on the chair. She kept saying, "I'm so excited! I'm so excited!" She had a whole crowd gathered around watching her. She gave a good show. She jumped a little when they pierced them, but she didn't cry at all! As soon as she saw them in the handheld mirror, she had a HUGE smile on her face. I don't think she stopped smiling for three days. She shows EVERYONE her new earrings. All of our friends, her church teachers, the walmart checker... Here are a few pictures of her showing them off.
Saturday, November 1, 2008
Differences Between Utah and Vegas
We have lived in Las Vegas for about eight months now. I have never before lived outside of Utah. Make that, I have never lived outside of a SMALL town in Utah.
I never in my wildest dreams thought that we would end up here in Las Vegas, Nevada. Whenever we would visit here, I would wonder, "Why would anyone want to live in Las Vegas?". I really didn't want to move here, but I had to do what was best for my family. I was SURE that I wouldn't like it.
Much to my amazement, it has turned out that we LOVE it here! There are much fewer differences than I thought there would be, and most of them are not that bad.
I have to say I LOVE the convience of living here, that there are 2 Walmarts, a Target, Kmart, Kholes, Fashion Bug, 2 Ross Dress For Less', 5 grocery stores, Old Navy, Borders, Barnes and Noble, Little Ceasars, Olive Garden, and MUCH more, within 5 miles of our house. At the same time, we live in a GREAT neighborhood. As weird as it sounds, we feel miles away from the "city".
We have been down to the strip only a couple of times since we have moved here. There is just no appeal. It is so weird to watch the news or read the newspaper and hear about celebrities going to red carpet events or night clubs that are literally 15 minutes away. It is just so surreal. It feels like the strip, tourism, and all the visions people have when they think of Las Vegas, are a world away.
And have I mentioned the weather? I LOVED that my girls could go trick or treating without having to wear a snowsuit under their costumes. And while it is now to cold to swim in the pool without the heater on, we can comfortably sit outside at night. We haven't even had to break out a light jacket yet.
Being Mormon outside of Utah is a little weird. Here, everyone doesn't just assume your a "member" like they do in Utah... and no one really cares if you are or not. Only two other houses on our street are occupied by Mormon families. It is funny when we go to church and hear them talk about how big their ward is. It is small compared to our past wards. Especially the primary. There are 4 kids in Adalyn's primary class, and 4 in Alysa's. They each make number 4. It is really nice, because you feel like you really get to know everyone.
We have full time missionaries assigned to just the boundaries of our ward. It is weird to us because they are at our church every Sunday and really get to know each member of the ward. They come over to our house often. Probably once a week. We feed them dinner alot, and they just stop by to say, "hi" when they are in our neighborhood. They are so cute with our kids, and the girls just LOVE them.
AND there is so much to do... Museums, Orchards, a zoo, many parks. We LOVE the library next to our house, and the water park at the YMCA. It is really hard to get bored here.
There are some downsides to living here too. Someone tried to steal our van a couple months ago. We HAVE to lock the doors EVERY time that we leave the house. I have to take the girls to school every morning, because they don't bus and it is just to dangerous for them to walk. I can't go out after dark by myself, whether it be jogging or to grab some groceries.
Overall, we really love it here. But I think that we would love it anywhere where we are together as a family. I just thought it would be fun to list the differences. And to let everyone know, living in Vegas is a whole lot different than vacationing in Vegas!
I never in my wildest dreams thought that we would end up here in Las Vegas, Nevada. Whenever we would visit here, I would wonder, "Why would anyone want to live in Las Vegas?". I really didn't want to move here, but I had to do what was best for my family. I was SURE that I wouldn't like it.
Much to my amazement, it has turned out that we LOVE it here! There are much fewer differences than I thought there would be, and most of them are not that bad.
I have to say I LOVE the convience of living here, that there are 2 Walmarts, a Target, Kmart, Kholes, Fashion Bug, 2 Ross Dress For Less', 5 grocery stores, Old Navy, Borders, Barnes and Noble, Little Ceasars, Olive Garden, and MUCH more, within 5 miles of our house. At the same time, we live in a GREAT neighborhood. As weird as it sounds, we feel miles away from the "city".
We have been down to the strip only a couple of times since we have moved here. There is just no appeal. It is so weird to watch the news or read the newspaper and hear about celebrities going to red carpet events or night clubs that are literally 15 minutes away. It is just so surreal. It feels like the strip, tourism, and all the visions people have when they think of Las Vegas, are a world away.
And have I mentioned the weather? I LOVED that my girls could go trick or treating without having to wear a snowsuit under their costumes. And while it is now to cold to swim in the pool without the heater on, we can comfortably sit outside at night. We haven't even had to break out a light jacket yet.
Being Mormon outside of Utah is a little weird. Here, everyone doesn't just assume your a "member" like they do in Utah... and no one really cares if you are or not. Only two other houses on our street are occupied by Mormon families. It is funny when we go to church and hear them talk about how big their ward is. It is small compared to our past wards. Especially the primary. There are 4 kids in Adalyn's primary class, and 4 in Alysa's. They each make number 4. It is really nice, because you feel like you really get to know everyone.
We have full time missionaries assigned to just the boundaries of our ward. It is weird to us because they are at our church every Sunday and really get to know each member of the ward. They come over to our house often. Probably once a week. We feed them dinner alot, and they just stop by to say, "hi" when they are in our neighborhood. They are so cute with our kids, and the girls just LOVE them.
AND there is so much to do... Museums, Orchards, a zoo, many parks. We LOVE the library next to our house, and the water park at the YMCA. It is really hard to get bored here.
There are some downsides to living here too. Someone tried to steal our van a couple months ago. We HAVE to lock the doors EVERY time that we leave the house. I have to take the girls to school every morning, because they don't bus and it is just to dangerous for them to walk. I can't go out after dark by myself, whether it be jogging or to grab some groceries.
Overall, we really love it here. But I think that we would love it anywhere where we are together as a family. I just thought it would be fun to list the differences. And to let everyone know, living in Vegas is a whole lot different than vacationing in Vegas!
Halloween and Random Excitment
So I haven't written a blog in the last couple of weeks, so I guess I should update everyone.Last weekend, we went to Phoenix to visit Brian's brother Mike and wife Misty. We had alot of fun. We didn't do anything particularly exciting, but it was just nice to get away, relax and visit! We ended up bringing my 18 year old niece, Kelsey (Misty's daughter) home with us. It has been so fun having her here! We all just love her!
We all dressed up for Halloween last night! Ady was Hanna Montana, Alysa was an "Aly" cat (she came up with that on her own!) Brylee was Snow White, Kelsey
was Strawberry Shortcake, and Brian and I dressed up 50's - me with a poodle skirt, neck scarf and pony tail and Brian with a 50's bowling shirt. Of course, Brian and I forgot to take pictures of ourselves though.We (or should I say, I?) carved pumpkins the night before. Brylee wanted a scary one, Ady came up with her own design that had a snake ton
gue, and Alysa wanted a cat - of course. The turned out really cute though! We noticed when we lit them last night, that Brylee's glowed in the back too, from all the extra cuts and stab marks she made. It was cute!
We took the kids to our ward trunk or treat. Actually - since there are not alot of kids in our ward they combined it with another ward. It was the perfect size - not to big, not to small. We had alot of fun! The missionaries even got special permission to stay out late and come. We took a bunch of pictures with them - the girls LOVED that! So somewhere out there, our family will be a part of a two missionary scrap books. :)
gue, and Alysa wanted a cat - of course. The turned out really cute though! We noticed when we lit them last night, that Brylee's glowed in the back too, from all the extra cuts and stab marks she made. It was cute!
After the ward party, we took the kids to Taco Bell. I had a read a poster about a week before saying that they would be handing out candy and having fun games for kids. It was really cool! They had the whole store decorated and all the employee's were in costume. The girls played a fun game, and won a prize (a Halloween cup filled with candy). It was alot of fun!After that, we came home and had a few friends over. We decided not to do a full on BBQ Halloween party since I have been sick the last few days and didn't really have the energy to get it all ready. So everyone just brought some kind of "finger food", and they adults sat outside and visited (it is still warm here in Vegas :) ) and we had dance revolution, games, and a scary movie set up in three different rooms for all the kids. It was really fun!
My only regret was that, my mother-in-law Josie (have I mentioned how much I love all my in-laws?) sent me the CUTEST Halloween cookbook in the mail, and I was really looking forward to making some of the cute desserts in it for our party. Unfortunately, I didn't. I didn't think all of our guest would enjoy the added ingredient of the cold virus. I am thinking I am going to make a bunch of them this week though, and let my kids celebrate the Mexican Day of the Dead this weekend. We could have the scary desserts, read about the Mexican traditions, maybe watch a not-to-scary scary movie. I thought it would be fun and a little different. Who knows, maybe it will end up being a new tradition!
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