Summer Blog #4- To Vegas and Beyond...

Well the story of my summer continues with the preparation for Vegas- preparation is probably an understatement. Since I have been to so many concerts in my 24 years I know that to make a concert fun, you have to be prepared! You have to know the songs, and not just know them, but be able to sing along with them! So since the JB has just come out with a new album and I had approximately 3 weeks before the concert to learn all the songs I set to work. Here's the funniest thing. My little red car (I've had since high school and will only have for a little bit longer) does not have a CD player, and because I had a little computer problem earlier in the summer I've been out of a computer all summer, so I busted out the disc man and jammed to the Jonas in my car! I'm that awesome! Well, during this 3 week preparation period, my dear friend Chelsea called me one day, and informed me that in her home town (Mesa, AZ) the local radio station would be hosting a kickball game vs. the Brothers Jonas on August 11, and it was FREE!! So who'd she call.. ME! So we talked it out, and since she was heading home to AZ August 7th for her dental hygiene school break she wanted me to come with her and then one way fly back in time to start my grown up life of teaching school! So.. I thought for like three seconds about it, and then agreed. However, there is this phrase- Go big or go home- and I like to live by it, so I told her.. If I am going all the way to AZ for a 137 degree outdoor kickball game, you better believe I'm dropping the cash to go the concert that night. So, following my bad influence she agrees, and we start our hunt for JB tickets in AZ. We jump on craigslist looking for anything, cheap, nosebleeds, whatever. We have pretty good seats for Vegas, and thought we could just take what we get for AZ. Low and behold we find some pretty good deals, send a few emails, make a few phone calls, and ta-dah we have floors seats to the concert in AZ, with VIP wristbands, parking passes, our own VIP entrance, and a VIP catered dinner before the show. Can I say VIP one more time!? :) YEAH! This is really happening! I understand that its the Jonas Brothers, but this is amazing! In all my concert experiences this has never happened so smoothly.

BUT- we still at this point haven't been to vegas yet, and I'm still in my 3 week prep stage! So we hit up You Tube search those boys, learn those boys songs, and prepare for the Vegas.

Vegas weekend comes--- We had no idea what we were in for... our seats were amazing! We were just off the floor, could see everything- it was perfect! We sang, we danced, we got foamed, we yelled, we lost our voices, and we're doing it again on Tuesday August 11. And I couldn't be more excited about it. Here are some awesome pictures I was able to snap during the show, and who knows what adventures are sure to come in Arizona.. Knowing my life and history, its going to be an awesome ride! Happy Summer Ya'll (I picked that up in South Carolina)! Look forward to an Arizona Summer Blog #5!!

My amazing friend Chelsea and I waiting for the big show!

Obviously, we are super excited for the boys to come out!

Couldn't help it... We had too!

Both of us had too! :)

Here's the boys! Introducing the Brothers Jonas....

Here's all three of them.. doing what they do best!

Kevin Jonas, the oldest of the three, a ancient 21... :)

Joseph Jonas... The middle one... 20 years old!

And the youngest, but the talent of the group.. Nicholas... 16 years old. (And my favorite)

I'm gonna leave this blog at just this. Yes my pictures are awesome, and my zoom was not used to its full capacity! There are more, many more Vegas pictures to come! Stay Tuned...

Summer Blog #3- July 4th- The day my summer plans changed...

The 4th of July, a day of gratitude for the country we live in, a time to wear our reds, whites and blues, and fireworks. This 4th of July I was attending the Utah tradition of The Stadium of Fire, one of the biggest 4th of July celebrations in the country. So what made today different than any other 4th of July, well at first nothing. I had found out about stadium of fire in the spring, purchased tickets, and was looking forward to seeing the celebration. The one catch- the musical act this year- The Jonas Brothers. Ok, I have not been secretive about the fact that I like these brothers. I saw them with Justin Timberlake last October. Enjoyed their short set, and saw their movie, enjoyed their music and was thrilled at the opportunity to see them again. So I got my friend Megan, I sold some extra tickets I bought to my family (mom, jor, lance, and zach) and some more tickets to my friend Chelsea and some of her friends. It was a good day, I got patriotic nails, ate sushi with the family (Lances choice) I got chicken teriyaki :) I went to the stadium excited for the show. And was it a great show yes. Did I have to best seats no... Did it spark the inner 16 year old in me. Absolutely. Here are some pictures from the night...

This sign was just too perfect to pass up the picture. Especially because I couldn't see the boys.. there is no way they could see it, but you have to give her the props for trying I guess! :)

Jonas.. now keep in mind. I am zooming in on the jumbo screen. So while I didn't have to worst seats they were less than desirable. But I had fun nonetheless!

Now, I say this is the day that changed my summer plans because I had no idea what the Jonas Brothers would do to my summer. I consider myself a concert enthusiast to the say the least. I have been to so many concerts I can't even count, but maybe I should try...

1. New Kids on the Block- my 6th birthday my mom rocks!!

2. Kenny Chesney- 3 times

3. Justin Timberlake - 3 times

4. Carrie Underwood

5. Rascal Flatts

6. Dierks Bentley

7. James Taylor

8. Jack Johnson

9. Billy Joel

10. American Idols Live- 2 different tours

11. SYTYCD Season 4?

12. Nelly

13. N'SYNC

....

I'm sure theres more, but honestly I love going to live music!!! So after stadium of fire, my curiosity got the best of me. So I went to the Jonas Brothers website and check their tour dates. I understand that the Stadium of Fire is not about the music, its about America, so the boys' set was like 6 songs, and that was that. So I found they would be in Las Vegas (my favorite concert get away) on Aug. 1st. Now my problem was finding someone to go with me. I am aware of the appeal of the JoBros to younger audiences and therefore finding some 20 something year old people to go with me was going to be a task. Thankfully I have a soul sister named Chelsea who was just as excited as I was. We went online, got tickets and were set. Next blog- Vegas and once again, a twist in my summer plans!

Summer Blog #2- Southern Hospitality

My big trip of the summer was down to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. I have never been down south before (unless you count one day in Miami before last summers cruise, and Disneyworld in Orlando in high school). I was excited for the beach, and relaxation. It was so fun to go to the beach everyday, go to a show at night, eat at some awesome restaurants and just have a truly relaxing vacation! The humidity was great on the skin, bad on the hair, and I got to worst sunburn I've ever had. I'll probably have skin cancer because of it! Here are some pictures, my dear friend Mandy took most of the pictures so I don't have very many, in fact I might have like three of them, but I'll try to explain some things we did.

Mandy and I myself hit up the local wal-mart to get a pedicure, it really was hilarious for so many reasons- #1 Wal-mart, but not just wal-mart, but a wal-mart in south carolina!! #2- Who knew they had nail places in wal-marts- I do now! :) We had a blast in Wally World!

Ok- Here's a good story. So being tourist we weren't exactly sure what was fun to do in Myrtle Beach, and being us we really didn't have anything planned. So we ventured to the clubhouse at the condo we were staying at and asked the receptionist something that was fun to do. She suggested we go and see the legends show. The Legends Show is where people impersonate "Legends" in the music industry. So we went. It was so fun!!! We were probably the only people under that age of 50 in the entire place, but that didn't stop us from doing what we do best! HAVING FUN! The legends were Elvis, Elton John, Donna Summer, The Blues Brothers, and Tim McGraw. Majority of the people didn't know Tim's song, but we sure did. Lets just say we were his favorite! So afterwards we went to see him and he was taking pictures with all the people and there was a line, and we were waiting taking all these pictures of just Mandy and myself, and he finished with one person, and then he goes " I have to go see these ladies" talking about us, so he came over to us to take a picture- we for sure weren't next in line! Needless to say- we loved him!! It was quite the experience. ! :)

I don't have many pictures like I said, but some other things we did, was go deep sea fishing- I loaded up on Dramamine because I have a sea sick problem, and was totally fine- I caught two fish (the most of anyone we were with) and was pretty happy to get off the boat at the end of that day! It was pretty fun, but I couldn't imagine spending anything more than a half a day on that boat in the ocean.

We were in a condo and so some nights we made dinner and stayed in and watched movies, we even went to a movie, and in a reality it was simply a vacation where we rested and had a good time!

Summer Blog #1- My Boyfriend

Hello friends,

I am aware that I am a slacker at blogging, but its been an adventure of a summer, and one that goes down in the record books as possibly one of the most fun! Whoever said summer was a break has never lived a summer with me. Time has flown by, and I look back and I can't believe how much I have done! I guess a picture is worth a thousand words, so heres a summer recap thus far! :)we

My boyfriend of the summer:

My adorable nephew Carter and I have spent many days together this summer! We even took our very own aunt and nephew trip to Montana to visit the grandparents. He is 3 years old, and the funniest kid out there. We flew to Montana, and let me just say, that playing mom for a few days was hard work! Bless all you mothers out there! When told that mom would be lonely while we were gone on our three day adventure, Carter in all his wisdom responded with "Why would she be lonely, she has Alexis"- so there ya have it! Here are a few highlights of our "dates" this summer!

While in Montana- Grandpa, and the Uncles, Carter, and myself too a trip to feed the ducks! One of the highlights of Carters trip to Montana. This goose wouldn't leave him alone, and it would come right up to him and steal the bread right out of his hand. A day with the boys is always fun!!

That is pure feeding the ducks excitement! :)

Aw the pool! We took many trips to one of our favorite summer hot spots the local pool. This trip was just Carter and I. He got a ring pop from the concession and called it his binky. I had to document it.

The sun was shining that day and Mom had forgotten to pack his sunglasses, so for a while he wore mine, and I am so mad I deleted that picture on accident because it is a good one! But my sunglasses, naturally, were too big for his face and kept sliding off, so we came up with this little shady place. I draped my shirt over his head, and ta-dah- instant shade. He seemed content, but it was so silly I had to take a picture.

Lastly, we had our many trips to the bowling alley. He was so cute while bowling. The employees at the bowling alley knew us! And would let him bowl for free, so I was happy about that! They would give him the lightest ball, but he always ended up wanting to bowl with the one I was using. He used the metal thing that helps little ones bowl for a little while, but in the end, just like to grown up he is, he was trying to roll my heavy ball down the alley. At the end of the day I asked him what his favorite part of bowling was, and he said the new shoes, and then quickly changed his mind and informed me that "the new shoes were his second favorite, and his first favorite was when he knocked all the pins down." Spoken like a bowling champion!

Carter is quite possibly the most adorable little boy out there. We have since been on many adventures, and I just love him to pieces. I am going to apologize to all my future nieces and nephews that are sure to come because he is the first and definitely the most spoiled by me. Live it up Carter boy, someday it'll have to end!

We Are The Champions

Ok this happened a few weeks ago, but I was waiting for pictures (which I still haven't gotten all of them yet) before I blogged about it, but here it goes. Lindsey (my sister), and her kiddies and I went up to my little brother Jordan's state basketball tournament... and... HE WON! Its was 3 days of basketball games, and baby sitting little children, but it was a very fun trip! I think my niece Alexis likes me now! It was a super close game, and my brother sealed the win with his 4 foul shots he made at the end. The best part was probably after he made them and pointed up to where my dad was sitting. Jordan was in the same position the last time they played the exact same team earlier in the season, and he unfortunately didnt make them and sent the game into overtime, so we were very proud that he did it this time, and I'm pretty sure he was pleased with himself! It was very fun to get to hang with the champ and watch them win! Here's some pictures from the trip!

Carter sporting his green!!!

Here's his cute shirt grandma made him!

The family all together with Jordan- minus Lance he didn't come up until the Championship game!

The Champ and the Kids.. I think this picture is so cute!

All the kids!

Jordan and his teammates waiting for their introduction..

This is how carter stayed entertained during the games!

The benefits of a tall grandpa I suppose, carter got his fair share of game time!

Best part about being single...

Ok, so I've been known to complain about my single status, but in all reality there is no way I'd be able to have this kind of fun if I wasn't. So single, graduated, and in a career might be the best way of life for me so far! Just yesterday I decided to go on a cruise this weekend. So I'll be in Vegas tomorrow night, San Diego on Thursday where I'll board my ship, Mexico on Friday, and a relazing day at Sea on Saturday.. ITs going to be amazing, and I'll be back to work on Monday. Thank you to Megan for getting me to go, thank you to my principal for loving cruises as much as I do and letting me miss a few days of school, thank you to my student teacher, whitney, who is teaching while I am gone, and thank you to all the men out there who haven't proposed, so I am able to go play during this time of my life! :) I'll post pictures afterwards, so stay tuned! loves to all!

Its been a while....

So I'm not very good at this whole keeping up my blog, but I'm trying, so here's the latest...4th grade is great, I am loving my class this year. They are hilarious and tell me so many funny things! It's endless entertainment. I'm very grateful for them.
I love going to visit the nephew and niece. They're adorable, and do so many funny things. I love to read my sisters blog to hear what I sometimes miss out on! Well as you all know I love to play and that includes concerts and weekend trips with my best friends. So most recently over valentines day I went to St. George for the weekend, enjoyed the warm weather, eating out every meal, pedicures, and shopping!

Spoon me was a great treat!!!

We saw these awesome masks at Ross or somewhere and we had to pose with them!

Standard best friends pose. I was really excited apparently.

Lets see.. next.. Rascal Flatts.. Mandy and I, in typical fashion, bought tickets to Rascal Flatts. It was the best seats I have ever had at a concert! We were in section 1 Row 9.. Great work mandy on getting tickets!... It was so much fun! Jessica Simpson opened, and although she isn't my favorite person, she can sing, and did a pretty good job. Rascal was amazing however! I'm pretty sure Joe Don is my favorite, as my pictures will show! :)










And lastly, Im going to say this with no shame, I went to the Jonas Brothers 3D concert special. I know I know what you're thinking, but I really like them! I can't help it. Its just me reverting back to my childhood love of boy bands. Thank you Megan, for loving me and them, and coming with me! :) I have so many wonderful things going on in my life, I couldn't ask for more!

Our awesome 3D glasses!! oh yea!!