I heart Celine!!

So, ever since high school, I have loved Celine Dion. It all started with my friend Aimee and me driving around, singing along as loud as we could to Celine CD's. We were good!! I went to see Celine in Vegas a few years ago with my mother-in-law, because Dave didn't want to go with me. He missed a good show! Recently, my sister and I got tickets to see her when she comes to the Tacoma Dome in October 2008. I know- it's 11 months away, but we have amazing tickets (14th row!!) and I am excited. I don't know what will be going on with my life in 11 months, but I know that I am going to see Celine again!! Wahoo!!! Whose music do you sing along to in your car or shower or wherever?

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Road Trip!

We took our time heading to Southern California and did some fun stuff on the way. We stayed the night at Whiskey Pete's, just outside of Vegas and Kelsi went on her first roller coaster ride. When it was built in 1996, it had the largest drop in the world. It was so scary...but not for Kelsi, she went on it once with me and then again with Dave! The next day we stopped at Calico, an old ghost town where they used to mine silver. It was over 80 degrees there, we loved the sunshine!!

We stopped by the St. George Temple...such a beautiful place!

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It's not a road trip without some of this...

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Getting ready to ride the roller coaster, Desperado.

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A small glimpse of the coaster...it was huge!

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A Joshua Tree!! Made me remember my days in Lancaster, CA. Kelsi loved spotting them and thinking of her cousin, Joshua.

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A glass bottle house at Calico

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Panning for silver at Calico..we found some!!

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Climbing around Calico..look at that blue, clear sky...in November!

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It's hard to tell in this picture, but there were thousands of windmills in the middle of the Mojave Desert in California. It gave the kids something to look at for a little bit.

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M-I-C-K-E-Y MOUSE!!!

Logan, Kelsi, and Aidan...Kelsi had so much fun being with her friends again!

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My friend, Mandy and me...she is the one who talked us into coming to visit and we are so glad she did!!! She also helped to keep me sane the last few years in Rexburg and I miss her so much!!

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Waiting for the carousel

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Kelsi and Mommy on the Bumper Bugs...so fun!

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Andrew loved this ride, can you tell?

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We love Disneyland!

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Andrew and his favorite person, Mama!!

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The only Buzz Lightyear we saw walking around...

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Kelsi and Dad

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California Screamin' is behind us...we decided this was our favorite ride. Kelsi loved when you went upside down in the Mickey head.

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We had such a fun time with our friends, the Joneses, at Disneyland. The weather was great and the company too. Hopefully we can go again sometime! Kelsi loved all the rides, she was tall enough for them all and the scarier the better for her- she takes after her mother!! Andrew's favorites were (of course) the Nemo ride and the Buzz one. On our way home we stopped in Utah and got to spend time with Dave's grandparents, always a treat! Now we are home in freezing cold Rexburg and it's back to real life again...3 weeks till we move!!

Disney-Mania!!

We are off to the land of Disney and...sunshine!! I don't know which part of that I am most excited about! Have a great Thanksgiving everyone, see ya when we get back!

Glasses!

Kelsi got glasses today! She picked them out herself and so far, she loves them. Dave says it is all my fault since I have bad eyes on my side of the family. Thanks mom and dad!! She is adorable and looks even cuter with her new glasses!

Happy Halloween!!

I was having trouble posting pictures and writing in the same post, so here is my explanation of the pictures below! Kelsi was a cheerleader, but not just any cheerleader, one with pink hair. It has been her dream since she was 4 to have pink hair and it finally came true last night. Andrew was Buzz Lightyear, of course! Our complex had a trunk-or-treat last night and it was great! It wasn't dark when we started, so Kelsi and her friends went off by themselves. A friend and I were talking about how our parents always went with us, even when we were older. Yes, we live in Rexburg! Everyone was on one side of the complex so the kids just walked up one row and down the other side. We could see them the whole time. :) Andrew did not want to go, so he sat in the back of the van and played while I handed out candy. I can't count how many parents with newborns came around...wonder who will eat that candy! (In my home, you don't go beg for candy until you can ask for it yourself, but to each his own.) Anyway, once I ran out of candy, I talked Andrew into going on a "walk" with me and his friend, Matthew. He reluctantly came along, but once he realized he could get suckers and smarties, he was so excited! This was the first year he did trick-or-treating and once he saw what it was, he loved it!! He was so excited at each car, he wanted to just look at all the candy. By 6:30, it was getting dark and the candy was gone, so everyone headed home. It was great, the kids thought it was late, so we got them into bed by 8pm...after washing Kelsi's hair a few times of course!!

Happy Halloween!!!