VEGAS BABY!

This post is continued from the Arizona one. on our way home we stopped by Las Vegas. here are a few pictures.



below--Caesars palace. those aren't stairs, they're escalators!















left--the coolest Mcdonalds ever!




left--"your wedding live on the internet FREE!"


right--there were so many wedding chapels! this one says "24 hr. drive up wedding window!"
left--it comes out of the hotel...and KABOOM!

on the road again...

On Tuesday afternoon my mom, dad and i hit the road for Arizona to visit our old friends the Workmans. We drove to Mesquite Nevada and stayed at the Casa Blanca resort-casino-spa. spa? yeah right! anyway, on wednesday we drove to Chandler, Arizona which is a couple miles from Phoenix. We had a very yummy Thanksgiving homemade by the beautiful Lisa. Friday we went shopping at "World Market-Cost Plus," "The Great Indoors," "DSW -discount shoe warehouse," and then we topped it off with "Savers!" you can never go wrong with a second-hand store. Saturday we drove to Las Vegas and checked that out, and then drove to St. George. we finally got home on Sunday afternoon! Arizonians are strange people. for one they drive crazy! they also have "thin blood" which means that 75 degrees to Arizona is like Utah's 53. you can always tell who the tourists are because they are wearing shorts in November and Arizonians would never do that! let the photographic journey begin!




we had a bit of fun with these ones...these are our Album covers. we haven't decided the name of our band yet.

bottom left--the Workman's home.


bottom right--me, mom, dad, Larry, Lisa, Levi, Josh.
























below--the courtyard at the oldest hotel in Phoenix.








below--the traditional "Tumbleweed tree!" i told you Arizonians were strange!

ah freak out!

i'm freakin' out!
i leave for india in 3 weeks!
i'm freakin' out!
because i'm leaving in 3 weeks i have to take finals early!
i'm freakin' out!
i've stayed up late every night this week because of homework resulting in being late to class the next day!
i'm freakin' out!
perhaps going to Arizona with my parents for Thanksgiving will be good and relaxing...
if not...Amy i need to see happy feet.

amy

Amy this is for you.
i watched it today.
i'm going to pray like he does...

i'm tired

tonight i am babysitting the 2 Vanderstraten children. Katie and Bec. Katie is a cute 1st grade girl, and Bec is an energetic 3 yr old boy. Richard V. works with my mom. Richard and Mary went out to dinner and are probably having a great time considering this is the first time they have gone out since they moved here (which was a long time ago). i got here and we watched Cars, Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer, and frosty the snowman. quite a huge line up of movies, but Mary said the kids can stay up so it's alright. it is now 11:25 and the kids are asleep. i wish i was asleep.

chaco, chaco, chaco

well friends here is my latest steal. i bought these little babies for 40% off! woo! what a deal! the exact color is called "ladybug." thought that was cool.
so now i can join mat, amy, and stinky pete in the chaco song...(i can hear them singing it now).

la-de-freakin'-da!

i watched this video in my business class. it was great! just thought i would share this amazing motivational speaker with you all. if you have no idea what these pictures are...we need to talk.
have an amazing day everyone!

a vicious cycle.

lately is seems like i'm in a vicious cycle.
i don't want to be (who would?!).
i get discouraged (for various reasons...mainly spiritual), throw myself a pity party, invite a few kind folks, get encouraged only to realize that it's my fault that i'm like this and so i get discouraged again.
i'm very, very thankful for all you kind folks out there that encourage me.
thank you.
that is all.