here we go!!

So here are the majority of July pictures. 

Vegas coming soon as soon as I complie the picture and

camping trips still need to be downloaded from the camera. 

FYI: All explanations will be going left to right, top to bottom.

Melba 4th of July Parade

Melba Idaho July 3rd

Caitlyn & Emma

Ashley & Lily

Me & Emma

Lexy & Marlee

Emma & Brandon

Marlee pulling a funny face

Lily with the fun headband

Emma with the fun headband

Marlee with the hat

Three little girls waving for candy

Emma showing off facepaint

Emma hating the sirens

Collision in the Jumper

Caitlyn's bday party July 3rd

The Rooster Bar in Nampa

Stacey taking a shot called BJ

Caitlyn taking a shot called BJ.

I looked way CUTE for Cait's bday party

Josh singing karoke

Wyatt's Birthday Party on July 12th at Chuck E Cheese & backyard

Wyatt, me, and Marlee in front of band (Emma afraid)

Wyatt riding the rocket

Emma riding the rocket

Wyatt with the head of Spiderman pinata

All the kids with the candy from pinata

Gma's 90th Birthday Party

Driggs Idaho

July 17th

Gma and all her kids

Gma and her sons (Kent, Gene, and Dad)

Gma

Gma hugging Emma

My family & Gma

Gma and her flowers

someone siging her tshirt

TJ had to stay outside all day (WHAT A SHAGGY DOG!!)

Jana cutting & serving cake

Caitlyn cutting & serving cake

Me & Jana

sign in

me and sisters

July Pictures

When I get home tonight, I will upload pictures from the month.  There will be little explantion.  Just FYI

Crazy times...

July has been one crazy time.  Las Vegas was a blast (see previous post).  On July 12th (the Monday after Vegas) was Wyatts birthday.  I was able to get the afternoon off from work and ended up going to Chuck E Cheese with Jana, Wyatt, Mom, Emma, Lexy, Marlee, and Chris.  It as a fun time. 

I work the rest of the week and left work early on Friday to go to Grandma Dalley's 90th Birthday Party.  I rode with Lexy, Marlee, and TJ.  Lexy packed like it was the end of the world.  We made it in good time.  We stopped in Idaho Falls so Marlee could walk around for a little while and we got dinner at Scotty's.  Both Lexy and I ordered vanilla Pepsis.  We get the orders to go so we can get Marlee out of the car as soon as possible.  Neither Lexy and I take a drink until we are on the freeway.  I take a swig and my socks come off.  I might as well been drinking straight from the vanilla bottle.  WAY WAY WAY STRONG!!  Lexy's was the same way.  I was really dissappointed.

We finally make it to Uncle Dennis' house in Rexburg and are able to unload.  Dad, Caitlyn, Emma, and Mom drove over earlier.  Because there wasn' enough room for everyone, only Dad was going to stay with Gma for the night.  He left Rexburg in my car and the rest would meet him up in Driggs Saturday morning.

Because my uncle has an inside cat, TJ and I had to sleep in the van.  It wasn't as bad as I thought.  Saturday morning we got up bright and early so we can eat and get on the road.  Rexburg to Drigss is appx 1 hr.  We make it to Drigss around 1130.  That means we have 90 minutes to set up because the open house starts at 1pm.  Dad and I get the slideshow going, punch gets made, cake cut up, chairs set out.

It was amazing how much family arrived.  It was pretty solid from 1-4pm.  It was nice to talk to cousin I knew about but didn't know. 

Us girls head back to Rexburg about 7pm that night after visiting and dinner.  Dad is meeting us Sunday morning to head home.

Sunday morning we hit the road and make it safe and sound.  I saw a wildwire somewhere between Pocetello and Twin Falls.  It was pretty amazing.

After that trip, I head back to work on July 19th.  I work til Thursday and Friday I had off.  I originally thought Gmas birthday was on the 27th (when it really is on the 18th) so I planned to be in Driggs the 23-26th.  So instead of Driggs, I head up camping with TJ, Jana, Wyatt, Beth's family (5 kids, 1 huband, 2 dogs) and Gina's family (1 husband, 4 kids, and 2 dogs).  It was a fun but a diaster.

Origianlly Beth and her family were to go up early on Friday to get a camping spot and then the rest of us would follow that afternoon.  Unfortunatly, they didn't make it up there so they were going to follow us.  Jana and I planned on leaving around 4pm.  Because we waited for them, we weren't on the road til 6.  We make it up to Cascade around 830.  We head to Horsethief reseviour camp sites.  EVERYWHERE is full.  So we drive on hoping to find somewhere to pull over and camp. 

We end up climbing this rutted, tiny, windy road. It is something that Dad and I would usually be riding a 4wheeler on.  I was really nervous but was victorious.  We finally make it down the other side and find another road.  We take that for a few miles but find out the road is closed for repairs.  UGH!!  It is now 10pm!!  I am beyond annoyed.  Beth and Tim wanted to head back the way we came and I flat refused.  Driving up the crazy road in the night with cranky kids is not my idea of a good time.  I say we just camp by side of road for night and get up in am and move on.

That is what we did.  I had a dinner of a poppy seed muffin and instead of setting up/tearing down tent, TJ and I just slept in the truck.  It was pretty awful.  We get up on Saturday and head back up the mountain. We were driving through a campsite when we saw a family leaving.  It was a nice site.  Enough room for the 4 tents we had and for the 5 dogs. 

Saturday had some gliches but over all it was nice becasue I got to sit and read Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince.  I wanted to finish it but oh well.  We came home Sunday.  I had Monday off.  I use Monday to clean all the camping gear we borrowed from the parents.

Back to work Tuesday, Wednesday, and today.  I am off again tomorrow!!  WOOHOO!!  I am leaving with Dad tomorrow morning to go camping.  We are headed to a secret location to go check huckleberries.  Cant wait for great camping and riding the four wheeler!

Viva Las Vegas!!

So I survived Vegas. I had a great time. With so many girls (19 of us) there were to be issues and problems. Oh well...we mostly ignored those girls. Because it was such an exciting time, I will let the pictures do most of the talking but here are the highlights:

1st Day
RIDING IN A LIMO FOR THE FIRST TIME!! It was HUGE!! I could stand up with no problem.

Winnging $101.46 on my first day. I actually won $60 becasue I had put in $40.

Getting my picture taken with Elvis (impersonater) and Las Vegas sign (impersonater).

making new friends (Teresa, Jennifer, Julie, Kim, and Cassie)

2nd Day
finding Survivor slot machine

Visiting Sam!!

learning to love the flat iron!!

Getting hit on by guy at Moon nightclub/Ghost Bar at the Palms.

Getting into Moon/Ghost Bar for free with VIP! Thanks to an awesome limo driver!!

3rd day
still loving the flat iron!!

having an In-n-Out burger

Seeing Molly & her daughter Hailey

great shopping

having picture takend with real Las Vegas sign

looking super hot that night!!

getting picture taken with 2 random guys

having great time chilling/laughing with 4 great girls from Oregon

4th day
going to NY NY

going up in Eifel Tower

getting Eifel Tower drink/souveniger

getting tickets to hypnotist for $5!!

getting hypnotised!!

getting b1g1 free drinks from stripper bar

staying out til 3am!!

5th day
being able to wake up after 2 1/2 hrs sleep

getting to the airport on time (actually being UBER early)

not vomiting on the plane and even falling asleep

surviving the delay/lay over in Reno

having TJ meet me at the airport

Mom rubbing my feet

lowlights:
not getting enough sleep
rooming with 2 wetblankets
not doing 1/2 of what I wanted to (not enought hrs in day)
feet hurting
deleting 20 pictures from Saturday morning
not coming home a millionare

Begining and End

And here are the adventure all started. 

Top left.  Hate driving to eastern Idaho because there isn't much to look at.

Top right: You should see a small cloud.  This was the first cloud I had seen all day!

Bottom left:  There is a small row of wind turbines. There are showing up more and more.  A little further I saw an blade on a flat bed trailer.  The blade couldn't fit under the overpass so they had to exit the freeway and then down the on ramp.  I know they were big I didn't know there were THAT big. 

Bottom right: The Twin Falls bridge.

My immoral behaviour.  The slot machines don't use coins anymore. When you win they still make a fake clinking sound but it isn't the same.  There is the an older casino that still had a few machine that accepted coins.  Below you see the biggest winnings I got from the machine..$3 or 12 coins.  The sound was awesome. 

Here you see my winngins from the new machines.  Instead of getting coins, they print off receipts and you take the receipts to an ATM type machine to retrive your cash.  I had one $50 receipt and then a $44.  The rest are 70cents, 5 cents, $1.19, etc. 

On the way home...

Traveling to Trace

I enjoy Trace Atkins.  His music is great and I rooted for him on Celebrity Apprentince.  Months ago, we heard that he would be in Jackpot for a concert.  The original idea was to go with parents and my sisters.  Well life happened and it ended up being me and parents.  Mom and Dad were going to be coming from Idaho Falls.  They had been at the Idaho State Republican Convention for the past week.  I had made arrangments to meet them in Twin Falls and we would all ride to Jackpot together.  We have lunch at Gerties Brickonven Pizza.  They have all you can eat pizza and dessert pizza.  It was good but not as good as I remember.  Oh well.  We head to Jackpot and get settled in the Horshoe Hotel.  I get ready for concert and off we go to the casino.  I play the penny slots while waiting for the concert.  Mom had a book to read so she stood in line.  We had general admission tickets so we could sit anywhere in the blechers.  Where Mom got was pretty good for $40 a ticket.  Mom and Dad got free tickets through the casino.  From what I remember, Trace played "Sometimes You Gotta Kick A Little A$$", Chrome, Honky tonk badonkadonk, Brown Chicken Brown Cow, a couple new songs, Swing, Your Gonna Miss This, Hot Momma.  There were a few others but I can't remember.  He did play Arlington.  I prefer it live than recorded.  Both Mom and I got teary as he sang it.   

So the top left pictures if of Trace walking to the stage to open.

top right is of Trace leaving the encore (love the hair blowing in the breeze).

Middle pic of me and you can see Trace in the shadows in the middle of stage.

Some residents found a great way to see the concert without paying price of ticket.

Mom and Dad enjoying the concert.

Trace, Trace and more Trace.

Saturday is a special day..

Saturday was a good time.  It started with getting some prescription sunglasses.  Because I couldn't decided Caitlyn and Emma were nice enough to come help me out.  Everytime we asked Emma's opinion she would say "I like red".  Cailtyn was a big help so THANK YOU to her.  After a few hours here is the final result:

After the eye Dr., Caitlyn and I made a quick run through the Farmers Market.  We were going to walk through with Lexy and Chris but Marlee didn't sleep well and needed a nap so they took her home.  After the Farmers Market (which TJ was able to come) we went to the park for a little picinic.  It was a relaxing time but warm.  I think it was 90 degrees that day. 

Emma loves her Mommy!!

After the park, I babysat Emma til it was time for the races.  I met up with my friend Kara and her son Riley, Jana and Wyatt to watch the races.  It was a great time.  Riley is a racer of a sprint car (I think that is what it is) and Kara's husband is a race official.  Their family is really dedicated to racing..Audrey (Kara's daughter) also races.  It is a family sport.  Riley was so cute on Saturday.  He was starnding on the blechers practicing his flagging.  We sat with Kara's friend and the husband of the friend races.  While between heats (aka races) he came and sat with us.  He told Kara to tell Riley he needs to be careful because some dirver watch him rather than the actual flagger. I think Riley is only 9 or 10.  Kara said it was possible for Riley to flag when he was 14 years old but she said they are making him wait til he was 16 yrs old.  He was so enthusiatic and animated when he was flagging.  He had his head seat on and everything.  It was so cute to me.  

The races were fun.  Some minor crashes and a wheel popped off.  I really enjoy it.  Poor Kara had to answer all my questions.  I am sure she  was getting annoyed.

Wyatt and I at the races.  He was so lovey that night.

He always wanted to sit on my lap.  I loved it.