Las Vegas!!

This past weekend from Wednesday the 18th to Sunday the 22nd I went to Las Vegas with some girlfriends, and we had a blast!!

Here we are at the famous Las Vegas sign.

Emalia, Me, Aubrey, Jana, and Kirstin

First thing we did when we got down there was go dancing at some clubs. It was fun to just go with girls and have a fun time dancing and laughing.
This was looking down at the dance floor of the LAX club in the Luxor Hotel. We could barely move while we were down there. It was crazy!

The next couple days we stayed and laid out at the pool. The condo we were at had this cool lazy river and we made this chain with our tubes. Everyone at the pool loved it even random people were taking pictures of us. It was kinda silly cause we didn't think we were doing anything special. Someone even offered to take this picture for us. haha



while shopping in one of the many malls Las Vegas has to offer I found this Buddha and I had to document me rubbing it's belly!




The last night of dancing we went to Tryst at the Wynn hotel. It had a dance floor that lead into a 90 ft waterfall that fell into a Lagoon . It was awesome!

After dancing for a few hours and burning a lot of calories :-) , We were ready to go to bed. I think every night we got to bed between 2am and 4am. We would then wake up to Aubrey making breakfast around 10:30 am. It was so great!


On Saturday, the night before we left, we had the amazing opportunity to see Phantom of the Opera at the Venetian Hotel. It was so amazing!!!! The stage alone cost 35 million dollars to construct. It was a condensed 95 min version of the musical but it was spectacular. I have seen Phantom 4 times now and this was by far the best. They had a real Chandelier that seperated into 4 pieces and was lifted to the top of the theater at the beginning of the musical. Later it was dropped right before hitting the audience, the props were huge!, there was fireworks and balls of fire shot on stage, at one point Raoul jumps 20 feet down into a trap down on the stage. It was insane! It was so beautiful that I was crying practically during the whole thing! I recommend everyone who has ever liked the Phantom of the Opera musical on stage or the movie to come see it performed like never before in Vegas!


Here is what the theater looked like, and yes, that is the chandelier that falls dozens of feet! It was so cool! I had so much fun on this trip! I think I actually lost weight from all of the calories I burned laughing, dancing, and just having a blast! This was a much needed girls trip and I hope we get to do it again very soon!!

P.S. on the way home I did have the opportunity to go buy Twilight at Target and watched it on Aubrey's DVD player in her car! I recommend the Target version of Twilight cause it has the 3 disc special edition.

Draper Temple

While I was on a trip to Las Vegas with some girls friends Jake got to stay home and hang with the guys. He also got to go to the Draper Temple Dedication yesterday. He took a couple siblings with him and they waited hours just to get inside. Then they watched the dedication from a small chapel in the temple. I really wish I could have gone with him, he said President Monsen even came into the chapel and greeted the children. So if any of you were wondering who was more righteous out of Jake and I, I think this was a good example: He was at a once in a life time temple dedication while I was in Las Vegas, the city of sin! haha. Well at least I have a wonderful example to look up to!

Hair Extensions Baby!

Today I got super long hair extensions! It was so fun! It took about 5 hrs of sitting and pulling hair but I did it and it was well worth it! I love my new hair and I'm excited to try new things with it!

First, here are my before pictures:

Can't you see the anticipation in my eyes?

Now here are the during pics:

oh by the way Tiffany from Vamp Salon is the one doing my hair. She did an amazing job and I recommend her to anyone, even guys. Right after doing my hair she cut Jake's too. Thanks Tiff!

Here is a close up on the tedious process. It's hard to see, but if you can tell the tiny strands of hair Tiff has on her finger is how small each strand is that she works with.

And finally, the after photos:
This is me trying to look cool while being sleepy, haha!

I love how long it is now!! Even though it took a while it was so worth it! It's just in time for me to go to Las Vegas with some friends on Wednesday too! Vegas here I come!

Rebecca

A few weeks ago I finished Daphne DuMaurier's, 'Rebecca' . I can't believe that I haven't read it before and, even more shocking, I haven't seen the movie made by Alfred Hitchcock. ( I love old black and white movies!) Before reading this I was not expecting a suspense and I was pleasantly surprised. Like many previous books I have read I recommend this to anyone wanting to get swept away into a suspenseful romance. I'm not very good at book reviews or with writing so just believe me when I say it is truly an amazing book!

Watching the movie is the next thing on my agenda. I hope I love it as much as this book!

Jazz vs. Sacramento

Last night Jake and I had the amazing opportunity to sit in the 2nd row, behind the basket, at the Jazz/ Sacramento game. We had so much fun! We are true fans so whenever we get a chance to get these seats it is like Christmas!

To celebrate I got this PINK Williams Jersey. I know what your thinking, "Why isn't it a Korver Jersey? I thought Stephanie was in-love with Korver?" and the answer is: of course I still have a crush on Korver but I couldn't resist a pink jersey with my own last name on it. Plus Deron Williams really is, talent wise, the best player on the team. It must be in the name.




Here is the view from our seats without the zoom on. Isn't it awesome! You could literally talk back to the players. Jake even passed a stray ball back to one of the members of the Sacramento team!

One of my favorite parts of the whole game is the Jazz Dancers. I know it's cheesy, but it brings out the little girl in me that wanted to be a pretty dancer.

Just some more proof on how close we really were!! It's OK to be jealous! ha ha, just kidding.