1 day until....

We leave for vegas!!!

4 days until....

Vegas! I am getting more and more excited by the minute!

The Luxor

One of the things I'm most excited about in Vegas is visiting all the fancy hotels. Some have shows outside like the Fountain at the Belagio and the Pirate Show at Treasure Island. Some have entire malls within their walls or rollercoasters, and the Venetian even has a river flowing through it!

We will be staying in the Luxor(the giant pyramid casino and hotel with the big tractor beam on top). From what I've read and seen, it looks great and is on the main strip in Vegas, so we'll be pretty close to everything. In addition to typical fancy hotel ammenities...Our hotel has a bodies exhibit, the Cris Angel Cirque du Soleil Illusion show, and a musuem portion where you can peruse true Egyptian artifacts (in opposed to the fake ones that are all around the hotel).

Our room is inside the actual pyramid and should look something like this (according to the website).

7 days until....

Okay....so I was about to shut this operation down for good, because I know there is no way to get this thing caught up on the summer. So we're going to leave the summer a mystery for now and I will try that again later. But I've missed blogging and would hate to leave out something as exciting as our upcoming trip.

We are 7 days and counting for Las Vegas, Nevada!

I have been so excited about this trip! Not only will we be accompanied by many close friends we have some really awesome activities planned! The U2 show, 2 cirque du soleil shows(Beatles LOVE & O), fancy dinners, nice hotels, ritzy casinos, shopping and more! I have never been to Vegas before, and to be honest, I had never really wanted to go, seeing that I'm not a gambler. But I have a feeling I will be totally surprised!

Coldplay

I'm going to do my best to do this night justice, even though it occured 3 months ago. This past May; Jason, Bethany, Chad, Matt, and I attended the Coldplay show at Lakewood Amphitheater. Although it rained heavily, and was quite chilly, it still proved to be the best concert I had ever been too! We began the evening on trashbags and picnic blankets while we listened to Pete Yorn and shortly moved our way in front of one of the mini-stages that Coldplay retreats to halfway through the show. Here is me and Bethany waiting in high anticipation!
As the concert progressed, I began to enjoy the cold and rain. It seemed to mesh better with their music and style, kind of mellow and dramatic. We had our backs against the fence of the small stage, so when the band ran out to preform there, we simply turned around and magically our lawn seats became front row access for about 3 or 4 songs. It was incredible! Here's Chris Martin and Will Champion up close.

Then, my favorite part, Lovers in Japan! Only experiencing this could explain how unbelievably emotional this felt. It's difficult to tell what was going on, but at the climax of the song confetti canons shot out millions of paper and plastic butterflies that flittered down at different speeds. It felt like you were completely surrounded by the real thing!
Here's a grisly Matt and a soaking wet Katie with the stage in the background.

Bethany laughed and laughed at this picture, because she felt it explained her life like no words could (aka-Chad's timely entry). I can sum up my experience in 10 words. The company-unbeatable. The music-phenominal. And the night-unforgettable.

Back

Okay...I took an unannounced leave of absence from my blog. Since I wasn't at school looking at a computer everyday...I avoided computers at all costs these last 2 1/2 months. But now that I'm back at school, supposedly setting up my classroom (which took me all of 30 minutes 2 days ago)...I thought I'd get things rolling and start updating what went down in this incredible summer I've had. So...there will be several things to come in the next few days.

more Riley

Okay....so one post was not enough!!! Wednesday night...Matt worked late but was dying to break into the hospital to see our little Riley....so at about 8:30 (after visiting hours) we snuck back in to see our new little friend! Matt brought him the stupidist gift, that I won't even honor by mentioning(something he thought every man needs)...but we had a blast spending a little more time with Melissa, Anthony, and their new addition Riley!

I'm an Auntie!

He is perfect in every way! Thanks Anthony and Melissa for letting me be there for most of it! I wouldn't have missed it for the world...and Melissa...you're a champ!


Riley Liam Pepin~6lbs13oz

Born April 21, 2009 at 3:39pm


PS- I think he looks like Melissa and her mom, Terry!