Keane - Las Vegas

Well I am in Love....with the House of Blues as a venue.  The sound was great and the show was even better!!!  Fran Healy (from Travis) opened on acoustic guitar and was a joy to watch.  (Anyone who knows me knows I am a total sucker for British bands of any sort).  Followed closely by Ingrid Michaelson who was wonderful.  She was witty and had some really catchy tunes (similar in style to Sara Bareilles and dare I say Sarah McLachlan).  The main attraction (for me that is) was of course the headliner Keane.  Is it any Wonder?...they put on an awesome show.  I am soooooooo glad I jumped on tickets for this as I was pretty disappointed a year ago when I missed them at Kingsbury Hall.  Show was well worth the drive...not to mention the quick vacation in Vegas. 

Stayed at the Hard Rock Hotel and OMG I have not seen that many beautiful, young people converge in one place in my life.  I seriously felt like a senior citizen basking out by the ReHab pool (not to mention a few cup sizes too small and shades too white).  Nonetheless had a nice soak/swim in the HOT summer day.  I ended the day with a trip to the old part of Vegas (and cheaper section too) The Golden Nugget and Fremont Street experience.

Lemonade.....Get your Lemonade

Katie has been "HOT" all summer to sell lemonade (or anything for that matter) out in front of my parents house with her little posse of friends.  (Her posse consists of 2 other girls from school)  They were trying to talk my mom into it for a while and she kept putting them off saying "Sorry girls I don't have any little cups" , or "Out of lemonade another day".   They finally broke her the other day.  She not only made the lemonade for them but also let them all paint a sign and setup a little stand for them.  Katie and Shandis stuck around to sell 2 cups of lemonade and then got bored and headed down to pick up Riley (the other one of the posse).  Jr. didn't miss a beat and stepped right in with my mom to take over the stand.  He knew exactly what to do, of course, because he watched in on Max and Ruby at least a dozen times. 

When I arrived to pick up the kids Jr had just collected the monies (as he calls them) from the neighbors who cleaned him out of lemonade.  He was a hit and made $3.00 by himself.  He kept yelling "Lemonade, Lemonade" to all the people driving by and of course who could resist those baby blues!!! 

Fireworks....Taylorsville Dayz

Recently the kids and I spent an evening watching the Fireworks with my folks.  We sat on the church lawn close to their house and had a great show. (they were even better than Murray Park on the 3rd)  Jr was very facinated with them this year (instead of being scared like every other year).  Katie just kept asking a MILLION questions like all kids her age I'm sure
- Why is that one red?
- How come that one is bigger than the others?
- Why does that one sparkle like that?
and on and on.........

St. George Getaway

Can't you just hear the Tetris theme song playing now....  Went down to St. George for a quick getaway to pick up some furniture from Robyn.  Able to get it all in just barely. 

Murray Park Flood

Here are some pictures from the flood by our house.  We went over to check out the damage.