Elia's Life

Okay, I think this will always be one of the coolest things I've done. It was such a great concert, and so much fun and all-around AWESOME!!!!!!! First of all, I have to say, it's totally cool that Annette came all the way from Arizona just to go to the concert with me. Second of all, we had a great time once we actually got on our way. Well, actually we had a great time after we got over being lost on the Freeway. Our original plan was to leave Ogden early enough to stop by the Gateway, do some recreational shopping and then go to dinner and then go down to West Valley for the concert. First of all we didn't leave Ogden nearly as early as we had planned. Somebody decided to get a treadmill for her birthday and it just about killed us trying to get it in the house. By the time we were actually on the road, we didn't have time for the Gateway and a nice dinner. So we decided to do the Gateway and fast food. Then we missed the exit to the Gateway (which I am unjustly blam...

When we all descended into Reno to start our family reunion, we decided to start things with style and visit Circus Circus. Funny enough, this was my third time to Circus Circus in a year. I don't think I had statistics like that even when I lived in Hawthorne. Anyway, here are some pictures from dinner and the Midway. Anika was more interested in playing with food at the buffet then eating it. She did manage to spill a glass of fruit punch all over her though. Yeah, wet, sticky and red. Coleman enjoyed some green jello... We were able to catch a couple of different Circus acts. They were the same group of six Chinese sisters both times but once they were on unicycles (which I had already seen) and the other was with regular bikes. It was still pretty cool. Makadie loved playing midway games. She was even more excited when she found out that if you win a game, you get a prize. Anika enjoyed the prizes too. This was one of our favorite games You can probably guess who won this r...