Me and Mike went to see Coldplay at the Verizon Amphitheater the other night and it was AWESOME!! They really interacted with the crowd. During Yellow they dropped big (and I mean big) yellow balloons on the crowd, I tried to grab one but I couldnt quite jump high enough! Then the band came out into the crowd and sang! They had set up two different stages in the crowd and one of them just happened to be on the lawn, and it was super close to where we were standing!! It was exciting to be that close! They then got the crowd to do a cell phone wave, Mike lifted me up so I could see it and it was amazing, such a cool thing to see! And if that wasnt enough cool stuff they shot out all these paper butterflies while they were singing. It was cool because the butterflies literally filled the sky. And to top it of they gave everyone in the crowd their CD... for FREE!!! That was the best concert I have seen thus far (I even danced to the music), and it will be a hard one to top!!
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Well here is a quick little update on our lives (nothing too exciting)
*Taught my first Relief Society lesson
*Got to go home to Washington for a few days (not long enough)
*Edward Jones flew Mike out to Spokane to knock doors and try to find clients (so awkward, but he did really good)
*Im super sad about the whole Jon and Kate Gosselins thing!
*Went to an outdoor play "Meet me in St Louis", it was awesome! Im excited they are doing Hairspray there in about a month
Other then that nothing exciting has happened but I did find a really cool article that I wanted to post, about sleeping and food that will help you sleep and food that will not help you sleep.
10 top sleep boosters
Nibble on one of these 10 high-carb calmers an hour before bedtime. You'll be yawning in no time.
1.Half of a whole-wheat English muffin or raisin bagel drizzled with honey
2.Two cups of air-popped popcorn
3.A small slice of angel food cake topped with berries
4.A frozen whole-wheat waffle, toasted, with maple syrup
5.Half a cup of pretzels
6.Fresh strawberries dunked in a little fat-free chocolate syrup
7.Half a cup of pasta topped with marinara sauce
8.A 4-ounce baked potato topped with salsa
9.A handful of oyster crackers and a piece of fruit
10.Canned mandarin oranges sprinkled with crystallized ginger
Once again I have fallen behind on my bloggin... so here is what we have been up to...
We went to Chicago a couple weeks ago and it was a BLAST! Mike's uncle and aunt and their kids went down there on a vacation and invited us up to join them and who could turn down a trip to Chicago?! We stayed right in the heart of downtown (the good part) so pretty much everything was within walking distance which was nice since traffic is a little crazy down there! Our first day there we went to a Cubs-Twins game (and of course the Cubs lost). It was really neat to see Wrigley Field and see the ivy in the outfield. Mike was like a little kid wanting to take pictures of everything. I couldnt believe how many people were there!
Mike's uncle and aunt took us out to this pizza place that is famous for of course the Chicago style pizza, we had to wait a little over and hour to get in but it was well worth it! The pizza was really good, I could barely finish one piece because it was soo big. The next few days we spend hoppin' around town trying to see as much as we could. We went to the museum of science and industry which was really cool! The best part about it was they had the Harry Potter traveling exhibit which seriously was the coolest thing I have ever seen! I never wanted it to end! After that we went down to Marine Point which is kinda like a board walk with vendors and lots of places to eat. The view of the skyline was amazing from there! The next day we went to the art museum which was really neat to see... lots of interesting pieces... after that we spend most of the day in the park. They where having a Blues Festival and I won a tote there and Mike won a really cool water bottle.
It was a really fun trip and I wish that we could have spend a longer time there. There is just so much to see and do! I cant wait until we get to go back!!!
So I recently have become obsessed with Twilight! I didnt start reading it until a few weeks ago and I fell in love with it... aka Edward!!
I am now on the third book... and I am reading it kind of slow because I know after this one there is only one left, and I dont want the saga to stop! But like most girls who read this book they fall in love with Edward and I sure as heck did! Although Bella sometimes bugs me in the book Edward can do NO wrong. As far as the movie goes... kinda disappointed although I thought Robert Pattinson was a good pick :) but I think I would have made a much better Bella.
We spend most of today downtown! Which I always love because it is full of new and exciting things! We went to Union Station in the afternoon. Union Station use to be the main train station in St Louis a long time ago, and they have now turned it into a mall, hotel, and a mini museum. It is really neat on the outside, they have left all of the original structure/architecture which gives it this really old 20's(or whatever decade it was built in) feel!! They also have a little area where you could rent paddle boats, and feed the enormous gold fish! After we were done exploring that we decided that we would treat our self to Hard Rock cafe (neither me or mike had ever eaten there). It of course had a really cool atmosphere and the food was pretty good too! After lunch we then went down to Forest Park. They where doing a Shakespeare festival and that night they were going to be performing The Merry Wives of Windsor. It started at 8 but we got there way early (530) because we wanted good seats! We walked around the park for a bit while we waited and boy oh boy is it a nice park! Finally it was show time! It was very well done, I just wish I had been more familiar with the play, that way I could have sat back and enjoyed it instead of trying to piece everything together. But it was still a lot of fun! The only down side of the whole thing was that a spider some how crawled up on my hand which was gross, but thankfully it was small so I didnt make too much of a scene!
We went to our first baseball game the Missouri Cardinals, the other weekend (it was my first Major League Baseball game so I was pretty excited)! We went with another couple that are in our ward (funny story about that... Mike just happened to have played hockey with the husband while he was up in Rexburg and he and his wife just happened to be doing summer sales in St Louis, so that is nice to have so friends). Earlier that week I had found a really inexpensive Cardinals jersey at Wal-Mart so I was excited to wear that to the game. The game wasnt very exciting the Cardinals lost 0-1 but we did get to see the other team hit a home run. We of course had to eat a hot dog for lunch and it was a mighty good hot dog too! It was a Nathans hot dog and coast us 6 bucks a pop for one! But ya just have to have a hot dog a baseball game (at least for your first time). We went down to the game with no tickets and Mike and Steven (the husband of the other couple) just planned on getting them from scalpers (scary)! And it was scary they are all up in your face trying to bargain with you. Im glad Mike was there and they werent all up in my face because yea they were scary. But we got two tickets for 20 bucks!! We are hoping that we will get to see quite a few games while we are here!
