Las Vegas, Arizona, & the Jonas Brothers....What a weekend

So I know what most of you are probably thinking…. The Jonas Brothers? Yes, I actually went to a Jonas Brothers concert. Jons sister-in-law and I took his little sisters to the Kristi Yamagouchi and Friends ice show featuring the Jonas brothers and a few other Disney channel star singers. As most 12 and 13 year old girls are, they are obsessed with the Jonas Brothers and are constantly talking about wanting to go to a concert. I am sure a lot of you already know that this is just something that their mother would never take them to. It was a big pain to even get her to agree to let us take them, but after much and I mean MUCH arguing from all sides of the family she finally broke and for once decided to let the girls experience the fun of LIFE.

Side note: This whole trip was a surprise to the girls so they were a little confused when we left Provo and drove for about 2 hours before we told them what was going on. We made these folders for them with pictures of things that we would be doing and gave them their tickets and they actually had to figure it out for themselves.

We left early Saturday morning (the 10th) and drove to Las Vegas for the night. (another place that their mom would never allow them to go). We took them to M&M World, the Coke Factory, Circus Circus, and walked down the strip. They were also able to experience their FIRST buffet ever, what sheltered lives they are forced to live.

Sunday morning, (Oct. 11) we drove the rest of the way to Arizona where the concert was which was another 5 hours of driving. Thank goodness for Jon’s radar detector which allowed us to speed a little and cut down some driving time. We stopped for a few minutes at Hoover Dam because the girls remembered it from transformers and wanted to see it. I wasn’t to impressed with it because they had so much construction going on there were very few spots that you could even see it, but anyways……..

When we got the hotel Anya and Elena primped for about an hour and then we were off to the concert. I really can’t complain because it wasn’t too bad. Half the show was Olympic medalist figure skaters and the other half was the Jonas Brothers. Actually, I am very grateful that they only sang half of the show because I don’t think that my ears could have handled much more of those screaming teenage girls. Funny Story: There was a couple behind us who kept getting mad cause girls were screaming and standing up when the Jonas Brothers came on. They even asked on of the ushers to tell everyone to sit down and she was like “NO, I cannot do that, this is a concert”. They got so mad that the got up and left half way through.

After the show got over at 7:30 Alex, our sister-in-law and driver of the car, wanted to go back to the hotel and take a hot bath. WHAT THE HECK?? The girls and I were so mad; there was no way we were going to sit in that dive for a hotel all night. We were so bored that we wandered around and took pictures of just about anything we could find to entertain us. We even spent $1.50 on a little thing of starbursts so we could have races to see who could open them the fastest. Yes, we are lame we know. It was so boring that the stupidest things made us laugh and roll on the ground. (See pictures) It is just a good thing that there were very few rooms filled because we were so noisy running up and down the halls.

Monday we had a very very long, mostly uneventful drive home. It did take us several hours longer to get home due to several NOT NEEDED (and this is me being nice) stops along the way. As we are driving in the middle of the desert we see this random gift shop and Elena asks to stop. As we pull up we see this dog, and of course my SIL has to go up to it and start playing with it. To make a long story short, this dog follows us where ever we go and the clerk at the stores tells us to take the dog because it has been there for weeks. Me being the responsible adult I am says absolutely NOT (and you all no how much I LOVE dogs and so desperately want one) but, I was out voted 3-1 and the next thing I know this dirty and I am sure disease infested animal is occupying one of our seats. Talk about GROSS! He (the dog) ended up being a very good dog, he slept the whole way home, didn’t bark, or mess in the car. The girls have now fallen in love with this dog and Alex is STUCK with him.

Because of other stops we “HAD” to make we took the frontage road most of the way home. Once we got to Utah the GPS took us on all the back roads and we were far from I-15. Well, someone decided to take a “shortcut” in the middle of no where to get closer to the freeway rather than just follow where it was taking us. To make another long story short we drove for about 45 minutes and then ended up turning back around and going back the way we came and following the GPS. At 10 pm we finally arrived in Provo (where Jon’s brother lives). Ok, I am done ranting and raving about the end of the trip now. Sorry for all you who actually read this, but just know that it really was fun and a great way to get to know the girls better!

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