When Melissa Came to Visit Part One

So in March of 2012, Melissa and Vidalia came to Utah! It was fun. We (James and I) only got to see/hang out with them for a little bit but it was fun! Here are some of the pictures I took on one of the days.

This is Vidalia trying to take my camera.

Here is Tobi and Daisy. They are best friends. When they first met, Tobi wanted NOTHING to do with Daisy.

Sleeping together on the stairs.

Here is Vidalia... making a mess on her face.

So funny. So messy.

Chopsticks?

Trying to grab my camera again.

I did not take these next few. Melissa maybe?

I love the pose Daisy has.

Daisy loves Grandpa!

So happy.

Eating the toys.

Happy happy.

Funny smile.

Playing with the bowl.

We left. To the store, maybe? And for some reason, Vidalia did not like any of the men in house (minus grandpa and James). And Matt was over cause Kyoko and the boys were in Japan. We left Vidalia with him and she did not want to be. But she did stay on his lap for quick some time. I'm thinking because she was too scared to move.

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Here she is... with my phone. She loves me phone SOOOO much.

Videos

So I had/still have a camera that is crazy weird and records in HD BUT will not download onto my computer correctly. So after a long time of searching, I found a way to finally get them on my computer and viewable.

The first one is from Christmas of 2010 and the rest are when James and I went to Vegas for Spring Break in 2011.

I'm so glad to finally be able to see all of these.

So first there is Kei and Sei.

This is some time around Christmas. My parents bought these little remote cars and Kei LOVED them but was so scared of them. Sei, on the other hand, just wanted them.

Here is a video of Fountains at the Bellagio.

I was super excited to take James to Vegas. He had never been there (well, for reals). His family had driven through but never stopped. So we went and had an awesome time! If you've ever been, the fountains are a must see!

As well as...the Volcano at the Mirage.

We saw it one time from behind a lot of people and on a day when we had time, we stood there for forever and made sure we were in the front. We saw everything and this is the video from it.

Have you ever heard of the Fremont Street Experience? I hadn't before this trip. James said someone he knew told him about it. So one day when we didn't have anything planned, we went on a search for it. And it was pretty freakin' awesome. Fremont Street is the olden day main street of Vegas. You know when you see a movie with Vegas and they show the neon Cowboy? That's Fremont Street.

When we found the place, we were just looking at all the vendors there and the old bars and such then BAM! The Beatles started singing ad the roof went crazy!

So while we were in Vegas, we decided to go into the Flamingo Casino and Hotel. We figured there had to be real Flamingos somewhere! So we looked and looked and VIOLA! Flamingos!

So we originally were going to Vegas because I wanted to take James but then we found out that the Wac Championship was going to be in Vegas EXACTLY when we were going to be there. So we went, of course! Here is a little video of the Aggie fans doing the Scotsman.

We decided to stay in the Stratosphere. And it was awesome. When you stay in the hotel, you can go up to the top of the Stratosphere as much as you want. So we did. All the time. It's so high (not CN Tower high though). But in the last few years, they added some rides on the tower and here are two videos of the one that scares me the most probably. X-Scream and X-Scream again.

USU Basket Ball Games

So if you didn't know this already, James and I are both (were both) students of Utah State University.

We love our school very much and have a lot of Aggie Pride!

One of the best things in the world is Aggie Basketball. And especially Wild Bill. However, this are the last two games that Bill was going to dress up. So I made sure I took pictures for every one to see.

Can you guess what he is right now?

Something green?

The hulk?

OH! It's one of the pigs from Angry bird!

It was pretty hilarious! They made a slingshot that had a stuffed angry bird on it. Guess I didn't get a good shot of that.

Here are a few shots of the game.

This just looks funny. 

"I can fly" he says.

Now this is when we got legos and James created an old Mario.

This is Senior Night (A.K.A. the last time the seniors of the team will be playing at Utah State University)

Brady Jardine is the one with the crutches. He got hurt during a game and was never able to recover. They thought he'd be able to heal on his own but then they found out they would need to do surgery but he wouldn't be able to play basketball ever again.

It killed every one there to see him cry.

Here is Wild Bill and the boy that is taking his place (I would tell you his name but I do not remember what it is)

Do you remember when the Sophia and her sister, Rosie, sang a song? Well, this is the Wild Bill version.