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THE rumble

I have to explain these pictures.

My co-worker and I have been talkin' trash about a supposed "rumble" that we were going to have in the parking lot. This has been going for about a year now. Don't ask me how we even got into this, maybe Sarah herself can finally comment on here and tell us, because I know she will read this. ;)

It was so funny because we have been taking a poll as to who would win, who was tougher etc.

I was the favored to win, naturally. Well, when Sarah came over to babysit for the concert, I told her that as payback, I could tell everyone in the office that she had won the rumble. She agreed so I set out to embellish this as much as possible, of course. So I went to work and wrote a dramatic email to all of my co-workers telling them about how the underdog had won. I even made her a royal crown that said "Rumble Winner" on the front. She wore it all day, it was awesome.

Here are some pictures of the "re-inactment" in the parking lot. As you can see, we got a lot done at work that day.

These are pictures we took at this great kid activity at the mall.

But I have to say that the highlight of the day was watching Darth Vader get up and sing Karaoke! He sang "Hit me with your best shot" to the audience with a the funniest accent. It puts a smile on my face everytime I watch it. Shayden was behind the camera, so sorry about the shaking. He was probably laughing.

Celine Dion Date for Valentine's!

What's could be better than going to see Celine Dion in concert (for me at least)? I mean I have wanted to go see her for FOREVER!!! The only thing that could possibly make it any better is winning floor seats!!! Jonas entered into a contest to win tickets for me where he had to tell why he loved me in a 50 word essay, and they played it on t.v.! He had me thinking that we were just going to call in when they said to, but instead I watched myself on t.v. They played a video that Jonas made for me a few years ago for Valentine's Day. The part they played is of me acting crazy. About 7 years ago, right after Shayden was born, I was being silly (imagine that?) in my kitchen pretending to win Ms. America. Here it is for your viewing pleasure:

Seriously, I started crying when I watched this and realized that I was really going. How often does that happen? This is just like my awesome husband though, I mean he is always thinking about me, over himself. He is the perfect man for me, and I can't thank him enough, and believe me, I have thanked him a lot!

The date was perfect, my awesome friend Sarah came over to babysit, more on that later, Thanks Sarah! The kids did great and it was wonderful to not have to worry about them.

We didn't get to go have a romantic dinner before or anything because it was on a Sunday (total bummer) but it was still soooo nice to have some alone time. I was ecstatic, the whole entire time, as you can imagine! We got there and the tickets expressly said NO CAMARAS OR VIDEO and so I wasn't going to bring it until Jonas was adamant that it didn't matter and that we needed to sneak it in. So I listened and we snuck it in in his coat pocket! Rebels! Then once inside they let us down to the floor and even gave us these special little blue bracelets, I felt very VIPish. I literally just took this bracelet off today. It made me smile everytime I looked at it! I probably would have kept it on except that I am wearing a short sleave shirt to church :)

Anyway, we found our seats and they were perfect because we were on the last row so I could stand on my chair (which I did) and no one was behind me and I was dead smack in the center!

I was freaking out when she came out, it was funny because I am not like this drool over celebrities type of person but I really love her music, plus I think people do silly things at concerts that they probably wouldn't dare do otherwise. I later found out that my sweet Jonas had been trying all week to get me backstage meet and greet passes, but there weren't any. I thought that was so sweet of him for trying though! At some point in the concert I did try to stop screaming, because I realized I had to talk on the phone for like 8 hours the next day for work. I didn't want to be hoarse. I couldn't believe it but Jonas was absolutely right, when the concert started everyone started taking pictures and no one cared!! I was so thankful that I had listened as I would have been kicking myself if I had left the camera in the car! Then Jonas saw people toward the back like us, go up to the front in the aisle, and he suggested I do the same. So we both went up there and no one stopped us! It was so amazing to be that close, her dancers, props and everything were spectacular! I had never been that close at a concert before. In the middle of the concert I got this great text from Sarah "everyone is asleep, enjoy the concert". That update was such a relief and I knew that my kiddos were okay.

Needless to say this was pretty much the best Valentine's Date ever!!! Thank you again Jonas for even thinking to doing this. You are truly amazing and wonderful and I love you!!!