Small Update

So summer camp is fantastic, and I love every minute of it! I don't have a done of time to Blog since I'm only home maybe 28 hours of the entire week! I did want to let you all know that this is the best thing I have ever done, and the friends I have made are beyond wonderful! Why I didn't do this sooner I have no idea! I am the climbing wall instructor and that's great! Its so cool to watch the boys who at the beginning are afraid and then with some encouragement are the ones that end up loving the climbing wall! Once again this just proves the point that scouting is such an amazing program! I am so thankful that my Dad is an eagle scout and lives all the principles of scouting! Thanks Daddy for being the best dad in the world! Thanks for getting me the best job ever with the funniest people ever! Thanks for being so great! I will try to get on here more often and do some posting because I have some GREAT stories!
Until next time,
KATIE LYN

Get ready cuz here I come...

I'm almost there, just a few weeks and summer camp here I come. Watch out 17 year old boys (I'm to hot to handle in that scout shirt), (hot) older boy camp counselors, different girls I'm rooming with (Oh lands), I don't know if your ready for me! I signed up to work at summer camp (what was I thinking) and its almost time to head out (June 15th to be exact) to the great out doors. Hello killer farmers tan, possible gain of sexy bod (yes please), and some time to get away from it all (Get away from the drama of working with all girls). I went and bought my uniform, the scout shirt is actually cute, with a black cami underneath I think I can rock it. The pants on the other hand are not rockable what-so-ever. They come up over my belly button not just a little, I mean middle of my torso. Any higher and I wouldn't need a shirt, I could wear them as a tube top jump suit. Oh well, they will have to work. I still have to get some things like a lantern, head lamp, bug spray (lots of bug spray), some good books, and the other stuff you need for camp. Lets hope this is one of those things that I remember all my life as a great time and not as the summer from hell. I'm excited and who knows, maybe one of the hot camp counselors will be just what I need! Ha ha ha!!!! Oh they are so not ready for me!!!!

Open mouth, insert foot...

Last post of the day, I swear!
I work with my little sister at a store in Park City and two of the FAQ are 1. Where's the closest restroom, which we respond with, "Go right out the door, you will hit the bear on the bench, take a right, follow that sidewalk back across the street, that building is the Transit Center, and they have nice, clean restrooms"! Even though, after your 30th person asking that, we want to tell them to bug off, we usually say it in the nicest way possible! and 2. Whats a good restaurant? Which we respond with "What are you in the mood for?" and then give them the breakdown of whats good. Sometimes I wonder if I have visitors guide written on my forehead! Well, Friday night, we had one lone couple in the store who asked Rachel this, "Where's the closest bathroom?" Which she then responded, "What are you in the mood for?" Needless to say the couple and I couldn't keep our laughter in. Rachel recovered well and then told them where the potty was after we had told her the question one more time. I wanted to say, "Are you in the mood for #1 or #2?" I refrained....

Home sweet home!

DAY FOUR AND THE LAST DAY
We woke up to my phone ringing and it was my friend telling me that she had her baby and that I was a new aunt, kind of! We got ready, ate breakfast at our standby, McD's, and headed back to the room. The shuttle we had to take to the airport left every 30 minutes so I decided we should be waiting at the stop at 9:20 a.m. for the 9:30 a.m. shuttle. We went to our elevator which had this cool mirrored top so we took pictures...

then we hurried outside. The shuttle was about to leave! I checked the time and we were early, but he was ready to go! We caught it just in time! We made it through the airport just fine and waited for our flight. They apparently don't have air conditioning in their airport because it was like standing in a sauna there! JEEZ!! We got on our flight and took a few more pictures...

We were welcomed home by our Mom who then took us to lunch and then back to our own beds, finally! I hope you all enjoyed this as much as we did! It was a great vacation, and I think Vegas isn't so bad! Well, until next time!

Katie

VIVA LAS VEGAS!! (Say it like Elvis)

DAY THREE
Ok, so I'm slow! Tell me something I didn't know! I have been uber busy and posting more about my trip just couldn't make it onto my to-do list so here you go! The day started off by waking up toooooo early! We meet my parents at the Luxor Buffet for breakfast which was great! We hadn't had anything but McD's breakfast the whole time so it was nice to have something real. My Mom and Dad had to leave after eating to drive back home leaving Rachel and I in Vegas all by ourselves!! (WOOOAH!! Are they nuts or what!) They gave us some money, since our funds were slowly depleting, and we kissed them goodbye and headed off to do some street walking. I told you our funds were low! Just kidding! We did the normal walking on the street not that other kind! We stopped at the mall again and I bought a cool blue zebra print duffel for $9.00, and some very funny magnets. Here's mine....

Then we went to the Belagio shops. There I got to go into my all time favorite designers store... CHANEL! Oh how everything called my name! Then I saw it, the most amazing purse of my life! I wanted everything about it. The hand stitched leather, the beautiful silk lining, the gold chain embellishment, and then I saw the dreaded price tag. Only $2,125.00! Not bad right! WRONG!!! Even though every fiber of my body said charge it, I walked out empty handed with just the scent of high-priced, designer bags as a reminder. We went to the wax museum and had a fun time there looking at the freakishly real copies of celebrities. By this point we had walked so so far! Our feet ached, our backs were sore, our throats parched and I couldn't take it! We took the monorail back to the MGM Grand for a well spent $3.00, and had lunch at The Rain forest Cafe, which was scrupmtous! We went back to the hotel room for some much needed R&R. I took a nap while Rachel did who knows what! The weather was terrible so we decided that the hotel sounded really good. Rachel then decided that she wanted to go to the pool! I thought she was crazy, I mean it was freezing out there! After her begging me we left and when we got outside we had to end up staying in the hot tub so we didn't freeze! McD's was dinner, and then we went back to the room to pack seeing as how we were leaving the next morning. We went and bought some playing cards in the lobby and played a few games. We jumped on the hotel beds one more time and then good night!!

-Katie

What Vegas really is like....

Day Two
BEEP BEEP BEEP!!! What the heck! The alarm in our hotel room went off a 7:00 a.m. since the maids or someone had forgotten to turn it off. I was literally going to throw that sucker out our window and onto the Sphinx butt... We got up and going and had breakfast at McDonald's in our hotel. The luxor has this tram that will take you down to the main strip so you don't have to walk forever.

Here is the front of the Sphinx, we didn't have to stare at the back the whole time...

Rachel and I waiting at the Tram Station. Wow I'm glad I'm not as white as she is!! Just Kidding! Here is my video of the tram ride...

We got off at the wrong stop which meant a longer walk down to the mall at Planet Hollywood. On the walk there we meet a nice drunk with crazy eyes who repeated to tell us he just loved to fight. Oh what lovely people there are here! I just told Rach to keep walking and look gangsta so he wouldn't want to mess with us. We walked the over 1 mile to the mall and were so excited to go to H&M. If you don't know what H&M is, its super cute clothes all under $50.00. I got this awesome sweatshirt that's red plaid and some skinny jeans that make me look out of sight. Just kidding, kind of. Anyways, we were leaving the mall to head back to the hotel to meet Mom and Dad for lunch when I saw this sign....

FREE SEX on the beach cocktail.... Wow I love this city! It is giving me all sorts of fantastic pictures! We walked all the way back to the hotel and then headed off to In-N-Out Burger!! I love love love in-n-out so much so I was happy. Here is what we passed on the way there...

The Adult Superstore! Which was pretty huge! Anyways we got our burgers and headed back to the strip to do some shopping with Mom and Dad. We parked at the Monte Carlo so my parents could get tickets to some magic show then we went back to H&M because I was sad I didn't buy this one thing. So Mommy bought me another sweatshirt and a cute tank top and as we were leaving the store this really good salesman stopped us. He had a product to show us. It was a polishing cloth and polishing solution that is amazing. My ring looks like new!! Its called Razzle Dazzle and the website is rdazzle.com so you should look at it because it really was amazing. Dang that slick marketing! We just had to buy some! So after that we went to coke world which had this really cool thing where you could try coke from all over the world. We didn't do it because my Dad hates coke but it looked interesting. Then we walked over to M&M world which was fun. We left there and started the long walk back to the tram station. On the way I meet a real local! This is what Vegas can do to a person...
HAHAHA!! That's my new friend. He called me Blondie which I suppose is fitting since I do have platinum hair now. After we got back to the Luxor, our parents took us to dinner at the buffet. YUMMY!! I'm sure I have gained at least 5 pounds but when you see this picture of all the yummy desserts I sampled you will know that it was well worth it....

This was only a tiny selection of what I had tempting me!!! OH SOO SOO GOOD! My parents had to leave to go to the magic show so Rachel and I were left to entertain ourselves. No big deal right! WRONG!! It started to rain so walking the strip was out. We hung out in the room for as long as we could then we went to walk around the hotel. Our hotel was connected to the shops at The Mandalay Bay. We walked around and looked through Urban Outfitters for a while than headed back to the room to watch The Biggest Loser. I decided to talk to the front desk person to see how we could catch the shuttle to the airport because my parents were leaving before us. We get into the elevator when Rachel starts cracking up! I asked her what was so funny as she pulled out her mirror to show me that I had a nice black line on my upper lip from who knows what that made it look like I had a nice moustache!!! OH CRAP!! I ran to the room to wipe it off and was hoping that it hadn't been there for long! Rachel had a little excess energy so when I told her we were going to the Yummy buffet for breakfast she proceeded to show me this....

We finished the night by jumping on the beds, in true hotel fashion, and then got to bed for our next day of fun! Hope this day entertained you! If your itching for more.... come back tomorrow!!

Love, Katie

The city where you can't look down...

I just got home from beautiful Las Vegas, if your idea of beauty is sick cards on the ground, smoke filled skies, and bright lights then this is your city. Now, don't get me wrong, I had a great time and did some great shopping so it was way worth it. I'm going to give you a play by play of what happened in Vegas....

DAY ONE
We were lucky enough to fly to Vegas thanks to our wonderful parents! Rachel and I haven't been on a plane in over 12 years so we were both a little worried about how things worked. We made it there, and through security without a hitch! Our tickets said terminal 2 so me being the older sister took the lead and followed the very deceiving arrows to what I thought was terminal 2. After walking a few feet we realized that we had walked out the exit, not down to terminal 2! DANG ARROWS!!! So to my embarrassment we had to go through security again! The people there thought that it was pretty funny so I then decided that we would be over cautious and ask everyone if we were headed in the right direction. We made it to our gate and waited forever! Finally we were able to board the little plane (2 seats, the aisle, then 2 more seats) and waited for take off. I was a little nervous but more excited than anything. I really needed a vacay. Here is us waiting to take off....
So, we made it! The plane had a bumpy landing but I thought all was going well. So far, so good! As we got up to exit our plane, I hit my head on the over-head thingys and the entire plane behind burst out laughing. (HIDE ME!!!) So we made a beeline out of there! We had to ride this tram thingy to the main airport part where our fabulous parents were waiting to pick us up. (NOTE TO READER: My mom and dad had left a few days before us in the car to stay in St. George and then were meeting us in Vegas and we were staying in the Luxor while they stayed at some resort place.)

We made it to the car and then after several U-turns, made it into the hotel. We checked in and I went to open the window...

And this was our view... The Sphinx's butt! Really! Of the whole pryamid we have a veiw of a butt! WHAT THE!Oh well! We weren't going to spending that much time in the hotel room anyways. We left the hotel to head to dinner at the Hard Rock Cafe. I can't believe the outfits there, think one piece denim shorts and shirt, no bras on old ladies, shirtless, tattooed tubby men, and see through dresses. YIKES! We made it to the restaurant and had a yummy dinner! After that we headed to The Forum Shoppes from some retail therapy. They had everything a girl could want! Louis, Dior, Juicy, MAC, Valentino, Tiffanys, and so much more. I just wish I was one of those girls that could afford those stores!! I knew I wanted some NIKE dunks for my souvineer so I went to the Nike store and found these babies...

SICK I KNOW!!! I had to have them! Oh and some more MAC eyeshadow. Rachel got a new Tiffany's heart bracelet and then we went to watch the fountains at the Bellagio. They are gorgeous! I have a video but it won't upload so sorry! We wanted to get a better view so Rachel and I climbed up on the railing to see. While I flopped up there I was told that I flashed the whole city my weirdly high butt crack! Oh well it is Vegas! When in Rome! After the show we walked back to car and were driving home when we saw this sign...

The funny part was that one of the sick girls had HIV written all over her. HA HA HA!! That's what they can get direct to you! We were parched so we headed to the lobby 24 hour store to get some water. It was freaking 3.25 for a liter! YIKES AGAIN! It was way worth it though. We tried to go to bed but had crazy Jack Pot noises going off all night long. Well we made it to sleep and tune in tomorrow for what happened day 2!

Love, Katie