CALIFORNIA, HERE WE COME!

Since I just started this blog I thought I would backtrack a little and write about our "Price Is Right" trip with Nelson, Kelsey, Janae, and Julianne. We left Tempe about 3AM on Saturday, May 19, 2007. We thought we would all sleep and then take turns driving. Naaahh! Why do that when Nelson can drive the whole way and we all stay up watching the series "24"? Oops, we're addicted! We then had our pitstop at Del Taco and saw the picture of Ajo! Who would've thunk? We finally made it to the LA Temple, which is the largest temple! They do have a Visitor Center, but it was closed. Luckily, Nelson speaks Spanish and talked to a worker outside who let us in the worker's bathroom/locker room so we could change to go in the temple. Janae and Julianne babysat in the car and walked on the temple grounds while we were able to do Sealings. I'm so glad we made that part of our trip. Then, we loaded up to go to the beach! We only stayed for a few hours there because it was pretty cold, but we still had lots of fun and some cute pictures. And Kade literally had sand coming in his diaper for like a week. Anyways, after the beach we went to our hotel, which was in China, Tokyo, Japanese (one of those kinds of towns). We were so worn out to go out to eat, so PIZZA saved the day. We ordered in, it's the best! Sunday, we arrived at the church building, except we weren't sure if it was it because it looked like a cathedral. Finally we spotted missionaries. We walked in and it had the high ceilings, stained glass windows, it looked just like a cathedral but they said it was originally built for the church. After church, we decided to go see where the CBS studio was and where we had to wait in line and when we got there, at about 1pm, people were already lining up. So we "threw" Janae and Julianne out on the streets (they said they wanted to), we went back to the hotel, changed picked up whatever we needed, and went back to the line. I am so glad Janae and Julianne stayed there because the line had grown so much already, people are nuts. We got a great spot, besides the fact that a bum came by and said that's where he sleeps (you could smell the urine, sorry to bring that up). I guess he would stay in the trees behind us. We were right on a corner and ended being around #30 in line to get in the studio. We had fun playing "Settlers",talking and quizzing each other on games and prices. The people around us were really nice, there were other people from different ends of the line that would just walk up and down the line talking to people. Cars driving by would ask us why everyone was in line, I thought they were crazy they didn't know. Well, we left about 10:30pm and left Nelson, all by himself to take the place of the bum, to save our spot! What a hero! Glen, Kelsey, and I went back, I think, around 4am. At around 6am, they gave us an "Order of Arrival Pass" and then we could leave. We went to a little coffee shop that was close and ate breakfast. We then had to go back and get a "Priority Number." Then we went back to the hotel, put on our really cool shirts, packed up, and picked up J & J, Kade, and Carson. J & J babysit at the mall while we were in the show. It was so awesome. We were just a few rows up right behind the contestants, so we ARE famous!ha! You could see us on TV a lot! Before everyone was even seated or anyone announced anything, the crowd was screamin' and dancin', it was crazy but FUN! The stage is so close. The aisle's people run down are so short. Bob wears tons of makeup, but that's ok. Kelsey got to talk to Bob during a commercial break, I forgot what she asked him. The only disappointment was that none of us got called up, oh well. It was still a dream come true for Kelsey and I. We've always wanted to go. It was definately worth it, but it's funny because I have only seen like 1 or 2 episodes since. We actually got out way earlier than we thought. We went to pick up J & J and I found them taking a picture with one of the winners from the show right before us. I think he was from Canada. The trip was so much fun! Thanks Nelson and Kelsey for going with us, J & J for babysitting, and Malin and Sarah for the Suburban. We created memories. I might have to try going back now that there is a new host. It's going to be really wierd seeing Drew Carey on there now. Got to go to bed. Bye.