Saturday, July 4, 2009

Elvis Lives!!!

To get the Fourth of July kicked off right, we enjoyed the day with the Simper family, and what better way to do it, right?

First we enjoyed a great day over at Jensen's Grove. The weather was amazing. The kids all had a great time hangin' out in the water and eating. I have never been there before and have now decided that it is a GREAT place to take the kids on a warm day. We are certainly going to have to visit more often.


Next it was off to the Fort Hall Reservation for an AWESOME Elvis impersonation concert. It was a great show! This was the kid's first concert, and what a blast! The reservation put the show on all for free along with free hot dogs and soda for dinner and followed up by a fantastic firework show. I have never been a die-hard Elvis fan, but I was suprised by how many Elvis songs I really did know. We had a great time, and ALL FREE - who can beat that? Waiting for the show to start. Totally diggin' the trailer in the background - AKA Elvis' back stage / dressing room.
And while we were waiting for the late "King of Rock And Roll", we had a blast jammin' out to the late "King of Pop"! Seriously, who can resist gettin' down when they hear a Micheal Jackson song!?!


The first half of the show featured young pre-war Elvis. Not too shabby, eh?




Second half of the show brought the young war-time Elvis out. Still lookin' good. ;)



Sarah getting into it with the crowd as she waved her glowing fan durring "Love Me Tender" How funny!





Ok, and this totally rocked! We had such a great time during the show that we jumped at the chance to get a picture with the guy - who wouldn't want a picture with Elvis, right? So as soon as we saw Elvis come out of his "dressing room", we chased him down. Debbi did an awesome job of getting us in to be one of the first ones in line for a picture. (You totally ROCK Debbi!!)
What a fun day! We missed those that couldn't be there, it would have been even more fun with you all there! Thanks for the great last minute ideas Debbi and Miriam, we couldn't have planned it any better!

2 comments:

Jess and Jen said...

Gosh you've been busy this summer! Looks like tons of fun though. We'll have to come watch a tball game. Kaden would love to see them play!

Joanna Barrett said...

So Fun!!! I'm so jelous that I didn't get to go with you all--instead I got some crazy rash while I was camping! Hm...is that a lesson...always choose sisters first! HAHA! Poor Deryk would love that...I'm sure!!!