parade de rosas (i don't know parade in spanish :)

HAPPY 2008!

so, basically i've been up since 4:30AM!!!!! wooohooo! oh, and did i mention i couldn't sleep last night and didn't end up falling asleep until 2:10! so, i'm running on like 2 hrs. and 20 min of sleep! yikes! here are some pictures of the rose parade.

never again! who wants to fight this crowd at 5:30! but, never say never...

i liked the floats...they were pretty cool. it was just the crowd! ick!

hula frog! love it!

i want this pony! seriously! what i could totally keep a miniature pony in my back yard... :)

i had to take this picture for my sister...she loves sesame st. (katie, not betsy...just to clarify)

so, all in all it wasn't too bad. just one of those things that is nice to do once for the experience, but i definitely wouldn't really want to go next year...

the mass amount of people was horrendous! it took us forever to walk back through the crowd to where the car was. oh, and it doesn't make it any more pleasant when you have fanatics ranting and raving about impeaching government officials or Jesus Christ. now don't get me wrong...i'm all for spreading the Gospel and the truth to non-believers. i just think that we should think about how we do it, because i don't know about you, but if i had someone yelling at me "stop you wicked unbelievers! "or "hell is what you get if you don't know Christ" through a megaphone...i don't think i would respond too well. there were also some of the opposite side there as well, which wasn't pleasant either. but, what can ya do? anyways after another 55 minutes in trapped in the parking garage, we finally got home a couple hours later...long day!

good night everyone and i hope this new year begins well for each of you! :)