Michael Buble Concert!

Last Wednesday my friend Elisa and I went to the Michael Buble concert! It was SO much fun and I love him so much. We had great seats. He even came into the audience to do a few songs. It had a small concert atmosphere even though it was at the E-Center. Oh and if anyone can find me a man that looks just like him then I will marry him on the spot!!!

Here are a few pictures from the event......and a link to my favorite song that he sings right now. I love all of them, but this is the current new, favorite that just came out a few months ago.

I'd highly recommend this concert to anyone. It was clean, he was funny and just an all around good time (except for getting out of the E-Center parking lot!!!)


Here is his song...."I just haven't met you yet." I suppose it is "chick music" but I love it. If you are interested the next best song is "Everything" and then "Home"....you know if you want to watch more videos on You Tube....

Madi's Persuasive Letter

So the other day I got the following letter from Miss Madison Fowler (age 9). She had written this in school and brought it home to Jenny to see if they could send it to me.

Click on it if you need it bigger to read....


So apparently when you tell children things at age 5 they remember them! Looks like I may be making a trip to Disneyland soon........

Israel Highlights....

So yes I did go to Israel and I've been back for over a month, but I have over 800 pictures and it was overwhelming to blog about. Finally after much persecution from my friends and family I am posting what may seem like a long post, but is actually very, very brief post.

I plan to put together a DVD and photobook with the whole trip but let's be honest....that may take me until next Christmas. So here is a quick picture recap of my favorite places (but not every place we went). My favorite picture that I took is the one of the Garden Tomb at the top of this blog post. Here we go...

The view from our hotel room in Tel Aviv


Me with my feet in the Mediterranean Sea
Nicole and I in Caesarea at a theater built by King Herod (22BC - 9 BC)....yep it is really that old and you can see it is still used! Amazing that they could build something so big back then



Good to know I'm one of the "losers"


Nicole and I at the Jordan River

My lunch on the Sea of Galilee....St Peters Fish. For those of you who know me I don't eat fish. Since I was literally on the shores of the Sea of Galilee I felt I must eat the fish since this is the same type of fish that Christ and the apostles caught and ate. As it came out staring at me, I was sad to know that in the last 2000 years since Christ the way it was prepared was exactly the same way He likely ate it.......except I had a plate.


Me at Capernaum where Christ performed many miracles and did much of his ministry.


Israel up near the Sea of Galilee and Nazareth....on our way to the Dead Sea.


And 2 hours later.....here we are at the Dead Sea. Such a drastic change in vegetation.


I'm happy I didn't really have to use this 1500 year old toilet....


Floating in the Dead Sea.....it was crazy how you floated like you were laying on a floatie in the pool because of all of the salt. I felt that I had been healed by the Dead Sea since I was puking on the way there, but unfortunately there was no Dead Sea miracle and I was still sick after we left. At least I felt good while we were there.

People pay a lot of money for this Dead Sea mud......


Nicole and I at the Dome of the Rock (holy to Islam) on the Temple Mount.


Me at the Western Wall (aka the Wailing Wall). I should probably be praying....

A picture of what Jews do at the Western Wall (pray and put their prayers on paper in the wall). The women and men are separated....

Sick!!!.... I saw this the day after I threw up all day (I think I got food poisoning) and let's just say I never ate meat again while in Israel.


My new Israeli friend.....oh wait that's Nicole in the rain. LOL!!



Bethlehem.....so much trash. Not my favorite place.

Where the Savior was born. Not quite like I imagined it. If only this church hadn't been built on top of it and if incense wasn't being burned in every lamp (STINKY!)

Orson Hyde Park (where Israel was dedicated by Orson Hyde for the gathering of Israel) with the Temple Mount in the background.


Me at The Garden of Gethsemane


Some of these Olive Trees are over 2000 years old and may have witnessed the Savior's atonement

Golgotha where the Savior was crucified


Me in front of the Garden Tomb....

Where Christ was laid to rest and resurrected. When the apostles looked into the tomb (without going in the tomb) they could see Christ was gone. Thus this is the only burial spot in the tomb that could be seen without entering the tomb (from outside the door).


Nicole and I and our cute tour guide. D. Kelly Ogden. He was a fantastic guide!

Ho, Ho, Ho.....Merry Christmas!

Christmas came a week early for the Bagby family. We celebrated the big day a week early. Not much to report except for a bunch of pictures so here we go!

After this I'm off to Israel on Christmas Day! I can hardly wait!!!!

Listening intently to the Christmas story......


Ashley and Sienna in their new princess dresses from Aunt Dish! As Ashley said while opening it "This is going to be something beautiful!" Apparently I've set a precedence with her!


Lara and Eric


How cute is little Sierra and her "CHEEEEEEESE" grin? This picture makes me happy just looking at it!! I also wanted to make sure everyone knew I still have a full set of teeth :)


Andrew looks pretty happy opening presents with Dad.....


Looks like Sierra loves her "dog" book from Aunt Dish.....


And last but not least.....a little crack!!


Merry Christmas! I'll post a lot about Israel once I get back.

An Early Christmas present

So nobody probably checks my blog anymore since I haven't posted for 2 months, but I promise I'm alive. My life is pretty much the same every week. I go to work, then school, then homework, then sleep.

EXCEPT for this weekend!!! This weekend I actually had some really fun things to do and since President Monson had the same schedule I think I'm in good shape :)

On Friday night I went to the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square's Christmas performance. My friend Kathy plays the violin in the orchestra so it was great to see her play. It was beautiful and we had great seats on the Plaza level! I've never been and it definitely helps to put you in the Christmas mood. I wish it wasn't FREEZING outside or we would have stayed and looked at the lights. But at 5 degrees I just wanted the car with the heater. Anyways, we didn't take many pictures (remember how it was cold), but here is a picture of the conference center after it was over (while we waited for Kathy).


Then on Saturday night I had 14th row Jazz vs. Lakers tickets (pretty close to my dream come true!). After a long day of studying going to the game was heaven! It was a great game and the Jazz won! I absolutely LOVE sitting so close. I could hear them, see their faces and even watch their eyes as they played. I LOVED it. In addition to President Monson we also saw Elder Perry at the Jazz game. Two apostles in attendance in addition to my prayers must have helped the Jazz :)

Here are some pictures I took.

One more thing.....

One more thing I forgot to add......WOW how I LOVE Elder Holland. How powerful was that testimony of his. He is my favorite apostle.

I loved conference!!

WOW...what a week!!

This past week it appears my luck ran out (and now my $$$). Here is a rundown of what happened:

Sunday = Projector broke (and when I say broke I mean the motor stopped the fan which overheated the bulb, which exploded and broke the color wheel.....yep, that is the end of that projector)

Monday = Had to work until 8:30pm (no homework done and forgot my sister Amber's birthday) I SUCK!!

Tuesday =
- Babysat Sienna from 6:30am until 10am while little Sierra got tubes in her ears (supposed to go until 8am, but it wasn't Stacy's fault)....thus late for work and had to do 2 conference calls from the road (not super effective!)
- Got to work never actually made it to my desk all day due to meetings
- IM'd Nicole to confirm her fridge food was also warm....it was FRIDGE is broken.
- Went to class and got 4 out of 10 on my quiz.....so sad. Good thing I can drop one! Got home at midnight (as usual).

Wednesday = Stacy helps me out by sitting at my house while the fridge repairman comes. $300 to fix a 15 yr old fridge = time for new fridge! Lovely. I try to coordinate all this from my cell phone as I'm in meetings from 8:30-5 again (no break!)

During the day I find out one of my co-workers, Ryan has an extra fridge that is 3 years old. After some discussion this is clearly my best option. Not only will Ryan sell it to me for $100 and a meal at Tucanos, but he and Jeff (another co-worker) will deliver it from Saratoga Springs to my house in Provo. What I deal!!

Thursday = While I'm at class, I give Ryan & Jeff a key to my house and they deliver my new fridge, transfer all my food from the freezer to the new fridge, and take my old fridge to my parents house so Rocky Mountain power can take it away! What service!!! And the fridge is GREAT and much bigger than what I previously had.

I can not tell you how grateful I was for them! Seriously, I can't stop thinking about how much they helped me out this week. They even volunteered. I didn't have to beg or anything! They really taught me a lesson is helping others out without complaining! I totally owe them BIG TIME!!

Friday = I have had a consistent "lump" in my throat for the last 6 weeks or so....so I went to have a ECD to look down to my stomach to see what may be going on. Since I'm on high deductible and haven't met my deductible I had to pay for this all out of pocket ($1500). Lucky for me....they found nothing so I still have a lump in my throat and am now $1500 poorer. Where is Dr. House when you need him???

On a better note, it didn't hurt at all & I was undrugged enough to make it to the BYU football game that night after an hour nap.

Needless to say this was an expensive week when I also finished paying for my Christmas trip to Israel (at least that is something I WANT to pay for). I was almost scared to wake up each day!

Anyone have a projector or super knowledge of home theater systems they want to research projectors for me? I so need a boy to do this kind of stuff.......