"It's All Coming Back To YOU Now"

This last weekend I had the WONDERFUL opportunity to attend a Celine Dion concert held up in Salt Lake. In the early afternoon before the concert I decided to call the ticket office to see what time we could come and pick up out tickets. The lady told me that they would be open all day and so my mom and I decided to go early, I was thinking maybe I could "accidentally" find her dressing room while we were waiting haha. I asked and they said they were not allowing cameras, well I snuck two of them in!!! When we got into the arena we noticed that I wasn't the only one who had done so and I thought that there would be guards waiting to take our cameras if we used them but they totally didn't care!
The opening act for Celine was am an named Gordie Brown who performs in Vegas at the Golden Nugget. He is a singer, but also a comedian and very good looking! He does imitations of famous people and let me tell you he is hilarious! He did a ton of impersonations for us, some of which included; Elton John, Michael Jackson, Tom Cruise, Bill Cosby, Jack Nicholson and Willie Nelson to name a few. If you are ever in Vegas and are looking for a good time I would highly suggest getting tickets to his show. I looked online and they start at like $40. Although hard to choose one of my favorite things he did was the "invention of line dancing"! I couldn't find anything really good, but if you go to this site it has a small demo clip of him you can watch - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czRZMaar0sA or you can go to his website at http://www.gordiebrown.com/
Willie Nelson

Elton John

At last I want to talk about CELINE. There really are no words to describe this experience for me in a way that you would understand. After Gordie finished up and we knew Celine was on her way I started getting HUGE butterflies, I was so stinking excited!!! The lights started going wack and I noticed that about 5 feet away from me there was security and body guards standing in front of each of the rows on the floor. I quickly looked to the other side and they had no guards, I then realized that Celine Dion was going to be coming through the entrance closest to me and I started freaking out! I started shaking my mom and told her what was going to happen and I jumped onto the chair to get a better look. I told the kid next to me that she was coming through our door, I can't believe no one else was realizing this. Sure enough I was right and Celine Dion came walking through the isle close to me as ever! I frantically tried to get a good picture and gave my mom our extra camera to get some as well. I got a pretty good one, no zoom or anything, my mom sadly got the mans behind that was sitting in front of us. Good one mom :) ( I think I may have been more focused on taking pictures then actually just enjoying the show and although I don't regret all the pictures that I have, in some ways I wish I wouldn't have had my camera so that I could have focused on her--LIVE )
I took so many photos there is no way I could post them all, so I have picked a few to share with you. I hope you enjoy! P.S. The pics that are on the collage don't do justice for the actual photo until you click on the pictures and they become larger!!!

Above is the picture from when Celine was walking in to perform! (I promise she isn't naked)


Even though we were only 9 rows away from Celine we had the two tallest people in the arena sit in front of us -of course, however when one of them flipped her the ILY sign I had to snap a shot it was perfect!

I got my very own picture with Celine! ;)

My mom and I

My sweet souvenirs from the show- A shirt with my favorite french song of hers, an awesome photo book, and a bag of all the places she went on this World Tour

You MUST click on the above image to see the full results of the pics I took!!!

The second to last pic is the crew tearing down her amazing stage set up after the show.

The last picture is what was left up on the jumbo tron from Celine. THANK YOU CELINE!

For any of you who have not seen Celine in concert I think it is definitely something you need to put on your bucket list!!! This concert was outstanding, she wasn't just sitting and singing, she was dancing around and talking to us and giving people high 5's. She isn't like most famous people, she is so grateful for what she has and she is always doing things to help others, she is real and genuine and such an example to me! So animated and fun to watch. Every dream that she has ever had or anything that she wanted in her life, even though at times it was so hard she never gave up and look at her now! Her cd's are great but she is even better LIVE! I was blessed with 2 opportunities to go and see her show in Vegas. I have never seen something so beautiful and unique. It was so good that I went back to her 2nd to last show in Vegas all by myself!!! I suggest you check out some of her videos on youtube from A New Day in Las Vegas, it is definitely worth watching!

IN REMEMBRANCE OF...

Shirley J. Croft

04/13/1936 ~ 02/03/2009

On the early morning of February 3rd I received several phone calls from friends and co-workers reguarding the passing of my beloved and darling friend. Shirley and I became extremely close with one another when I was working. We became the best of friends and I found myself going to visit her quite often, even when I was not scheduled to be at work. People say that best friends bring out the best in us and I can assure you this is true. From the moment that we met she had given me her respect, I didn't have to earn it like with most people. She made me want to be a better person and I was able to talk with her about anything! She always had the best advice and no matter how long it had been since I had seen her she remembered every detail and was constantly happy to see me. Such a remarkable women inside and out.


It has been very hard on me and I am not even sure that it has fully hit me that she is gone. I still expect to go into work and hear her coming down the hall or be able to smell her sweet perfume as she passes me along the way. I have never grown so close to someone in such a short amount of time, although I have known her for several years now we had a special connection from the moment we met. Shirley was and still is a huge example in my life, I want to be able to accomplish the incredible things that she has done in her life; cooking, sewing, being a great mother and adoring grandmother. Trying to find the words to express my love does not come easy, I wrote this poem and hope that it will give you some idea of the truely valued person that she was. You're always in my heart Shirley! You are free from pain and can finally cook, drive and breathe! :)

I would like to thank Shirley's daughter, Cindy and her family for all the love and kindness that they have continually shown me. They were always there for her to assist with anything and everything that she may have needed. Not to mention constantly coming around to visit. They are such genuine and kind people and I am so lucky to have known them. Cindy said that Shirley brought us together and I know that Shirley and her family have been placed in my life for a reason.

* S H I R L E Y *

She spent her time here being so kind

To everyone that she did meet

Unless they popped the attitude

And it was them she'd beat

She loved to play the Bingo game

But when you asked her she would lie

Even though you may not believe

She'd win some everytime

She did not love the food

And we cannot blame her there

Although it could be great at times

Everyone should still beware

It didn't matter where you'd go

Or where you may have been

You knew if she was near

You see she had this special scent

Saying hi and giving a warm smile

To everyone that she would see

I'm going to miss her dearly

I know that you all agree

Even when she couldn't breathe

And the pain was near a ten

It didn't matter with her you see

She wanted to know how you'd been

Lastly when it was that time of night

We would hug her and say goodbye

I'll see you in the morning

And down the hall she'd fly

There is so much more I want to mention

It will never be enough

She had a life full of good intention

In Heaven now and smiling down on us

Stefanie Ann Maycock