ELECTION NIGHT VICTORY!

It has been a CRAZY past 24 hours! We had a really great time at the Election Night Party in Salt Lake. JASON WON with 66% of the vote! HOOOORAY! It was a pretty somber party after Obama was declared the winner. Nobody in the room was very happy, but it was still a great night for our campaign. There are so many people who have worked so hard. I am so thankful that I was able to be involved and have such an amazing experience. We stayed up in Salt Lake at the Red Lion and then this morning, my mom and I went to the filming of "Good Things Utah". Jason was on the show so we went to support him. It was a lot of fun-- but all I have to say is that those girls really need to go eat a candy bar! They are SOOOO skinny! After the filming I spent a little more time with Derek and then headed to Jason's house for a post election meeting. It was interesting....

I am so thankful for the entire experience. I have learned so much about how things work in our country. I hope to continue being involved with politics. It really is addicting! Thanks Grandpa Nelson for watching Cooper for such a long time. It was nice to be able to enjoy everything with out a 3 year old at my side. Thanks also to Derek for being so supportive while I've done all this crazy campaigning. He has been so amazing!

This is Jason's youngest daughter Kate. She put on a fashion show (of the hotel robe) while we were all waiting for the results to come in.

Deidre and I listening to Jason's speech-- apparently we all thought there was going to be a funeral, we all wore black! This is in the hotel room waiting for results. Jason is the one behind dad on the computer.

Mom and Dad gave an interview on KBYU. I refused to participate. I would have said something really dumb! I am sure they did a great job.

Derek and Jason's son Max watching Fox News at the Grand America

Jason and Orrin Hatch

Jason giving his speech with his wife Julie, son Max, and daughters Ellis and Kate.

The campaign staff-- Jennifer, Mom, Dad, Deidre and Me :)

Party Night

Well I am about to head out the door to go to Salt Lake for our poll watching party at the Grand America Hotel. Thanks to Grandpa Nelson for watching Cooper for us! It is going to be a lot of fun and I am so excited to finally see the fruits of all our hard work. Watch the news tonight and maybe you will see us at the party. Thanks to all my friends who listen to me talk about politics all the time...I know it can't be very exciting to most of you. Wish us luck! I'll post pictures tomorrow!

Just For Fun!

Silly Kid!

A couple of days ago, I thought Cooper was waking up from his nap. I heard a weird noise so I went up to check on him in his room. I couldn't find him. When I went back in the kitchen this is what I found. ..

I have NO clue what made him want to come downstairs and go back to sleep on the kitchen floor, but I guess it worked for him.

Silly kid!

Halloween 2008

HALLOWEEN!!!!

Cooper wasn't exactly thrilled to be wearing his costume.

(Thanks Justin and Angela for letting us borrow it!)

Once he realized that wearing his costume meant getting lots of candy, he was a VERY happy little puppy dog.

Happy Day!

Here is my happy picture of the day!

Let's hope the results on Tuesday are this fabulous!

Redistribution of Wealth

Katie sent this to me today and I thought it was worth posting...

Redistribution Plan may take a while

Yesterday on my way to lunch at Doe's, I passed one of the homeless guys in that area, with a sign that read 'Vote Obama, I need the money.' Once in Doe's my waiter had on a 'Obama 08' tee shirt. When the bill came, I decided not to tip the waiter and explained to him while he had given me exceptional service, that his tee shirt made me feel he obviously believes in Senator Obama's plan to redistribute the wealth. I told him I was going to redistribute his tip to someone that I deemed more in need--the homeless guy outside.

He stood there in disbelief and angrily stormed away. I went outside, gave the homeless guy $3 and told him to thank the waiter inside, as I had decided he could use the money more. The homeless guy looked at me in disbelief but seemed grateful.

As I got in my truck, I realized this rather unscientific redistribution experiment had left the homeless guy quite happy for the money he did not earn, but the waiter was furious that I gave away the money he did earn. I guess this redistribution of wealth is going to take a while to catch on, with those doing the work.

Cooper Cooper Cooper

Curious little 3 year olds are so fun! Lucky for Coop, I was in a good mood when I saw this!

Halloween Party

Thank you Brandon and Kathy for a fun Halloween Party last night!

Cooper and Kara

Super Logan

Cousins!

Kathy was very creative with dinner!

I think Abbey won the "cutest costume" award. She looked so adorable!

We also celebrated her birthday.

October Update

It has been a little while since I have written on here, so I thought I would give you a quick update on what we have been doing.

We are still working on our kitchen projects. We have our new stove and microwave hooked up (kudo's to Derek for figuring it out all by himself!) and we ordered new granite counter tops this weekend. We never had intentions of getting granite, but it ended up not being much more than the laminate we wanted. They measured for it today and hopefully it will be installed in the next 10 days. Yippee! I'll post pictures when we are finally finished. It is amazing that once you start one project (painting our cabinets) it turns into another and another. Merry Christmas to us I guess. :)

Derek is trying to fit in a few last minute trips to the golf course before the snow comes. He is loving the nice weather we have had lately. Cooper really loves having Derek home on Friday's. It has been good for them to spend more time together. The biggest problem is when Monday rolls around, Cooper hates that Derek has to go back to work.

Elections are almost here! Everyone better get out and vote this year. We voted on Friday and it felt good to vote for Jason. The campaign is calming down and now we are working on organizing honk and waves and making phone calls. I am going to enjoy a break but I am sure going to miss all the fun things that come along with the campaign. The Republican Party is hosting a party at the Grand America Hotel in Salt Lake on election night. We are excited to go and are planning on staying up in Salt Lake for the night. It will be a fun little get-away for Derek and I. Plus, Cooper will have more fun with Grandpa Nelson than he ever has with us.

Young Women's is still going well. My good friend Jenn, was just stolen by the Relief Society to be their new secretary so we are really sad to lose her. She will be a great secretary for them. Young Women "Evening In Excellence" is coming in 2 weeks so as soon as the election is over, my focus has to turn to getting ready for that. We have most of it planned, but it is going to take a lot of work to pull it all together. Thank goodness there are so many great YW leaders in our ward that are helping out!

I guess that is it for now-- that was a lot of nothing. Sorry if I put you all to sleep!

My Sweet Cooper

Cooper and Derek just came back from walking to the mailbox. When they walked up to me in the garage, Cooper held out his hands and said "I got you a present mommy!" He was so excited to give me some leaves and a rock. This is my first gift from Cooper that he came up with all on his own. He can be such a stinker sometimes, but moments like this are priceless!

Cort Hunter Smith

I have a new nephew! Cort Hunter Smith was born October 16th.

Congratulations Bret and Aubrey!

I've Been Tagged

Apparently I have been TAGGED... I am not really sure what to do, but here goes....

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I've been Tagged
5 things I was doing 10 years ago ... 1- I was 18 years old and a scared freshman at BYU. 2- I was making $5.15 an hour working at Kara Chocolates. 3-I was dancing on the 12:00 ballroom dance team at BYU (So dumb! They name the teams by the time they meet!) 4- I was sending off "my boys" (Jon and Reed, my 2 best guy friends) on missions. 5- I was becoming an Aunt for the first time when "baby Dallas" was born.

5 things on today's "to do" list... 1- Walk at the mall with Cooper and my parents. 2- Do the laundry 3- Do this, because I promised Joann I would... 4- Teach a ballroom dance class at the Central Utah Stars studio. 5- Enter new volunteers into Salesforce for Jason's campaign.

5 snacks I enjoy... 1- Chocolate 2- Chocolate Pretzels 3- Chocolate ice cream 4- Chocolate popcorn 5- ANYTHING CHOCOLATE!

5 things I would do if I were a millionaire... 1- Pay off all my siblings homes 2- Go to Disneyland and actually stay at the Disneyland Hotel. 3- Go on a cruise 4- Save for our kids education 5- Fill my closet with new clothes-- so vain, I know!

5 places I have lived...1-Brigham City 2- Pleasant Grove 3- Spanish Fork 4- Camp Williams (Lehi) 5- Salem

5 jobs that I have had...1-"Thank you for calling Pizza Hut, this is Kellie, will this be for delivery or carry out?" 2- Kara Chocolates in Sandy Store Manager 3- Kara Chocolates University Mall Store Manager 4- Ballroom dance teacher 5- Mother to Coop.

Rules: Each player answers the question themselves. At the end of the post the player then tags 5 people and posts their names, Let the person that tagged you know when you've answered the questions on your blog.

I tag: 1.Katie 2. Cindy 3. Aubrey 4. Amy Celeste 5. Michelle L.

Governor's Gala

I had the awesome opportunity to attend the "GOVERNOR'S GALA" last Friday night. It was held at the Grand America Hotel in a huge ballroom. I'll post more pictures of the event when I get them, but here is the one picture I have so far.

More Political Stuff...

For anyone wanting to learn more about politics, check out... http://logicalconservative.wordpress.com/

There is a fantastic new blog post today called "Who Lost the Presidential Debate?" It is very short and definitely worth reading.