The Ellen DeGeneres Show

Yesterday I scratched a big one off of my bucket list! I went and saw the Ellen DeGeneres Show! It was such and amazing day, and I got to share with two amazing girls!
Haley, me and Sheena left Las Vegas around 2:00 on Sunday afternoon and headed to LA. We got stuck in some terrible weekend traffic, and our trip went an hour longer than planned, but it was well worth it! We checked into Sheena's time share that night, then went and got some delicious dinner at PF Chang's. We were pretty exhausted from the trip, so we headed back and went to bed...we had a BIG day ahead!
Monday, we woke up early and got all ready for Ellen and our big TV debut! The studio had called earlier that week and said to show up at 9:00 instead of 11:00, and we didn't know why. Once we got there, and showed our ID's a million times to security officers, we got our tickets, and then loaded into a really big 'golf cart' that held about 15 people at once. The drove us between all the Universal Studio's. We saw the studio for Big Bang Theory, and the old Friends studio, and drove through a bunch of 'sets' that were built to look like real outdoor streets of New York.
The cart pulled up to a big theatre studio in the 'streets of New York' and we all went inside. Once inside, they had us all seated and told us we were about to watch the new movie "Dark Shadows" starring Johnny Depp and Michelle Phiffer, then afterwards, we would see them on Ellen's show! Everyone cheered, and they started up the movie! It was awesome because there weren't any previews...just straight to the good stuff!
After the movie, we loaded back up into the carts, drove through Universal again, and finally got to Studio 1, the Ellen Show!!! We went inside and lined up in the Riff Raff room, and waited to be seated. We looked around the Ellen Shop, and I got a cute t-shirt, some sunglasses, and a fun magnet. Then the line started moving and we knew we were close! It was awesome to walk up the stairs, and come out at the top of the stadium and look down and see her whole set! We took a million pictures, and they moved the three of us down to the 4th row! Her pre-show producer was really fun, and got us all pumped up, and told us how everything would go. We saw Tony the DJ come out and everybody cheered for him, he was so humble and didn't want a lot of attention. He put on some music and we all danced and danced! About 15 minutes later they said it was showtime and her music started playing, then there she was! It was so fun to see her walk out and talk to everyone! She talked about shampoos, then came up and danced with us! She danced down the row right across from ours, and then went back to the stage.
Johnny Depp was her first guest, and when he came out the crowd went crazy! It was so fun to see him in real life! Apparently he doesn't do a lot of interviews, and it was his first time ever on Ellen, so it was  a big deal that he was there. He talked about how he bases his characters off of random things. Like Willy Wonka was his version of a "stoned George Bush" and Edward Scissorhands was "a newborn mixed with a dog" He was fun to listen to! Michelle Phiffer came out, and was beautiful! As well as another co-star...Chloe something who plays Michelle Phiffer's daughter in the movie.
After they all left, they filmed a segment with Alison Sweeney, host from the Biggest Loser and she's on Days of our Lives. She played life-size Jenga with Ellen, and it went for about a half hour, even though the show only showed a couple minutes of it.
The last segment of the show was Flo-Rida and Sia's new song "Wild One's" It was SUCH a fun party/concert/loud/crazy fun song! Flo-Rida even came up the aisle and held Haley's hand while he sang and they danced! AMAZING right???
After the show was done taping, Ellen came out and talked to the audience, she told us how great of a crowd we had been, and that we had a "fantastic energy"...so much so, that she wanted us all to come back for one of her 12 Days of Giveaways show in December! We all could. not. believe. it! It was so loud with screaming and cheering that it almost just sounded like quiet muffley sound!
It was SUCH an amazing experience! As we all left the studio and walked back across the street to the parking lot, we saw Ellen drive out the studio area in her little silver Porsche, she honked and waved as she drove by. It was amazing.
I can't believe that it was even a real day in my life! It was so surreal the whole time, and I feel like it was too good to be true, so it must have been a dream!
After the show, we drove up and got out of most of the traffic, and found a delicious little Mexican restaurant, filled up on yummy food. Then we hit the road! We got home around 9:00 that night, and were all happy to see our hubby's and kids!
It was such a great girls weekend trip, and I'm SO excited we get to do it again in December!!!

me, Haley and Sheena, in the parking lot, waiting area

walking across the street from the parking lot, I had to take a picture of my favorite...the Vampire Diaries! (This one is for you Danielle!)

 In the riff raff room, waiting to go into the studio.

 at the top of the seating area

 cute Haley and cute Sheena

 some of my favorite girls in LV! We had a blast!

posing with the set, about ten minutes after the last segment. They were already all cleaned up and ready to go.

me and the "orange pants" dancer. For any of you who watched the show and watched her dance on stage, Ellen also referenced to her orange pants in her opening segment. She had parked right across from us, so I had to take a picture with her...she came clear from Toronto!

I had to take a picture of the TV because there aren't any videos online of this part of the show, but here is mine and Sheena's big TV debut...I'll sign autographs for you all later!

You can see us cheering in the top left corner at about 3:10, it's quick, but there we are!!!


Flo-Rida dancing with Haley at around 2:15, you can also see me and Sheena next to her as he walks down the other aisle!