Oh Boy!

We sure love our 8 nieces!  Now to add to the fun we just found out that we are getting our first NEPHEW!  The streak is broken!  Scott's brother Brad and his awesome wife Bri are expecting their little man in November.  This is such a big deal to all of us, it's an awesome day!

Up to I.F.

This weekend we went on a road trip to Idaho Falls to spend the weekend with Scott's family.  We had so much fun there, always do. 

We all went and watched our bro Darren play high school ball.  He had some great hits, but I didn't catch any of them in a pic. Here he is being catcher though. Wearing his (and all the brothers) favorite number...5.

Scott was going all out to get some family pics at Darren's game. I think it's time for a new camera at our house, Scott loved using his mom's!

Siblings Jeff, Joe, Lisa, me, and Scott all went to go mothers day shopping at the mall.  Let's just say there were some enticing sales, and we all ended up with something for ourselves before we got any mothers day shopping done...don't worry- we ended up getting some sweet deals for our moms too.

The other awesome part of the weekend was lunch with our good friends the Staples!  It was just our luck that they happened to be in Idaho Falls, so we met up for a chance to reconnect (and finally got to meet their adorable baby girl Keira). 

bullet points

Scott liked his first semester at the U!

We celebrated our niece Adalynn's first birthday this week!  She's the cinco de mayo baby :) 

We have gone on a few bike rides around our town...it is nothing but HILLS!!!!  Our goal is to make it up our mountain of a street (without stopping)

We're thrilled for Jenna who had sweet baby Julianne on my birthday :) 

We got to see my brother be put in a bishopric-very cool experience!

And since this post needs a picture....here's what my background on my work computer is right now

Quarter (of a century)

Yes, 25.  I am actually excited about this age, for some reason I usually love being 'odd number' ages.  I don't know why?

 Last week was a blast, my sweet husband is so creative, he makes life extremely fun.  I had no idea he was planning a party for me, it was so great to see friends and family!  Such a surprise!!!

Love my siblings, I'm so glad I could see all of them on my birthday.  Just look at us, man we've grown up!

Little niece Claire is sure growing up too!

Thanks for all the birthday wishes! 

MUSE

Muse. What an awesome name for a band. I like it on so many levels.  And any alternative rock group that writes a 13 minute symphony...you know I'm in.

I better admit that I didn't know too much about Muse until one of their songs was on Twilight (think 'Baseball scene'). Not long after seeing the movie I found out  my brother Luke had a bunch of their music.  He gave me copies and I became a fan.

Luke and I had planned on going to the show together ever since we heard they were coming.  When Scott went to buy tickets for us, he picked one up for himself too!  A few weeks after that, he got buyers remorse and didn't want to go anymore :)  Eventually, he figured that even if he isn't into the music, it would still be fun to go and try something new.  The majority of concerts Scott (and I)  had been to in the past were country.

We were excited when we found out our cousins from down south were going to the show too! We met up for dinner before the concert and had fun catching up. Lucky for us they were staying at a hotel nearby so we all car-pooled and avoided paying $10 for parking at the concert.  Score!

We all (Scott too) LOVED the show.  Their stage was cool and they sounded as good (if not better) than their recordings.  That is always a good surprise when someone sounds good live.

Of course it's one of those things that is hard to picture unless you were there...so I won't go into too many details.  It was just a great night we had really been looking forward too.

After seeing this show full of lasers, smoke, rising set pieces, guitar riffs and high energy, Scott said "How am I ever going to go to another country concert?"  Ha ha, we still love our country...but he's got a point :)