Our Grammy Trip!

We are such lucky ducks, we got to go to the Grammy Awards!  A lot of people have asked me why we got to go...Jenny Oaks Baker is an artist on the label I work for (Shadow Mountain Records).  Her album was nominated for a Grammy Award, and we got the amazing chance to go support her! 

It was my first time in L.A. and I really liked it. We walked just about everywhere we went, and I loved looking up at all the great architecture and over-the-top advertisements. 

On the big day, we arrived at the pre-telecast at noon. They give out 70 Grammy Awards in three hours.  On the live show, they only give out about 10 awards!

  

Our group had great seats at the pre-telecast, which was fun.  There aren't a lot of big stars at that one, but we did see Taylor Swift, Tony Bennett, Steve Martin, the Foo Fighters, and Weird Al Yankovic.  

Unfortunately Jenny didn't take home the trophy, but the next experience sure cheered her up...she got to walk the red carpet!

Our lucky streak continued when we found out I got to be Jenny's rep on the red carpet.  Scott took some stealth pics with his phone and captured some awesome shots!  Like the pic above...that's Jenny waiting behind Alicia Keys.

Jenny asked Scott to take her pic with Jane Seymour, I think they look alike! 

It's been fun to see Jenny's press pics showing up on websites like the Washington Post.  She looked amazing!

Can you spot Scott and I in the pic above?  It's from this clip of Billy Ray Cyrus getting interviewed. 

One of the biggest highlights for Scott came when he turned around to find himself standing right next to Sir Paul McCartney!  Somehow he quickly snapped this pic.  We promise it's him :)

All in all, it was an unbelievable weekend!  I know I have over-used this word... but we feel so LUCKY to have been able to go.

p.s. a few people asked me where I got my skirt- it's from Shabby Apple...it had six layers of tulle! (I think I lived a small part of my ballerina dream)

Just chillin...looking forward to Feb.

I love this little photo that my brother took yesterday when trying out Instagram on my mom's phone.  It's a glimpse of what we love to do on the weekends (when we can). Chill.  Take a break, put on warm socks, curl up with a phone, book, or movie, and chill. 

We are thrilled that February is finally starting this week. We have been so excited for this month to come!  We're getting a new nephew on (or about) the 15th.  Can't beat that.  We cannot wait to hold that little one in our arms! 

A few days before that, we are crazy excited that we get to fly to LA to attend this:

February is going to be epic!

Merry Christmas to you

In our Christmas card we also sent out a timeline highlighting our year. If you click on it, you should be able to read the whole thing.  If you read this blog regularly, you probably already know everything that it covers :)

Merry Christmas to all of you!!!

Happy Times

We have been loving this time of year so far. It all started off with an early Thanksgiving/Christmas party in with Scott's side of our family. We had a blast being together and it was a great start to the holidays!

We have also been spending time with my side.  Most of it was intentional, but we did end up as refugees at my parents house for several days after the crazy windstorm that knocked out our power! My brothers family didn't have power either, so they stayed at Mom and Dad's too!  It was a lot of fun!

Our house fared very well in the storm. My parents lost several trees, unfortunately one of them was my favorite one.  Scott cut the whole thing up, he had a good time re-living his logger days.

Speaking of trees...here's one that was cut down on purpose!  We got our Christmas tree the day after Thanksgiving and we've loved having it in our home!

We've also been loving our fireplace.

 

Pursuing the Dream...

Heather has been a busy girl pursuing her dream.

Upon graduation last Spring Heather landed a job with Shadow Mountain Records | Excel Entertainment | Deseret Book as their Music and Film Publicist.  

pub·li·cist/ˈpəbləsist/

Noun:

A person responsible for publicizing a product, person, or company.

She works with an amazing team and is having the time of her life.  A little known fact about Heather - she is stubborn.  This is one of her best qualities!  When she has a dream she finds a way to achieve it.  As a little girl she dreamed of being a news broadcaster.  She became a great people person and learned how to write well.  Once in college she realized that she wanted to take a behind the scenes jobs and work with people on a daily basis.  So she decided to pursue the public relations route.  

Now her dream is realized and she is making a splash.  Again, as part of a great team, she helped put the first Mormon artist on the Christian Billboard chart - charting at #6.  She helped get votes for their artist who's hoping for her first Grammy nomination.  She gets to help plan and work events like CD release concerts and music video shoots.  Heather has the opportunity to send press releases and mingle with Utah's TV and Radio conglomeration as new products come out.      

Today she told me about standing off camera while one of the artists was featured on a morning show.  She got to see and feel the vibe of the place that was the catalyst for getting her where she is standing today.  I could tell that just being in the news room was a cool experience for her as she got to reminisce about her childhood dream.     

What is the opposite of the bread-winner?  Well that's been me.  But I am keeping busy.  I have enjoyed this semester. I have learned a ton about Public Relations and have been able to improve my writing and crisis management skills.  It has been a big boost to watch Heather having so much fun in the same field.  

I have really enjoyed learning more about social media.  My favorite platform is Twitter - the micro-blogging site.  I am working on understanding Google+ because it seems more family friendly than other sites.  So follow me on Twitter (@hendrixscott) and make a Google+ page so we can "hangout."