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 :)

Cinema

How about a few movie reviews?

A few weeks ago we saw our first 3D movie. Has anyone else tried one? I was worried I'd get motion sickness but after a few minutes I was used to it. Probably a one time thing, but it was fun! Several times during the show Scott would look over at me and literally start laughing (I guess I didn't rock the glasses too cool-like).

We saw Alice in Wonderland, I'm a big fan of the story so I was excited to see this!(Emily C.- remember when we performed a scene from Alice in drama class? You were such a cute caterpillar!)

I really liked it! It was a new spin/continuation of the story and I thought it was clever. Definitely a good one! Wonderland looked awesome and the actors all gave great performances.

This weekend my little bro picked a movie, and 4 of us saw How to Train Your Dragon.
I don't think I've liked a cartoon this much since Finding Nemo! It was really well written, I loved the look of the movie, and the music was fantastic. I definitely recommend this one too!

Now, all that being said...I don't know how great of a "reviewer" or "recommend-er" I am because I actually rarely dislike movies. Case in point...I thought both of the Twilight movies were good and loved Paul Blart Mall Cop.

The Ball

Thanks to my Dad for inviting us all to the Military Ball this weekend. Who doesn't love a chance to dress up and dance?

We were glad our friends Amy & Kory came with us, they taught us some fun swing moves...we are going to practice them so we don't forget! Here's the answers for this post, our 15 goals (in no particular order):
1.Own a house 2.Have kids 3.Create an AMAZING walk in closet 4. See a show on Broadway 5&6.Graduate from College 7.Keep playing violin through the years 8.Scott get a 1979 Corvette 9.Go to Hawaii 10.Go through all the temples in Utah 11.Study the Book of Mormon more 12. Go on a mission together 13.Sit court-side at an NBA game 14.Scott own a business 15.Go to Europe

GOALS (not the soccer kind)

We have Sunday dinner at my parent's house each week, and that includes some time where we have 'family night'. A few weeks ago my dad asked all of us to think about some goals and dreams we'd like to achieve in our lifetime. He suggested we all make a collage of some sort to represent our goals, and then we'd share them with each other.

Scott and I had fun making ours. I thought I'd post it and see if you can guess what our goals are. A few of them might be tricky (can you figure out why Jay Z and Beyonce are on there?)

There are 15 goals...I'll tell you what they all are later.

Oh...and no guessing from my family that was there :)