Unforgettable Night with Adele

Adele is my favorite artist and she came to Utah for her concert.
I was so depressed when I found out it was on a Sunday.
I knew I couldn't bring myself to buy a ticket and find a babysitter for a concert on Sunday.
I decided I was going to find a way to hear her sing live without buying a ticket or having to ask someone to babysit on a Sunday.
I talked to Brian about taking the kids downtown and "taking a walk" right by the Gallivan Center where she was performing.
I don't think he thought I was serious because he planned some fantasy football thing that he had to be home for. Lame.
So, last minute, I grabbed Danny (because I didn't want to be by myself) and told him we were going on an adventure. I told him that we were doing to go see Adele sing live and he was so excited. He loves her almost as much as I do.
I didn't think I would be able to get close enough to hear her sing but I had to try.
We drove downtown and rolled our windows down do listen for her while I tried to find a parking spot. We were an hour late but she had someone open for her so I wasn't worried.
I found the perfect parking spot right across the street! I didn't have to pay either.
As we were walking across the street, Adele started singing Hometown Glory. Danny and I both started running and screaming toward the concert. This is one of my favorite songs ever and I wish you could have heard her sing it. It was remarkable. No, that doesn't describe it's glory. I can't think of a word to describe it so I am forced to make one up.
Scrumtrulescent.
Yep that describes it perfectly.
The thing I love about Adele is that she sounds better live than on her album. She truly is incredible. Her voice is just astounding.
We went right up to the gate and watched her perform on the screen. We were so close! Danny and I sang along to all of her songs and danced a little. She is so funny. I had to fight back tears because her performance was so breath-taking.
We got to see her entire concert.
Danny had such a wonderful night. He kept hugging me and telling me he loved me. He does that when he is in a really good mood.
I will never forget that wonderful night.
This video is a little sample of some of the songs she sang. It is from my phone and she still sounds wonderful.

Weekend Getaway

Our good friends, Kari and Ryan invited us to Mesquite over the weekend. We had some really funny experiences with the people there and it was so much fun.

The guys golfed while the girls layed out by the pool, read and got massages. It was such a relaxing trip.

Thank you Woodward's! You are the best!

Danny starts Kindergarten!

Danny started Kindergarten today.
It seems like I have been looking forward to this day for so long. It is so exciting to see my kids grow up. It does scare me a little bit because kids are not so innocent anymore these days. He has been SO excited though.
I have gotten teary a few times. Like last night when we went to my mom's house for dinner and she made Danny stand on the rock wall and she announced he was going to kindergarten and we all cheered for him and he just smiled.
He is not a little boy anymore. He is ready though. He will do great things.

Looking ecstatic as always. I think he gets that from me. I usually don't have a lot of emotion in my face. I think he is deep in thought. I am so excited for you, Danny!

On Monday, Brian and I went to meet his teacher and Danny got tested. We went and got ice cream afterwards with just the 3 of us and it was so fun. Danny was so happy.

Concerts!!

Honestly, this is the BEST year for concerts. Of course that is just my opinion.
Over the weekend, we got a babysitter overnight and went to deer valley to see
IDINA MENZEL!!
If you don't know who she is, she is the original
Maureen in RENT
and Elpheba in WICKED
My 2 favorite broadway's.
If you still don't know who she is...I am sorry. You need to get out and see a broadway.
Oh my she is incredible. I love her voice. Not just her singing voice but also her talking voice.
She sang a few Wicked songs including Defying Gravity. Yep I got to hear Idina Menzel sing Defying Gravity LIVE! It sounded just as good as I had hoped.
She also sang No Day But Today from Rent
and Tomorrow from Annie
She also sang some Barbara Streisand songs but I am not a huge fan of BS

We sat on the grass and watched her sing. It was such a fun night. Haha. We are so awesome.

We went with Brian's family (his sister and BIL are in this pic with us). Wow, look at that handsome man in front of the mountains! I am sure that most of the men at the concert were thinking the same thing because they were all gay.

Brian's parents. Again, what a fun night.

U2

A few months ago, we went to the U2 concert. It was awesome! He sounded so great. The stage setup was incredible! It was huge. He played for so long. My favorite was Beautiful Day. We had a lot of fun.

Living in a greencourt

*If you don't feel like reading everything, at least make sure you watch the music video that Danny and his freinds made at the bottom*
Do you ever just feel like you are in the perfect place in your life?
Brian and I talked about moving but decided not to because we LOVE the people we are surrounded by.
We live in a greencourt where 8 houses face each other. We have had some CRAZY neighbors and lots of sad experiences, including child abuse.
It is sometimes hard to live so close to people because you get to know more about them than you want to.
But I honestly wouldn't trade it for anything. I love where we live.
I have met some WONDERFUL friends. Every time I walk outside, there is another mom who comes and joins me on my porch to talk.
Living in our greencourt, there are constantly kids in and out of your house.

Since Sarah has been sleeping so much, we don't go out much. Instead I have tried to bake treats with the kids, which of course, includes ALL of the the neighbor kids. It has been so much fun....and MESSY. The kids get SO excited every time we do it.

Obviously, there is not a dress code in our greencourt. You can change into your pajamas in the middle of the day, like Sam.

Or you can just wear your swimsuit all day.

One day, the kids changed into their pajamas and got all of their stuffed animals, blanket, and pillows and had a "sleepover". It was so funny.

We decided to do a bake sale/water party one day. We wanted to raise money for kids who live in an orphanage and don't have anything. That morning we sent out an email to the neighbors and by the afternoon we had so many kids over and raised $80! Everyone is so willing to give. I love it.

Movie Night

I love movie night! Brian figured out how to make an outdoor movie screen and we watch movies outside at night. Sometimes we put the kids to bed and all of the parent's watch movies.

And best of all, we made a music video with all the neighbor kids! Danny sees the videos I make with my girls trips and he told me that he wanted to make one with his friends. I love it because my best friend, Emily and I made videos all the time when we were young so I was all for it. I asked the kids that were playing with Danny and Sam if they wanted to do it so all of the girls got all dressed up (LOVE Erika's wedding dress) and we started. Well the older kids watched what was going on and I asked them to join in. At first they said no but then they couldn't resist and joined in. Then next day, we watched it at our movie night and everyone loved it. It was so fun. Enjoy!!!

Never Stop Loving You

Today I said to Danny,
"I love you."
He replied,
"I love you too. I will never stop loving you. I will never change my mind about that. I can change my mind about anything else except for that. I will always love you."
I'm a happy mom.

End of the Soccer Season

We had our last soccer game a few weeks ago. It was a lot of fun. Danny started out the season not being able score any goals and ended the season by scoring most of the goals for the game. I was so proud of him. Sam didn't play much and I was ok with that. he was happy just being part of the team.

Go bumblebees!

Oranges were the our favorite each game. Sarah even ate part of the peel.

I am so happy that my parents and Brian's parents made it out to several games. It means so much!

4th of July

Breakfast at my Grandma's

Tim and Amy My parents and Sarah

My cute Granddad gives Danny money to share with Sam and Sarah.

We had a barbeque in our greencourt then we did fireworks. I love our neighbors. We have so much fun.

It's going to chase me...then it is going to KILL me!

That is what Sam said when he saw this ant on our bathroom floor. He was totally serious too.

Luckily Sam is alive. He was not chased (at least I don't think that ant was chasing him, it is hard to tell with how slow he was going) and was not killed by this ant.

Speaking of insects, meet Danika the butterfly. Danny named this butterfly Danika. We see her daily and this morning, she was sitting right outside our bedroom window and stayed there, despite the pounding on the window and screaming of my children.