Colors

I don't know how many of you remember or even know about the band Colors. Well, I grew up listening to their stuff while my brothers and sister went to school at USU, and I have loved them from the first time I heard them. I have a lot of great memories associated with their concerts, songs, and even meeting Russ (guitar/singer) once...it was kind of an embarrassing meeting, and not one to write about here...

Anyhoo, they stopped playing together about 5 years ago, but both last summer and this one they did reunion concerts. We went last night with my good friends Jen and Jaime. Jen's husband was supposed to come too, but he conveniently went "out of town". Just kidding Aaron...we really do believe you!
I'm definitely a fan of Colors, but there were some pretty crazy people there...definitely "fan"atics. We had a great time, even though it was pretty chilly. Brrrrr!

Whoa Baby!

On Thursday night I went to a baby shower for one of my best friends, Nikki. She and Ryan have a little girl due in about a month and we are so excited for them! We played some fun shower games, ate delicious crepes and jabbered the night away.

It was so fun to get together with my girl friends and catch up on their lives. I am so grateful for such awesome friends. Even though we don't see each other as often as we would like, everytime we get together seems like no time has passed at all!

Teran, Lauren and Me: The Loganites

Part of the SCC: Me, Lauren, Shyla, Nikki, Teran

Lauren, Me, Brittany, Nikki, Camille, Teran and Shyla

Best Buds

Me with the Mommy to be

Has Soccer Ever Been So Cute?!?

Is this not the cutest little 4 year old soccer player you have ever seen?

Yeah, pretty sure the answer is yes.
That's all.

Opa!

Last weekend we went to the Greek Festival with my brother and my parents. The food is delicious, also expensive, but very delicious! My favorites were the rice, the grape leaf wraps, and tyropites...yum! Last year we stayed longer and watched the dancing and entertainment. They didn't seem to have much going on this year, so we headed home early. We still had a great time for our short visit!Mom and the boysMe and the boysBrett eating squid...yuck! But yes, I did try it.Waiting in line for the yummy food.

Labor Day

On Labor Day we spent the day with my family and had a lot of fun!

We had a delicious family dinner, courtesy of my Mom, and then spent the evening at the park. The kids spent their time on the playground while the adults played a fun game of touch football and then ultimate frisbee. Please note that Rachelle made a touch down for our team, thanks to a great throw from me...wahoo! Girl power! Anyway, it was a really great day!Me, Matt, Justin and Brett built a giant block tower with ummm...uh....the kids' blocks.All of the darling grandkids. We took tons of pictures, and this is probably the best we got, even though Luke is about to cry.Tiana climbed all the way to the top of the rock wall to meet Grandpa!Andrew was sleeping during dinner, so he got his own special dinner after everybody else was finished.Matt with the girls in our half built block tower.Andrew was pretty tired after a long day of fun...

Update

So, it is time again for one of my "I've been feeling way to busy/lazy, and having so much fun lately that I haven't had/taken the time to post anything" updates.

I know being busy sometimes sounds like an excuse, but it isn't always! I have started a new job and I'm trying to get into the swing of things there, planning enrichment activities (I am the enrichment counselor, for those who don't know. It keeps me pretty busy!) and doing lots of fun things with Matt, friends, and family. Matt started school last week and is already very busy with that and 2 jobs, and finally we are just busy having a lot of fun everyday.

So to start off, James and Allison got married on August 14th. It was an awesome day. Congratulations to you two!

Jae has this funny thing about wearing hats at a wedding. Don't worry, he didn't wear it the whole time, just for this picture. Notice the receiving line in the background.
Here is Jae, again...notice the pile of chocolate on his spoon that he is about to eat!

Next, I spent the following Saturday with my best friend Lauren. She had tickets to Hale Theater's BIG and took me with her. It was so cute and funny. Thanks Lauren! She has gone back up to USU again, so I probably won't get to see her for awhile.

A couple of weeks ago I was searching for books in the library when I heard a "psssst". I peeked through the book shelf to see my cute and funny husband. He wanted to know if I was going to busy that weekend. When I said I didn't have plans, he asked me on a date...wahoo! We went to dinner, then did a little shopping. We went to Walmart and Matt told me we could pick a couple of treats and a new game. We chose "Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader?" Next we headed over to the airport where we took a walk in the sunset and watched the planes flying in over our heads. Finally we went home to play our game, which turned out not to be too much fun, but we had a good time anyway.

The next day my sister Rachelle brought down her kids, Lizzy and Andrew, and we took them to the Zoo. We had a blast, but I will admit we were pretty darn tired by the end of the day. 2 kids at the Zoo can really take it all out of you! After the Zoo we took them to my friend Meagan's wedding reception and then home for the night. They were both perfect angels all day.

I promise, she is a little angel even though she doesn't look like it in this picture:)
Next ( I know this is getting long, but hang in there! It is easier to do one big post instead of several small ones) Matt's brother, Jameson, turned 17 so we had a little family birthday party at his house. We had a delicious dinner and Jameson got some cool gifts! Later that same week was Ric's (Matt's Dad) birthday. We went to the Silver Fork Lodge on Friday and then went home for a movie, gifts, and dessert. It was a lot of fun!

The next morning (this past Saturday) I went birthday shopping with Matt's Mom. It was so much fun, and I can't thank her enough! I got shoes, a new outfit, some jewelry, Cafe Rio and we also walked through all of Ikea at my request. While we had a girl's day out, Matt, Jameson, and Ric went hiking up by Lake Mary. Finally we had a little family reunion with my Mom's side of the family at my parents' house. Matt and I didn't get to stay until the end because of a little medical mishap, but it was fun anyway.

Water fight!

On Sunday we went to church with my family and then just hung around all afternoon. When it started pouring, the whole family went outside to sit on the porch and sing like we used to when we were younger. Lizzy and Andrew had a blast splashing and running around. The Jones family came down and had some ice cream and we played a couple of games before Matt and I headed back up to the Tanner's for an awesome movie, The Great Debators. I would HIGHLY recommend it to anybody!
Ok! I think that puts us up to speed now. My family is getting together for Labor Day today, so hopefully it won't take me ages to post about that one too!