The Killers

Quinn and I went to the Killers concert last month. It was a lot of fun. We saw some friends there and had a good time catching up with them. I love going to concerts. I remember when I was in high school I didn't get it. I remember a few big bands coming through (Erasure and Depeche Mode) and having kids at school talking about how excited they were to go to the concert. Being the bargain person I am I thought it was ridiculous. Why spend that much on a ticket? You can just buy the CD and then you could listen to it over and over. I thought that way until I went to a concert. I think my first concert was... Howard Jones. He tends to come to Utah a lot. My roommates wanted to go so I caved. Not the biggest HoJo fan, but the concert itself was a lot of fun. Then I went to a Trisha Yearwood concert. Again, not a big country fan but friends wanted to go. Again I was surprised by how much I enjoyed listening to her. She has a great voice and I had a blast. Since then I have gone to a few more, but not nearly enough. Bare Naked Ladies, Guster, U2, Coldplay and most recently The Killers. I am definitely a fan of the live shows and wish I could go more often.

Silver Lake

We thought it would be fun to go up the canyon and have a little picnic with the boys. It was still pretty warm down in the valley and we thought we would escape the heat (the pump on our cooler went out). I had remembered when we did this a few years ago that it was cooler up in the mountains than we had anticipated so I made sure we all had jackets before we left. A little cooler was not quite the right word. It was down right cold. We found a table and ate our little dinner while freezing and then did the walk around the lake. The boys enjoyed it. Miles is a rock collector and I am always finding those in his pockets. Carter happens to be more of a leaf collector. He doesn't put them in his pocket but carries them around. They don't tend to be as resilient as the rocks. Oh well.