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.

Anniversary

Quinn and I celebrated our 9th anniversary on the 21st of September. We already made some other plans using the excuse of our anniversary to spend money on them. On Saturday we are going to the Killers concert and then next week we are going to go to Las Vegas and see the Lion King while we are there. Since we are doing all that, I thought we should just have a little dinner at home. Growing up I remember a time or two where my mom made a dinner and then had the kids serve them for their anniversary. I decided that we should do that and that the boys would probably love it. Quinn knew what I wanted to do, but I told the boys that it was a surprise for him.

We set up the card table in the living room and put a table cloth on it. Then I added a little candle and the boys picked some flowers from outside to put on the table as well. I grilled some steak and fixed a few other easy things to go with it. I had the plates ready in the oven. I also got aprons for the boys to wear and had them put a towel over their arm. They were so cute. We made little menus for the Le Fancy 9th Anniversary Cafe. The name came from Miles.

When Quinn got home the boys brought us in and seated us. Part of Carter's job was to bring the salt and pepper. He was so excited to do his part he brought it to us before they brought the food out. The boys each brought a plate out to us and Miles brought us some sparkling cider. Carter would come by everyonce in a while and say, can I get anything for you sir? Then he decided to go crazy taking pictures. Thank goodness for digital cameras. After we finished that evening and were cleaning up Miles told me how much fun he had and that he would like to do that again next year. It was a good anniversary. I feel so blessed to have such a wonderful hubby and two beautiful boys. They really do make me so happy.

Bowling

We took the boys bowling for the first time the other day. They had a blast. Miles was upset that Carter had a higher score than him. I did ok. All right, it wasn't good. And the sad part is that we had bumpers up and I still didn't break 100. That's ok. I really wasn't trying that hard. I was trying to enjoy the boys and wasn't concerned with how I was doing.

It has been a long time since Quinn and I have been bowling. We reminisced about how we had fun back in the single days when a bunch of us would do the midnight bowling. Rock and bowl I believe they called it. Lots of music, lots of black lights and staying out until 2:00 in the morning. **Sigh** The days of no responsibilities. Now if we are up at 2:00 one of the kids is either sick or wet the bed or had a nightmare or...

The Food Pyramid

I just thought this was cute. Miles has been learning about the food pyramid and goes a litle overboard sometimes. As we eat he makes sure we have something from each group and if we don't then we had better fix it. Anyway, he decided to make a game out of the food pyramid. It includes some kind of flash cards as well. My favorite are the muscles on the arm at the top of the page. Awesome.