Grandma Joani and Bapa Visit

We were able to have some visitors a few weeks ago. Grandma Joani and Bapa came to Texas just to pay us a little visit. We had so much fun with them. Since they were here over Halloween they got to celebrate with us. We took them to Kemah to see the Boardwalk and the Ocean, It was fun because we took the kids (and grandparents in costume). Then we went Brazos Bend to see some beautiful sights and always some alligators. We even got to celebrate Jason's birthday early.
Jason showing grandma how to put together his new Lego's- Jason's a master lego builder and I think that Grandma was impressed!

Jason in costume at kemah... This reminded me of that scene in Indiana Jones... "Fly yes... Land No"

Riding the Kemah Railroad... who enjoyed it more, the kids or bapa?

Dressed to perfection! It was so fun to have the kids in their costume, everyone loved them, we got so many complements, and comments. I loved it when people knew who Ian was! We were told that Jason had the best Indy costume ever!

Here we are at Brazos Bend, we had beautiful weather, and the animals were out enjoying it !

Costume Sneak Peek

Halloween Costume Sneak Peek!

Here are the boys all dressed and ready for our ward's trunk or treat! For the first time EVER they were excited to get their pictures taken.

Indiana Jones, check out his fancy whip moves.

Link, our Hero of Time. He's got mad sword skills and a desire to save a princess we like to call Zelda.

So what's up?

Warning: This is a post of me rambling about nothing, please feel free to stop reading!

Yep, I've been off the radar for a bit, sorry. Part of me thinks I didn't want to put a new post up after my concert, I know it's not that exciting for everyone else but, not much could top that for me! We've had busy weeks and weekends, I am excited for Halloween and our spooky visitors (not really!) I will say I'm excited to see the boys' in their Halloween costumes. Spiders are in season and it's fun to expand my "Halloween decor" (or everyday decor in my house) I've been busy making/modifying things for the boys costumes. Some times I'm really glad I can sew. Speaking of sewing I started a new quilt (it's a Christmas quilt, maybe I can finish by Christmas) and I finished a table runner I stared over a year ago (it kept getting pushed back and it has a 4th of July theme - maybe I'll use it for the thanksgiving table)! I've also been learning all the songs from the new Muse album on Bass, it's fun to learn new songs, especially when you get to play along with your favorite band. I continue to go to the gym (gosh it takes up such a huge chunk of my day). I found I really enjoy running - weird, I know! I don't see any results - no weight change, no body change etc. but I tell myself that I'm getting a healthier heart and stronger muscles (I can run and lift a lot more then when I started) So I stay positive and try not to get frustrated and trudge along. So that's what's been going on in my life, along with good friends, fun outings and play dates (without kids) I find my days full. The boys are good too, Jason has so much homework but he's a great student and he's really growing up! Ian is sunshine for everyone, and when he's not eating he's content to just hang out and do whatever. He's started crying when he gets upset - real tears and everything, he's so sensitive. But he's a little too over sensitive, it's not my favorite characteristic at the moment!

So that's what's up! I warned you, You should have stopped reading!

My Muse - Muse!

Yeah, I know these are the same pictures on my facebook account, but this was a dream come true for me. Seeing my favorite band and being so close, we were front row, ahh, maybe it was a dream (nah, I'm too sleepy to be sleeping). Muse was amazing, they are so good live. It was a really great night for me! I have to thank my friend Emily, who watched the boys overnight for us, we really couldn't have done it without you!

Chris and Morgan

Matt and Dom

Me with Muse's incorrect setlist! So awesome!

Video of Starlight.

U - WHO? Oh, U2!

Hey is that the stage right behind me?

Here are some awesome shots from the U2 portion of the MUSE concert (oh yeah, I just said that) Wow... Bono, is well, really, um ... Bono! It was great being right in front of Adam... As a bass player I thought it was great, I'm sure Matt wished we were in front of the Edge, but hey, we were so close, it couldn't get much better. We were in the inner circle about 1 person back from the stage, we traded with these awesome guys who let us be in front during Muse and we let them in front of us for U2.

There's No One Like Ian

Ian came home from school with this paper, we all agree, there's no one like Ian! He's such a goof! (Go ahead and click on the picture to see it larger)

Fun with Box

Tall speaker box = FUN!

Yes we all had fun in the box, Jason, Ian and even the Cat!

We all had fun that is, till the 'old lady' (aka me) decides to get in it and says something like "wouldn't that be funny if I fell?" It was only about 10 seconds later when I did fall! I have a major bruise forming on my hip. Ahhh, such is my life, at least it was funny!