Weekend in New England

Oh man, this is a little embarrassing, but I'm just going to go with it. Many, many, many years ago my friend, Suzanne and I lived back east for a few months. During this time we saw The B Willie Smith Band play in Boston. We enjoyed the show (OK, we looooved them) and decided to make it our quest to see them as many times as possible. Over the next several months I am proud to say, we accomplished our goal. There have been several moments since that time that I have been nostalgic and wishing that I had a little B Willie to listen to. During one of these moments I did some googling to find out if this was possible; downloads, cd's, anything. After being added to a emailing list, asked to join their facebook page, that nothing was available. The recording company owns the rights to their music, and they will not release it. But, they were doing a reunion show in Connecticut.

Brian being as sweet as ever (and feeling pressure to get a Mother's Day gift) decided if he could bring B Willie to me, he would bring me to B Willie and surprised me with a trip to Connecticut.

While there we enjoyed: good food

beautiful beaches
and fantastic music.

Pretty much the best Mother's Day gift ever!!

Brian's New Toy

How could he pass it up? With all the year end rebates and incentives they were practically giving it away.


Driving with Colin is extra enjoyable, he now will point out every F150, 250 and 350 on the road. Sometimes he will even throw in a Dodge Ram, just to make sure you are paying attention.

The Wonderful World of Disney

A few of the things I learned on my vacation:

Never visit Florida when they are having record breaking temperatures

Colin has a wacky hat fetish


Taking crazy pics passes the time during a thunderstorm

Still a fan of 3D glasses

Hidden Mickeys!!!


You are never too old for face paint


Bats are NASTY
(Seriously, we witnessed a bat rape)

Vacations are more fun with good friends

I will never live in Florida because my hair will look like this!

Donald is still the favorite

This is our new favorite.

Deklin and I have a lot in common:

POPCORN

and "Debbie Juice"

Colton is always ready to "go back to the room."

I Want To Ride My Bicycle...I Want To Ride My Bike

I woke up this morning to this:
Promptly went to the emergency room because of this:

Andy, the tech, got to work repairing this:

Left the ER with this:

Went home to recover looking like this:
This morning, while riding his pedal bike up Diamond Fork, Brian had a run in with a Cattle Guard. He was about 7 miles from his car and, of course, no cell service. He started to walk his bike back to his car, when some good Samaritans stopped and gave him a ride. (Only the 2nd car he had seen during his ride.) Amazingly, no facial fractures. But tomorrow Dr. Johnson will be "firing a couple pins" into his hand to repair the break.

Moral of the story: Always wear a helmet

P.S. We had a "Dr. McDreamy" in the ER, but I did not get his picture. Dang!

Matinee Movie Friday

Because Brian does not work on Fridays and we do not have small children any more, Brian and I try to go to the matinee on Fridays. Yesterday we saw New In Town. The storyline was totally predictable, but it was really funny. This movie made smile because:

1. I have cute, crazy scrapbooking friends
2. I live in Utah, NOT Minnesota
3. My husband likes chick flicks more than I do
   

Christmas

Ok, so I didn't take any pictures of Christmas this year. I'm not sure why, I had the camera out, all ready to go, but some how never really took any. Maybe because there was no Cassidy.

Colton thought it was the best Christmas ever, because he unexpectedly received an XBox 360. How big of a nerd are you if you have a PS3, Nintendo WII and an XBox?

I didn't take pictures, but Brian did take hours of video. Nothing says fun like rewatching the opening of gifts (especially with Brian's commentary.) Brian didn't think he was getting anything GOOD because he didn't KNOW what he was getting. (Could his wife actually pick things out without being told?) He was pleasantly surprised. I think his favorite was the GPS w/bluetooth for the FJ. He has been coveting the bluetooth in my car for the past 2 months.

Colin got a cool nitrous scooter, fishing pole, and an Ipod Touch. And yes, you can all agree with Colton, there is no reason a nine year old needs an Ipod Touch.

Cassidy is all grown up, so she just got $$$.

I got this cool new laptop, that has nifty new features I don't know what to do with.

Christmas was very nice, we missed Cassidy, but we spent time with my family and our cute, little grandbaby. All things considered, I would give it 2 enthusiastic thumb's up! (And my christmas is all put away!!)

Celebration of Life

For the past several years Brian and the Central Utah Cancer Center sponsor the "Celebration of Life - Kurt Bestor Christmas Concert." Each year they buy tickets for Cancer Survivors and their families to attend the concert.

We attended this year with Colin, Kim, Colton, Grandpa, Morgan and Grandma. This year, before the concert ,they showed a video where several cancer survivors shared their cancer experience. It was very touching. Central Utah Clinic gives out flashlights to the cancer survivors and during the performance they are all asked to turn them on. Again, very touching and quite inspirational.

The highlight of the show was Brian performing "The Night Before Christmas" with Kurt and the orchestra. Kurt was making jokes about how boring Dr.'s are and telling Brian to try and have a little personality. So, of course; Brian, using his hidden thespian talent, stole the show. He was great.

I think the best part was hearing so many people thank Brian for "saving my daughter," "giving me one more Christmas," "making the cancer experience more bearable." It is nice to be reminded what an important role he plays in so many lives and how many people depend on him.