It seems like yesterday...

Colin was celebrating his first birthday,
But it really was his eleventh birthday!

**Yes, the cake does say "Happy Day of the Father." But it was the best cake, what would you do?

Relays and Rain

The Central Utah Cancer Clinic always puts together a team for the American Cancer Society Relay For Life. We have been many times. There are always lots of fun activities to go along with the relay like: Karaoke, movies, massages, bounce houses, etc. This year there was just rain!! Brian signed us up to walk from 10pm until midnight and it rained and rained and rained. The rain caused most of the activities to shut down. So we just walked and walked and walked (mostly to keep warm). It was a different experience than Relays in the past, but still good and it only took about 24 hours to warm up after.

I want to rock-n-roll all night

Brian, Bryson, Colin and I spent Saturday evening at The Miller Motorsports Raceway enjoying a little classic rock.

Styx welcomed us to The Grand Illusion,

Foreigner had us seeing Double Vision,

And Kansas wooed us to the Point Of No Return.

A great night was had by all, even while dealing with all the general admission crazies!

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!!

Colin's Acting Debut

Last week Colin and his friend, Alex performed in the play The Wonderful Witches of Oz. It was a cross between The Wizard of Oz and Wicked with a little Harry Potter thrown in. Colin played the role of Henry Gale. Alex played the Wizard.




Colin wasn't sure about the whole singing and dancing part, he was more into acting.


In typical Colin fashion, he did mess with his umbrella enough to have one of the prongs broken before the song even began.
A few times Colin and Alex seemed to forget they were on stage and they had there own "play" going on.

It wasn't quite as long as "the big show", but every bit as enjoyable!!

Brian Regan

For Christmas Janae and Jamielyn gave us tickets to see Brian Regan at the Tuacahn in Snow Canyon. The weather was beautiful.

We had a little Cassidy time, which mostly consists of eating alot.

And Brian Regan lived up to our expectations. Funny, funny guy!!

...You Might Be Cassidy

• If you would rather sleep on the floor than make your bed...you might be Cassidy.
• If seeing a deer on the side of the road is exciting...you might be Cassidy.
• If you think 11:00 pm is a good time for chatting...you might be Cassidy.
• If you have ever read a Harry Potter/Twilight book cover to cover; without breaking for food, sleep or life in general...you might be Cassidy.
• If you take the best "funny face" pictures...you might be Cassidy.
• If you could live the rest of your life eating just noodles...you might be Cassidy.
• If you think scars are the best tattoos...you might be Cassidy.
• If the word MOIST creeps you out...you might be Cassidy.
• If you understand the chocolate/peanut butter ratio...you might be Cassidy.
• If you frequently say, "I did a dance to this song."...you might be Cassidy.
• If you don't understand why people only have 2 sets of grandparents...you might be Cassidy.
• If you get "mall sick"...you might be Cassidy.
• If you love to dress up for Halloween...you might be Cassidy.
• If you think washing your car might ruin it...you might be Cassidy.
• If your "best" friends are all 50+ years older than you...you might be Cassidy.
• If have ever worn jammie pants 25 days in a row...you might be Cassidy.
• If you are everyone's favorite...you might be Cassidy.
• If you live the Golden Rule and try to treat others the way you want to be treated... you might be Cassidy.
• If you are beautiful on the inside and out...you might be Cassidy.

Happy 23rd Birthday!!