California

Last weekend we were able to fly to California to be with Steve's sister Jamie and her husband when they were sealed in the San Diego temple. It was so beautiful and it was so nice to get away. With Steve in the academy again, we feel like we never get to spend any time together. We just started riding to work together, not only to save gas, but so that we could spend another hour and a half together. We were able to spend lots of time with family and my sister-in-law Amy was kind enough to take some great pictures of us, here are some from her and some from me! Enjoy.

At the beach

Steve 'Putting out the vibe'

At the temple

The Smith Family

Brothers

Bonfire at the beach

Amy the photographer took this of Steve and I....I love it! Thanks Amy!

Halloween

Here are some of our pictures from Halloween! We went to our ward party for chili, and then went to hang out with some friends. It was a blast to be able to relax and hang out with friends.


Steve as Michael Myers and I was a Firefighter

Steve being scary

The group

Isn't he cute!

To Spokane We Go!

So when my amazing husband found out that he would be starting with SLC Fire Department on Oct. 20th, his first thought wasn't 'lets go on vacation'......it was 'lets go to Spokane and finish a basement'! Steve's sister and her family live there and he loves helping his family, which I LOVE! Did I mention that my husband is amazing?!?! We were there for about a week and a half, and we had so much fun hanging out with Paula, Ben and kids. It was really fun getting to know our nieces and nephews, and seeing their little personalities! We didn't get very many pictures of the boys because they were at school.....Paula I need to get those pics from you.......but because the girls were home during the day we have a few of them. We made so many trips to Home Depot that I lost track, but we had a blast!

Steve unloading drywall! I helped too!

Hard at work.

One of my cute nieces ;)

She wanted to take a picture of Auntie Crystal

Me and the baby......no! If you have met this little one

you know what that means!

If you haven't met her, this should explain a little.........I think her favorite word in her vocabulary so far is NO!

[video to come]

This was a highlight of the trip! I still watch this video and crack up! Sorry about the shaking....I couldn't keep from laughing.

Me Llamo Jonas

Wow, a whole month behind. I feel bad for making all of you blog addicts have to wait so long to read about the best concert of the year! September 7 2008.



WEEZER

Without a doubt the best show I've been to in years. Even my friend Mark came up from Vegas to see it with us. We had wicked good seats too. Dead center and about a dozen or so rows up, just high enough to see over the sound and light board guys equipment.

I listened to my first Weezer album in 97' after borrowing, and yes... never getting around to returning it, from my sister in law Amy. (sorry Amy, I owe you a blue album) I was hooked, from "surf wax America" to "my name is Jonas". That was the summer we moved from Hawaii to Utah and it just felt like home to me. I think I even wore that disc out before Andrew and Amy moved out.

Anywho, Weezer has come to Utah before, in fact, they have come a few times. Twice while I was on my mission. But its ok, Dave went to those shows for me, and then told me about them in letter. He didn't even leave out the part about seeing my then girlfriend at the show.

Well, after a decade of loving their music, album after album, it was finally time to get to their show. I even kept track of the play list. And if anyone I don't know is reading this, and happened to be at the show, feel free to let me know what the "unknown" song was. I know it wasn't one of theirs, but that's about it.

I'll set the stage for you. Before they came out, they had a little exercise trampoline and a rubber ball placed on stage. Throughout the show Rivers (lead singer) would just head over to it and jump around for a little while then hop off and get back to rockin'. And the ball, best described as the kind of ball that's in those big tall cages at wall-mart, was played with on stage for a song or two and then kicked into the audience.

(if you don't know/like Weezeer, this next paragraph can be skipped)

They opened with "My name is Jonas" One of my absolute favorites, and threw in some of that es-pan-yole. Then it was "pink triangle" (a song about being in love with a lesbian who does not share the same feelings with him. Oddly enough, the lesbian couple a few rows in front were barely moving for that song. ODD) "perfect situation" "Say it aint so" EXCELLENT! "Suzanne" Off of a rare tracks album, i think "Waste my Days" and then the song I do not know... It said "I'm king" in the chorus a lot. go figure. "Undone, the sweater song" "pork and beans" "Dreaming" "Dope Nose" "Trouble Maker" "Automatic" "Hash Pipe" "El Scorcho" then they covered "Morning Glory" by Oasis. Then they hit my new personal anthem, "I am the greatest man that ever lived" ;) "hip hip" "Beverly hills" "heart songs" then a Nirvana cover of "grandma take me home" "Buddy Holly" (soo good) And then they brought out a bunch of local people, about thirty different contest winners who each played an instrument. They called it the Weezer hoot-n-nanny. They played "island in the sun" and one other.

All in all it was a phenomenal show and I'd do it again if I had the chance.