company of thieves

Last week we went to see Company of Thieves for another Edge free concert.  I had just heard them that day and they sounded good so we decided to go.  We definitely did not regret it.. they were awesome!  The lead singers voice was great.  Her style was very unique and she could really belt it.  She was also a great entertainer and was very quirky doing funny little moves the whole time.  The guitarist was pretty amazing as well and Jason mentioned that he hasn't seen anyone that good for a long time.  They only played 45 minutes but it was worth driving out to Scottsdale.  Afterwards we got to meet them and I got their autograph.  I was actually pretty nervous because I didn't know what I was going to say, but the singer Genevieve was so nice and laid back.. and seemed genuinely sweet. 

with lead singer genevieve

with my signed poster

i didn't get any good videos of them so here they are on carson daly

temple lights

so pretty!

the whole family besides Mitch and Lexie

it's christmastime...

and I love it!!

I am always sad when it is over.

my family has started a tradition in the past couple years of decorating gingerbread houses

it has gotten pretty competitive

somehow my brother Clint (bottom left) appointed himself as the judge and had a clipboard, awards and everything. 

they all surprisingly turned out very different from each other

our "hippy house"

i love picking out our Christmas tree!

the winner !!

Merry Christmas!!

I've been really bad at updating.. we found our cat Putters last week when our friendly neighborhood cat lady called us.  it made us realize how much we love him! we had spent many hours searching for him.

we really miss him.

wedding

     My brother Clint got married on saturday... the last of us kids!  It seems crazy that we are all old married people now.  We love his new wife Michelle she is so sweet and she fits in well with our family (especially the fact that she loves animals and she has a pet pig!)  He kept the tradition of having the reception at my parents backyard which is always a lot of work but I think their yard is perfect for it.  It always turns out looking beautiful.  They hired a GREAT country band which was so much fun!  They sounded exactly like the singers on many of their cover songs.  I think they were a perfect addition to a very fun night.  They had the wedding in the afternoon in my parents front yard so that they wouldn't have to take down the reception tables.  Its amazing how a grass lawn can be transformed into a wedding hall with just some chairs, ribbon, lattice, an arch and flowers.  It was a very simple but sweet ceremony.  The best part though was when they had their pig Crush come down the ail as the ring-bearer.  There were no major problems until after the ceremony when half of my family had to play catch the pig while her family watched us like we were crazy.  A half hour later we were able to wrangle her up.   

the pink and green looked great!

               

4 nephews and a niece!

her cake was made by their friend Cassy (her blog here) and she did an amazing job!

me, brin and jude :)

me and adorable niece Aubrey!

Romi and Michelle!!

i wish i wouldn't of hunched down so much in this picture. i just look silly!

thats better :)

i think they'll be very happy together :)

yodel-aye-hee-who!

I have always loved Halloween.  I love dressing up and seeing other peoples costumes.  I usually start thinking of what I should be in September- even though I usually don't end up being what I originally planned.  I'm not saying that I have always had the best costumes, but that doesn't take the fun out of it for me.  This year I found my dress the end of September at a thrift store in the vintage section for 4$.  I thought it was so cute and I couldn't pass it up.  I added a slip and some pigtail braids and I decided that I would be a Dutch girl (a modest one despite all of the Dutch costumes I found online.)  Jason doesn't enjoy dressing up nearly as much as me (or at all) so I was surprised when I came home from work one day and he was wearing a complete yodeller outfit and was doing a little dance.  He was hilarious.  He didn't have to buy any part of his costume which was great. 

Someone mentioned we could be Hansel and Gretel but Jason was quick remind them that that would be incestuous.

We carved pumpkins and made caramel apples with my family on friday night

Jason and I did a "Where the Wild Things Are" theme and I LOVE how they turned out!

no more brain mullet...

at least that's what Jason calls it. His surgery is over! It went very well and we are glad to have that part over with.. now with the healing. He is recovering pretty fast and will be out of the hospital this week sometime. I can't wait for him to heal completely and be back to normal- or hopefully much better than normal for him. He was hilarious coming out of anesthesia and had me laughing immediately. I'm pretty sure he was saying a lot of stuff intending to be funny but I didn't know that at the time. The first thing he said was- "I wanna play cars!" which is only funny if you know my 2 year old nephew who says that whenever he sees Jason. The nurse was confused but I couldn't stop laughing. Probably not the most normal reaction for seeing him after surgery but I couldn't help it. She asked if he talks in his sleep a lot because he sounded earlier like he was having a conversation with himself. I said I don't think so but I'm such a deep sleeper that if he did it wouldn't wake me up. She also said I'm never going to want to let him go to a bachelor party and get inebriated because I know how he acts now. . whatever that means!

Here are some pictures of him from the past few weeks with our nephew Caden. Jasons been playing with him a lot lately (mainly cars which he could play for hours if allowed) and Caden loves him so much.