musical chairs

I somehow forgot how much fun kid games can be. Today my family was at my parents and my nephew Cole wanted to play musical chairs. We began playing for Cole but had so much fun that when he wanted to play tag, we practically ignored him so we could still play. It was like, Ok Cole you can go play your kiddy game but us grownups are going to continue our musical chairs. And we did. At least until we had done the championship round. He was upset but we let him handle the music so that he wouldn't get hurt. It was a very intense game.

Jason graduated...

From ASU on friday with a Bachelors degree in Biology. I am so proud of him!!! :)

We had a little photo shoot at the park a few weeks ago for his announcement. Here are some of my favorites I took...

And the winner... (Jason's favorite)

Ruined Songs

I really don't understand why musicians have to put swear words in their songs. If they are doing it to gain popularity then it is the wrong way to do it, because usually those songs are not played as much on the radio because of it...or they have to take the time to edit them. Most swear words I can tolerate because I hear them so often but F is one that always makes me jump inside. No matter how many times I hear it (I think one guy in my class said it about 30 times in a 5 minute conversation with his friend) it never ceases to upset me. So when I am listening to a great song and it suddenly sneaks its way in- my heart drops and it ruins the song for me. One song in particular I was listening to today got ruined by it. Its "Oxford Comma" by Vampire Weekend. Great, great song but that pesky little F had to ruin it again. I guess I forget that most people use that word like any other word and it doesn't have the same effect on them. I wish I knew how to get edited songs so during those songs I can keep my hand off the volume...for the ones I still listen to.

the helio sequence

This is a great band I found called The Helio Sequence. I love their unique mellow sound. Here is a great video of one of my favorite songs of theirs.

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