It's official

we're boring.

The Decemberists

It's concert time again! Chris and I went on Tuesday to see The Decemberists up in Denver. The concert was amazing. The opening band was really good and The Decemberists were... amazing. I've liked them for a little while now and we've had the tickets since February. They went straight through their new album 'The Hazards of Love" took a little break and came out to play some of their older stuff. They played for almost two hours. Did I mention that they sounded amazing?


Gregg... I have a feeling that if you were a singer this is what you would look like! :)

When we were outside waiting in line to get into the venue we saw Colin Meloy get off the tour bus and go inside the building. Too bad I didn't have my camera ready because he was only about 10 feet away from where we were standing. Oh well...




This is my favorite song from the new album.




Saturday... Neko Case

End of the year stuff

I can't believe it's the end of the school year again. Sidney had her 6th grade "graduation" yesterday and will be going to the junior high next year. *sigh* She had a great run at PVE and I can't believe it's over. She was a tiny bit sad that she's not in elementary school anymore, but she is so excited about getting to wear flip flops to school next year I think she's already over it!





This was Sidney's 3rd grade (and favorite of ALL teachers) Mr. Hicks. Soon enough she'll be taller than him! :)


Megan had her awards ceremony today. Next year she'll be a big, bad 6th grader that rules the school... or something like that. She had a really great year too.



Megan and the art teacher Mrs. Milliron


And this is just a funny video of Megan's new favorite saying... on helium...

Trish, party of four...

Today we went to lunch to celebrate the end of the school year for everyone in our family. It's been a rough couple of weeks and thought we'd go to a well deserved lunch. Alicia's kids used to call Chris "Trish" because they couldn't say his name right. When we walked into Red Robin today we decided to put "Trish" down on the waiting list. We all got a good laugh when they called out "Trish, party of four..." (The hostess was probably wondering what was so funny!) I love my family!

Family Blogs

This post goes out to my family. As I was l looking at a friend's blog I saw her whole list of her family's blogs and I thought to myself... WHY DOES NO ONE ELSE IN MY FAMILY BLOG? I know they look at mine. So, dearest family members, it' s time to get off your duff and start your own so I can see what happens in your life too. It's only fair.

Someone should probably take that award away

The girls are in basketball right now. I never seem to have my camera with me because we go straight from work to their games. So my "Good Mom" award should probably be surrendered to Leslie... go here to see why. (And if you want to see pics of MY kids playing basketball!)

Cooking lessons

Chris was called into work tonight so the girls and I decided to make dinner nice and simple. Megan wanted pancakes and Sidney wanted eggs. So I taught them how to make both. It was a pretty successful event with nothing burned, no arguing, and a pretty delicious dinner. I like knowing that my kids can at least cook pancakes and eggs if I died tomorrow. And the "Good Mom" award goes to... me. At least for tonight. (Just don't look too close at the messy counter!)

Megan managed to flip the pancakes in the air too. It's almost vertical, but if you look close you can see the pancake in the air. Cute!