Sunset Alert!

Just thought I would share some pics from last nights' sunset...after all, sunsets are meant to be shared with those you love. Enjoy!

Homecoming 2009

Saturday was Layton High's Homecoming Dance. Austin and his group decided to have their "day date" the night before on Friday. They went to the Pizza Factory and then came to our house to roast s'mores and starbursts and play games. Tonight they picked up their dates then went to Jason's house for picture taking before the dance. I took a few of Austin before he left. We had to get a close up of his awesome tie!

Austin and Jason standing guard? Austin's date, Katelyn is getting a kick out of them.

Austin and Katelyn...

Jason and his date, Sarah...check out that corsage!

Katelyn asked Austin to pull a silly face but she sure looks sweet! Actually, if you click on this picture to enlarge it you will see her tough girl look. She is such a cute girl!

The girls all pose so naturally and the guys,well....

Austin's group - Austin/Katelyn, Jason/Sarah, and Cameron/Kaycee. What a good looking group.

Austin said they all had a supercalifragilisticexpialidocious time!!!! It was "thebomb.com" It was "legit"-( all in his own words). Just from having them over on Friday night - it was obvious that they got along really well and had alot of fun together. I'm glad he has such good friends!

Weekend Fun

This weekend was General Conference weekend for our church, where we all stay home and watch a series of conference sessions on TV during which we receive counsel and instruction from our Prophet and Apostles. I love these Conferences. It reconfrims to me that we are led by a Prophet of God and that God still speaks to us today. The talks were wonderful and it was a great conference! The kids all came home for the weekend to watch Conference with us and Kyle and Han brought their Beatles Rock Band for the Wii. In between the Saturday sessions of Conference we all played. What a fun game! Some of us were much better than others...okay, pretty much the only thing I did decent on was the singing. I even gor a 100 for one of the songs!

Such serious players!

I thought the drums would be the easy ones but I seem to have a hard time keeping up with beat. Everyone else did great on them though.

Heather had way too much fun playing on everything! Here she is rockin out on the guitar!

Kyle and Han get to play all the time so they pretty much schooled us. Austin has quite the pose in this picture.

Clint was a mean, lean rockin machine!

We had so much fun! It didn't matter how well you did or didn't do it was just so fun to jam together! After the second session of Conference, we all made our own homemade pizzas. Homemade dough is great...much less greasy! Steve is putting the finishing touches on his.

Heather and Han posing next to their creations!

Then into the oven they went and presto! Don't these just look delicious!

Oops! Forgot to turn the picture of my pizza...

Heather and Clint made Lime Rickies for everyone. Cute pic of Heather and Han. Notice Heathers' cute new hair cut!

The guys got to eat first because they had to head off to the next session of Conference. I am not sure what Austin is doing with his pizza...

After dinner, the guys headed off and we girls took advantage of their absence to watch a chick flick. BBC has come out with new renditions of some Jane Austen classics and I borrowed "Sense and Sensability" from a friend.

If you haven't seen this one yet you are missing out! It is fantastic...very well done. It is a bit long but well worth it. I like it better than the one with Hugh Grant and Emma Thompson.

Sunday was more of Conference and a family dinner. To top it all off we enjoyed this beautiful sunset last night...

One of the many reasons I love living here is a view like this from my backyard! I couldn't have asked for a better weekend!

I'm Not Ready!

I realize that I have not been very good at keeping up my blog lately but with Summer at an end, I'm afraid we just don't have a lot going on in our lives. Having said that, I will try to do better, but I am making no promises.
Austin and I have been enjoying watching this hawk who seems to have taken up residence here lately. He usually dive bombs into the field behind our house, snatches a mouse and enjoys his dinner while sitting atop one of our neighbors' roofs but the other day he was sitting on our nieghbors fence and Austin caught a pretty good picture of him. He was very proud of his picture so I thought I would post it.

Can I just say that one of the things I dislike most intensley is that the weather tends to go from the 80's to this...

way too fast in Utah. I want to enjoy the Fall season and I am most definitely not ready for winter and snow! If we could just have three seasons,Spring, Summer and Fall, I would be so happy!

Vote!

Just a reminder- tomorrow is the Primary elections so go out and vote! I am a poll worker for Layton City and we have to be at the polls from 6am to 9pm. It makes for a long day when no one comes to vote. Plus this is the election that narrows the field down to the ones you can vote for in the general election in November and the person you may want may not make it through the Primaries without your vote! So, do your duty...and vote!

A Super Saturday...

Today started off with a trip to the Salt Lake Temple with Kyle, Han, Heather, Clint, Steve and myself. I love going to the temple and being there with family is even better. I am grateful for the knowledge I have that I can be with my family forever. This evening Steve & I, Austin & his date Sage, and Heather & Clint headed down to Thanksgiving Point to the Jon Schmidt outdoor concert. We thought we arrived in plenty of time but it took so long to get to the parking and then the line was rediculously long that we were still standing in line when the concert was supposed to begin. I asked everyone to give me their best "I have to stand in this long line look."

And this is what I got...

Sage wins for best look!

I'm not sure what I was doing but I look like I am half dead. Anyway, we finally got in and found a spot- which wasn't an easy task because there were so many people there.

The guys and Sage all left to go fetch us some nourishment (desperately needed after standing in that line) and Heather and I kept our spots secure.

While we were waiting for things to begin Jon Schmidt appeared back stage which was right in front of us due to our lack of finding a better spot and I snatched a picture of him and his amazing cello player accompianist, Steve Nelson. I think Jon posed quite well for me ( He is the one in the middle)!

One of the first songs He played was "Waterfall" and as tradition would have it, when he plays that song, the waterfalls behind him all come on. It really is a beautiful spot for an outdoor concert!

This was our vantage point for the evening. I couldn't get a good shot of Steve and his Cello.

The whole concert was amazing! Jon played some of the old classics that he is known for as well as some of his new songs including "Love Story meets Viva La Vida". Due to copyright issues he can't publish that version yet so he also played another version "Love Story Meets Love Story." They are both awesome. He is not only an amazing piano player but he is quite funny, too and has some fun with the audience, which I love!

While we were enjoying his concert the moon came up over the waterfall and made such a beautiful romantic picture. I tried to capture it but wasn't very successful but trust me it was so cool!

It was an awesome evening, the weather was perfect and the entertainment was fantastic!
I am sad to see the summer coming to an end. There is nothing better than doing things like this in the evening on a summer's night.

The Best Kept Secret In Huntsville

Friday night the Metro Champs (also known as Clint and Vaughn) were playing up in Huntsville at the Texas Pride BBQ and being the avid supporters that we are, we decided to drive up to have some dinner and hear them play. Little did we know that we were in for a delightful culinary experience. The Texas Pride BBQ has only been open for the past three months so very few people even know about it. They offer a variety of smoked meats with an assortment of BBQ sauces on the side. We decided to try the Texas sampler which is a plate of 4-5 meats and four side dishes so that we could give it all a try and we were not disappointed. It was delicious and more than enough for two. We actually shared ours with Heather and we were all full!

Their meats have a great smoke flavor and the sauces are great! I even liked their potato salad and I don't like potato salad! Han came with us because Kyle was working and she had this plate...

Steve and I visited with the owner after dinner out back where he has his smokers. The meat is smoked here every day. This really is an amazing little place. The grounds are very quaint and well kept up.

They even have these little buildings here and there that add to the whole experience. This one is right next to the smokers.

While we ate dinner we were entertained by the Metro Champs, who even played some Simon and Garfunkle (is that spelled right?) for us!

Heather wasn't feeling her best so Clint played a song just for her...He wrote it for her while they were dating. This is Clint serenading his sweetheart...

I just had to tip them .especially after reading the sign they had next to their tipping box!

Steve and I both highly recommend this place if you are in the mood for some really great smoked BBQ food. The drive to Huntsville is totally worth it. Oh, and did I forget to mention we had a pecan pie bar a la mode for desert that was to die for! You really have to check this place out!