Thanksgiving Break

Thanksgiving break, what a wonderful time! We got to fly home to Billings on Tuesday morning. My dad picked us up from the airport and he and mom took us to MacKenzie River Pizza, my favorite place EVER! I ate lodgepoles and their creamy house dressing to my little hearts content! Thanks parents! That night Missy and her clan came into town. We whipped up some Honey Glazed Chicken and hung out all night. We got to meet Tyce, the newest addition. He was so adorable! It was so fun to hold him and hear his little baby grunts and squeals all weekend. Not to mention Jaxson, Kinsley, and Lilly...man those kids are fun! They have so much energy and we loved every minute with them. 

Nate, Alexsis, Carson and Madi came on Wednesday....WOO HOO! It is so fun to see them. Thank heavens for holidays. I wish we could have seen them more, but splitting between two families on both sides definitely causes some scheduling conflicts! We did eat together a couple of times, so that was fun. 

Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday were filled with shopping (although we didn't buy one thing!), food, and family. We ate Thanksgiving dinner at Jay and Marsha's with my family, and it was great. We got to chit chat with Quincy and Monica, as well as Ashley and Andrew, who are both living in Idaho right now so we don't see them very often. Pretty much the whole clan was there, and we had a blast eating and playing games afterwords.

On Thursday night we colored my hair brown! I love it, it ended up just perfect, thanks Missy!

Saturday was a super exciting day...I got to go and try on bridesmaid's dresses for Carrie's wedding! It was so fun! I probably tried on like 10 dresses, and we did come to a conclusion so that is always positive! She is getting married in 9 months and I am so excited for her. Afterwords we went to Buffalo Wild Wings for lunch. MMM it was yummy! They definitely have good WINGS! My meal was just okay...but I guess that is expected since WINGS are their specialty!

Chelsea, Alyssa, Carrie, and Corrie.

We had such a great time and we can't go back to see everyone in only 21 days!!!!

And we are off...

To the great State of MONTANA! See you in a WEEK! Yesss!

Coldplay

I don't even know what to tell you about this concert! the one thing that I have been telling people is this, "Even if you have never heard ONE Coldplay song, I would tell you to pay $200 for one ticket to see them LIVE!"
Yep, it was that good. The light show was out of this world, and that is coming from a girl! We felt like our seats were just perfect. We got to sit down and stand up the entire time, there were two huge screens right in front of us, and we could see them at every angle.
I feel like if we were on the floor we would have missed out on a lot of the lights, etc. We had such a blast, I want to go to them again ASAP.
10 more points for CODY!

Carrie Underwood Concert!

We had SOOO much fun! I can't even explain it to you! We were 10 rows back (thanks to hub signing up for the Carrie Underwood fan club! ha!) and only 4 seats from the stage that came out into the middle of the crowd. She was so amazing! I could not believe how down to earth she was! She honestly told us that she was so lucky like 10 times. 

Sometimes I feel like stars are so fake, but she was wonderful! There was even a time that she tried to squeeze "Salt Lake City, Utah" into a song, and she totally messed up! She laughed right in the middle of the song, and made fun of herself after the song was over. She had awesome clothes, and she changed 3 times! (Well, 4 if you count the time that her dress ripped off to a mini skirt! Whew!) 

 I need her legs, let me tell you! She seriously just seemed like some small town girl thrown on this big stage that can entertain and sing like crazy! Her voice was out of this world! She even sang Guns and Roses "Paradise City".  Basically, I need to go to her concert again...TOMORROW!

Basically, my husband gave me an amazing anniversary gift! I love you babe!

This is me and Carrie, We are BEST BUDS!:

Preview

I just thought I would give you a preview of the upcoming post!

BYU BBALL IS BACK!

I can feel it...I am going to have an addiction to BYU basketball games this season. We went on Friday night and I had a blast! (The company was great...maybe that helped a little!) The first half was definitely a little sketch, just asked my dad. I called him at half time to, well...I am not sure why! I think it is purely because I am a daddy's girl. I have this thing with sporting events. I HAVE to call my pops and let him know that I am there, and the fun that he is missing out on having with me! I think I just really wish he was there giving me a play-by-play and such. Anyway, I love you dad! Anyway, again, the first half was shabby. Not much Defense was happening, which makes for quite a sad basketball game. I actually said to Cody, "I feel like I am watching a high school game!" Well, Coach Rose must have thought the same thing, because the second half was awesome! That is what a good butt chewing gets you I guess. The game ending up being a blast, leaving me itching for Thursday night, the next game.

We went to Quantum of Solace...and I give it an A+. Enough Said. (O, but make sure that you watch the previous 007 before going, it is a sequel.)

As for the Primary Program, it went wonderful! All of the kids knew their lines so well...good job kids!

We had a great weekend...and only 3 days until Carrie underwood, 6 until Coldplay, and 8 until HOME!!!

Popcorn Anyone?

What is the most fun thing that you can think to do on a Saturday night?! Pop popcorn? Was that your first guess? I KNEW IT! Well, you should all be jealous because this is what I did from 10:00-11:45 pm!!! Woo-hoo for me! From popping to buttering to salting to bagging, my kitchen was looking pretty disastrous. In the end, however, I was able to jam everything into one corner...ALMOST!

Tomorrow is our primary program, the favorite sacrament meeting of the year, right?! Well, our kids have been working hard on their lines...and if they do good they will get popcorn! (Honestly, do you think after popping all of this that I would GIVE it to them?!) Anyway, say a little prayer for our primary kids; that they will be on time, that they will NOT YELL into the microphone, that we will be able to hear AND understand each of them, that they will remember the words to the songs...but most of all, that the congregation will feel of their love for our Heavenly Father and know that they are each A CHILD OF GOD.