Progress

We made quite a bit of progress on the house this week. Matt finished tearing out the stinky carpet and took it to the dump.

I started painting the living room and it makes a world of difference.

We finished painting the den and are now ready to decorate it!

Again here is the family room carpetless and the walls ready for paint.....

and here we are painting it. I love the color.

Primary

Today was the primary program in my ward and it made me miss these guys.

I sang along to all of the songs and laughed at the teachers chasing the children on the stage. Matt and I have been gone for 4 months but we feel like we could just go back and pick up right where we left off. Maybe one day.....

Sold

We closed on our house last Friday and have been busy trying to get it ready to move in.

Pulling out carpet,

knocking down walls,

Painting,

and enjoying the view of our pool!

Psychedelic Phoenix

The other day Ami and I were treated by the hotel to two tickets to The Doors. Two original members still play for the band. Ray Manzarek, keyboardist, and Robby Krieger, lead guitar, rocked the house with the Phoenix Philharmonic Orchestra backing them up. The performance overall was entertaining (the orchestra and conductor were fantastic), however, Ray made several off the wall remarks that probably would have made a sailor blush. From our view in the suite, it looked like Robby showed up in sweats and a t-shirt. They performed several crowd pleasing favorites including, People are Strange, Riders on the Storm, Light My Fire, Break on Through, The Crystal Ship, and Love Me Two Times (which they played…twice, ironically). I recorded the performances of People are Strange, Light My Fire, and Riders on the Storm. Pardon the quality, I made the recordings with a regular camera.

Must See

Bye Bye Birdie is back on Broadway starting Oct. 15th and I have to see it. This show is definetely a family favorite ranking up there with Carousel and Oklahoma.

When I was about 9 years old my Dad and I performed in this show for our wards road show. The Fam has seen it performed on high school stages and we have watched the Dick Van Dyke version many many times. It's a really clean show and for Broadway this is rare. So I think my family is going to try and go see it while we are home in December! If you get the chance you must see this show. Oh and bonus: John Stamos stars in it and that my friends IS a bonus!

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Give A Day of Service

Matt and I were watching TV the other night and this commercial came on that said if you give a day of service in 2010 then you get a free ticket to a Disney park. Matt looked over to me and said "how is that service?"

I don't know but I'm sold! Disney here I come.

Free Ticket

One More Year

Happy Birthday to Jenny Ju Ju Bee who turned 15 today and only has one more year until she can date! And I heard from a little bird that she has a boy waiting for that precise moment so he can ask her out :)