Coldplay Baby!

I am a HUGE Coldplay fan!!! For years I have wanted to see them in concert, but they haven't come to Utah since they first started. Everything came together so that Rob, Emily and I could go. Rob's work friend came along and we all had a great time together! They were even better in concert than what you hear on their CD's. Not to mention the excitement of just being there! Emily and I are those crazy people who jump, dance, yell and throw our bra's. Just kidding, we don't yell that much. We were surrounded by a bunch of boring people, but that didn't stop us. We had so much fun that night and it was totally worth every last penny I spent on tickets, t-shirts and souvenirs. I can't wait 'til they come back again!

Family Time

Today Bill was off of work and actually didn't have a side job to do! It's been quite a while since we've had much family time together with all four of us. We decided to take advantage of the weather while it is still nice and go to the zoo. I think Bill and I probably had more fun than the kids did! Stella couldn't wait to go to the zoo, but once we got there she kept saying, "Let's go see more animals", instead of taking the time to look at the ones in front of us! And Tristan was overdue for a nap so he was not the most enthusiastic person there. I think he enjoyed being out and seeing all of the animals, but he hardly cracked a smile. We took the train ride around and Stella did really enjoy that! Then they played on the playground for a few minutes before we left.

After our outing to the zoo we dropped the kids off at Grandma Duffin's house and rushed off to the movies only to find that we had forgotten to set our car clock back since daylight savings time. We were an hour early and didn't realize it until I saw the last 2 minutes of our movie and questioned the poor ticket boy who probably thought I was crazy! We eventually saw our movie and Bill and I had a fun little date.

Witches Night Out

This year Melissa and her family all decided to go to Gardner Village's 'Witches Night Out'. She extended the invitation to me and I decided to drag Emily along with me. I had been two years ago with some of my friends. Emily and I decided to meet up with Melissa at Gardner Village since they had plans with her family to go to dinner and we couldn't go until later. Thank goodness for cell phones because otherwise I would have never found them in the gigantic sea of witches! We were probably some of the least dressed up people there!

Once we got there we walked around for a bit, took some pictures and paraded on the stage. The funnest part of the evening for us was trying on hats at the yarn store! You see, whenever Emily and I go shopping it is a tradition to try on the ugliest hats and laugh at ourselves and each other. Only this time we had cameras! Let the posing begin! Our posing continued when we went to Artic Circle and took pictures of each other with our ice cream. Yes, this is what we do for entertainment and we actually do find these things funny. I know, I know, we are a little strange. I did enjoy myself, but don't think I will make this a yearly tradition. Maybe every couple of years...

Halloween

I love Halloween! It has always been one of my favorite holidays. I had the chance to go to Stella's pre-school and watch her class do a little parade. They sang some Halloween songs and after we decorated sugar cookies. Stella loves school and was excited to sing for all of the parents.

This year was so much fun with both Stella and Tristan old enough to grasp the concept of trick-or-treating. The Saturday before Halloween we went to our wards trunk-or-treat. As we were getting ready Tristan, dressed up in his cute cow jammies (his costume since he wouldn't wear the first one I had bought for him) brought his blankie into the bathroom, laid on it and fell asleep right before the party. He thinks he doesn't need naps anymore, but apparently he does! Anyways, Bill took one for the team and stayed home so Tristan could take a little nap.

Halloween night was a lot of fun too! We had our wonderful friends, the Eichelbergers over for dinner before we went out trick-or-treating. Stella was dressed up as an Elephant and Tristan actually let me dress him up in an extra costume Melissa had for Tyler. He was a Zebra. They were two of the cutest animals I had ever seen! Stella's hat, or trunk, kept falling in her face so she didn't wear the hat part for very long. We met up with Stacy and Emma and had fun going around our neighborhood! Tristan lasted longer than I had anticipated. We had so much fun and are excited that the holidays are here!