So You Think You Can Dance and Emmylou Harris

So Stephanie and I went to the So You Think You Can Dance Tour a few weeks ago. It was AM-A-ZING. Loved it. Look how close we are! (Sorry for the sideways pic, I'm in a hurry.)

We are very excited to be there.

The awesome Bollywood routine by Jason and Caitlin

I loved this routine with Brandon and Jeanine. It wasn't technically demanding, but so powerful.

This was my all time favorite routine of the season, the Wade Robson jazz number.

This awesome number with the top three guys- doesn't it look like they're flying?

The amazing 'addiction' routine. I may or may not have cried.

The Travis Wall routine with Jeanine and Jason. So beautiful.

The breast cancer routine. Lovely.

The crazy cool number with Jeanine and Brandon. Love.

The final routine of the evening, done just for the tour, using all the dancers. It was fun.


And then, just two nights ago, I went to the Emmylou Harris concert with my sister, Liz, and my folks. Wow. She's SO cool! (I must have said that at least fifty time during the show.) It was a much different crowd then the Red Butte one I went to two summers ago, but just as good- or better! Wow. Buddy Miller played the opening act, and then he played with her during her part. So good!


And we met him. Wow.

Yargh, Matey!

Don't ask me why, but I decided to have a Halloween party for Riley this year. By the end of it, I figured I must be crazy. But Riley had a blast, and that's the main point, isn't it?

It was rather adorable, if I do say so myself. We had a pirate theme, so we went on a treasure hunt all over the house (I burned and singed the edges of the clues, and wrote cutesey little rhymes on each one- it was the craftiest thing I've ever done.) Then I had a treasure chest- final hiding place in the oven- filled with "gold".

Here are the kids showing off their haul

Digging through the treasure chest

I had made sugar cookies, and the kids frosted them. Here is my friend Alyssa's daughter, Tanya. She is super adorable.

I'm pretty sure Riley just ate the frosting the whole time.

We had a cake walk-type thing.

My dad came and dressed as a pirate to read the kids a pirate story. He was awesome, as I knew he would be.



It looks like I didn't get a picture of the pirate hats we made and decorated. They were beautiful. All in all, it was a very fun and exhausting party. And then that night, I was struck down with the swine flu, and stayed down for a week.

Sweet November

I have the best month planned out for me. You can't even believe it! November is usually the most 'bleh' month of my year, but now I know the secret to getting through it: plan in advance a ton of really fun things, so you look forward to it!

As a precursor, I went to see Ingrid Michaelson at the end of last month. La-la-love her! I didn't know a lot of her stuff prior to the show, but I've been listening to her ever since. She's awesome.




Now into November and this weekend: Stephanie and I are going to see the So You Think You Can Dance Tour! Hurrah! We have amazing seats, too. Let you know how it goes.

Then, on the 19th, I'm going to see Emmylou Harris with some of my family. She's so cool. I saw her two summers ago, and she is my idol. My girl crush.

And then, I know you all know, New Moon comes out! And I already have tickets! Actually, I've had them for over a month now. They're incredible seats! And I'm going with nine friends- who even knew I had nine friends? It's going to be spectacular! (I'm running out of positive and enthusiastic adjectives.)

And then, of course, Thanksgiving. I love this holiday. Back in my trimmer years, I used to start 'conditioning' in late summer. I'd eat more and more each day, stretching my stomach to it's full potential, to make sure I could take advantage of the delicious food on Turkey Day. I can't afford to do that now, but I do still love the food. And family, of course.

Aren't you amazed at my month? It's going to be the best month of my life.

(And before you start to think I've gone spending-crazy, and pitying Eric, I should tell you that Ingrid Michaelson was my birthday present from my sister, So You Think You Can Dance is my birthday present from Eric, who got off the hook this year- since it was my idea that I carried out, and I'm paying for Emmylou by selling plasma- my very life's blood.)