Coldplay

This weekend has been TONS of fun, and very little sleep. We are usually pretty boring people, but we actually went out this weekend, so please forgive the excessive amount of posts today. Saturday night, we went to see Jared's absolute favorite band in Concert--Coldplay. The concert was amazing and we had an absolute blast.

The requisite self-portrait.

This picture is terrible and doesn't do justice to the show. There were tons of laser and light effects that really added to it. We can't wait til they come again. Our boys know most of their songs, and would have loved the show if they'd been a little older and more capable of staying awake that late.

Boys Night Out

Thursday night (prior to my date with a certain vampire movie), I went with the Young Women to a BYU Women's Volleyball game. Since I wasn't going to be around anyway, my Dad took Jared and the boys to the BYU Basketball game. The boys loved it!

Notice the "Red Vines" on Preston. It's all about the snacks when you're that age (and my age).

Preston and his favorite person!

Twilight

If you've been reading my blog at all, you know how excited I was to go to a Midnight showing of Twilight opening night. Unfortunately, I didn't buy my tickets as quickly as I needed to and was left stranded. That was, until, I realized there was a brand new movie theater only a block from my house that was just about to open and likely had not sold out of their Twilight tickets. Thinking I was pretty smart, I drove over there 3 days prior to the theater opening and bought enough tickets for some friends and family members. Knowing there would be long lines, we decided to show up 2 1/2 hours before Midnight. What we didn't count on was our theater seating for the movie WAY before we got there. My initial thought was, "Great! We don't have to wait outside!" A fraction of a second later, however, reality set in and I thought, "Oh no, we're going to awful seats!" I was right on both accounts. You can just call us all Front Row Joes.

Melissa and Natalie passing the time until the movie started.

My sisters, Natalie and Melissa, and my niece Hailey

Me and my sisters

Me and my friend, Laurie, and her friend Kami. I love the look on Laurie's face. :)

My mother-in-law, Joyce, and sister-in-law, Natalie, also came with us, but we were done with pictures by the time we got there. Sorry, guys.

It was a lot of fun to be among the first to see Twilight, and I really liked the movie. I'm trying to talk Jared into seeing it with me now. He doesn't want to see it since I've already seen it even though I promised not to make a peep the whole time. We'll see who wins out in the end. I just heard today that they are set to start production on New Moon, so we'll all have to do it again in a couple of years!

The problem with learning to read...

Today was our Primary program in sacrament meeting. Chandler was unexpectedly nervous when he got up to do his part in the program. Instead of reciting the part we had gone over dozens of times at home, he looked down and read what was written on the script word for word. "I can help strengthen my family by share one way you can help strengthen your family." He then sat down and the primary choir sang a song. The primary president, probably feeling my pain, then let Chandler get back up and say his real part. "I can help strengthen my family by being nice to my brother." We got a good chuckle out of it, as did most of the congregation.

It's FINALLY back!

This Sunday, Jack Bauer is back! Jared and I love 24 and have been waiting a LONG time to see it again. Sunday night is a 2 hour 24 movie that will bridge the gap betweeen last season and the upcoming season that starts in January.

Be afraid; be very afraid!

Sorry the quality of this picture is not that great, but the pose itself is priceless! See what I have to deal with on a daily basis! Preston routinely brings 2-3 weapons to the bus stop each morning as we wait for the bus with Chandler. All of the older kids get a kick out of being chased by someone so young. He's very serious about it. He even told one of the girls that he was going to 'get that pretty girl.' I was mortified that he said that, but glad he called her pretty. She knows he is 3 and wasn't overly concerned for her safety.